Jesse S. Baker

Jesse S. Baker

• Jesse S. Baker was born on 10 July 1810 in North Carolina.
• He married Unknown (?) circa 1830.
• He married Levina Gober on 28 October 1840 in Fayette County, Tennessee.
• Jesse S. Baker and Levina Gober appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in DeSoto County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included James F. Baker, George C. Baker, John W. Baker, Mary I. Baker, Fountain Summerfield Baker, Levina E. Baker and Anna Baker. Part of the family appears also to have been enumerated (quite inaccurately) back in Fayette County, Tennessee.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
• Jesse S. Baker and Levina Gober appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Chappell Hill PO, Washington County, Texas. Other members of the household included Fountain Summerfield Baker, Levina E. Baker, Anna Baker, Emma Baker, Texanna Baker, William P. Baker, Thomas D. Baker and Susan Eliza Baker.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• Jesse S. Baker and Levina Gober appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Bastrop PO, Bastrop County, Texas. Other members of the household included Emma Baker, Texanna Baker, William P. Baker, Thomas D. Baker, Susan Eliza Baker and Laura M. Baker.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Jesse S. Baker died on 3 January 1871 at age 60.
• His wife Levina Gober became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Baker Hill Cemetery, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas.
• A single grave marker identifies the graves of Jesse S. Baker and Levina Gober.

• Last Edited: 29 Sep 2011