PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO
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File contributed to the Ohio Biographies Project by:
Betty Ralph
bralph@HiWAAY.net
17 November 2000
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Copyright Betty Ralph bralph@HiWAAY.net November 200

HEZEKIAH D. BALDWIN, farmer, P.O. Windham, was born in Wayne County, N.Y.,
July 2, 1829, son of Daniel and Nancy (Allen) Baldwin, former a native of
New York, latter born in Massachusetts in 1805.  They were parents of six
children:  Hezekia, Mary A., Henry R., Edwin D., Laura C. and Cordelia S.
Deaniel Baldwin was a farmer and a local preacher.  He went to Cuyahogs
County, Ohio, in 1833, and became a very influential man, highly esteemed by
the community in which he lived.  He died in 1847, his widow in 1881.  Our
subject was married, September 27, 1854, to Miss Sarah J. Bradford, a
resident of Ravenna, this county, born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September
27, 1834.  By this union there are four children:  Linton D.; Eva L., wife
of R.D. Loomis; Addie H. and Willie G.  Mr. Baldwin early in life entered
upon his career as a farmer, and has always followed agricultural pursuits.
He came to this county in 1856, locating in Charlestown Township, but in a
few years moved to Ravenna, where he remained till 1869, when he came to his
present farm, the appearance of which does not belie his reputation for
being one of the practical and substantial farmers of Windham Township.  Mr.
and Mrs. Baldwin have for many years been identified with the Methodist
Episcopal Church.