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Born 1820
From History of Portage County, Ohio. Containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; his (1885)
ANDRUS T. BALDWIN, hardware merchant. Eavenna, was born Septomber 10, 1820, in Palmyra, this county, where his father, Alva Baldwin, now resides. He commenced traveling at eleven years of age, and spent about thirty. five years visiting nearly all the Southern and Western States. November 5. 188U, he married Miss Samantha Daniels, a native of Massachusetts.' She died February 2, 18G1. Their son, Alva V., was a graduate of the Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, and practiced his chosen profession, medicine, in that city six years, after which he returned to Palmyra, where he died February 17, 1881. He married Miss Eliisa Merwin, and left three ehildxen: Ida S., Gustave W. and Clayton R. Our subject, Juno 17, 1873, next married Mrs. Fi!!a BaKlwin, widow of Marquis Baldwin and daughter of Bazaleel Olmstead, of Palmyra, this county, and to this union were born two children: John P. and Minnie S. Mr. Baldwin was engaged in the hardware bnainAas in Medina, Ohio, in 1878-74, and then esta))lished in Raveima. In addition to his IniBinoss he owns a finely improved farm of 188 area in Palmyra Township, this county.
As printed in History of Portage County, Ohio. Containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; his (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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