Baldwin, John
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Baldwin, John
| Celia52 (View posts) | Posted: 17 May 2001 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Baldwin, Foster, Collier
from reprint of Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 85.
JOHN BALDWIN, one of the pioneer settlers of Clarke County, who is now deceased, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in the year 1818, a son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Foster) BALDWIN. His mother died when he was about three years old, and at the age of twenty-two he was left fatherless. He was reared to manhood on his fathers farm, and followed the avocation of a farmer till his death, in which he was very successful, owing to his industrious habits and excellent management.
After his fathers death he came to Iowa, and located in Wapello County, where he was married in 1849 to Parthenia Collier, a daughter of Richard and Mary Collier, both of whom were born in Kentucky. Her father died at the age of seventy-six years, but her mother still survives, being now in her eighty-second year.
After his marriage in Henry County, Iowa, he settled on a farm in Wapello County, on which he resided till the spring of 1851. He then came to Clarke County and entered 160 acres of land on section 25, Osceola Township, and became one of the most enterprising and successful agriculturists of his neighborhood, owning at the time of his death 500 acres of choice land.
He died in February, 1883, leaving a host of friends to mourn his death. He cast his first vote for Harrison and was identified with that party all his life. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His widow, who still resides on the old homestead in Osceola Township, is a member of the Christian church and a respected member of society.
JOHN BALDWIN, one of the pioneer settlers of Clarke County, who is now deceased, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in the year 1818, a son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Foster) BALDWIN. His mother died when he was about three years old, and at the age of twenty-two he was left fatherless. He was reared to manhood on his fathers farm, and followed the avocation of a farmer till his death, in which he was very successful, owing to his industrious habits and excellent management.
After his fathers death he came to Iowa, and located in Wapello County, where he was married in 1849 to Parthenia Collier, a daughter of Richard and Mary Collier, both of whom were born in Kentucky. Her father died at the age of seventy-six years, but her mother still survives, being now in her eighty-second year.
After his marriage in Henry County, Iowa, he settled on a farm in Wapello County, on which he resided till the spring of 1851. He then came to Clarke County and entered 160 acres of land on section 25, Osceola Township, and became one of the most enterprising and successful agriculturists of his neighborhood, owning at the time of his death 500 acres of choice land.
He died in February, 1883, leaving a host of friends to mourn his death. He cast his first vote for Harrison and was identified with that party all his life. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His widow, who still resides on the old homestead in Osceola Township, is a member of the Christian church and a respected member of society.