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This service was in observance of the 80th anniversary of the church. In the evening another important service was held in which the mortgage of $5,000, which had rested on the church since the erection of the new building, in 1916, was burned. The Woman's Society had achieved the great task of raising the money necessary during the seven years; and Mrs. Charles E. Clark, past president, and Mrs. Ralph M. Hutchins, president, performed the ceremony of burning the mortgage. Rev. George F. Rouillard, the recent pastor, now of Topsham, Maine, de- livered the address on this occasion.
On Monday afternoon a baseball game was played between Groveton and North Stratford on the new Memorial Field, won by North Stratford by a score of 8 to 5. In the evening a zone convention of the Knights of Pythias, comprising the lodges in West Stewartstown, Colebrook, Groveton, Lancaster, and North Stratford, was held in Pythian Hall, at which several of the Grand Lodge officers were present, together with about 150 vis- iting brothers.
On Wednesday afternoon the raid on the house of William Fuller by the Indians was reproduced in realistic detail, and an- other baseball game between North Stratford and Groveton was played, resulting in another victory for the home team, 10 to 7.
Thursday was devoted to family reunions. In the evening the Pythian Hall was crowded by the townspeople to listen to a historical paper presented by Miss Jeannette R. Thompson, after which Rev. E. M. Fuller presented eighty-four stereop- ticon views giving the history of the town.
Friday was Governor's day, and favored by beautiful weather, a great crowd of people gathered. The North Stratford Band furnished music for the day. Governor Fred H. Brown, United States Senator George H. Moses, and Hon. Garvin R. Magoon, a former resident here, gave the addresses. The American Legion acted as escort. The monuments erected throughout the town were duly presented and accepted, and the Soldiers' Monu- ment dedicated, as before described.
Following these ceremonies the crowd went to the Memorial Field, where a historical pageant was presented under the direc- tion of Carl T. Stevens, submaster of the High School. There were eleven episodes, as follows:
Epilogue-Father Time appears and opens the History of Stratford.
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Episode I-Passing through Stratford of John Stark as prisoner of the Indians, 1750.
Episode 2-Passing through Stratford of Rogers' Rangers to destroy the Indian Village of St. Francis, 1752.
Episode 3-Granting of Charter to the Town of Woodbury by Gov. Benning Wentworth in 1762.
Episode 4-Granting of Charter to the Town of Stratford by Gov. John Wentworth in 1773.
Episode 5-First Marriage :- Hannah Lamkin and James Brown in 1775.
Episode 6-Revolutionary War, 1775.
Interlude-Dance to indicate prosperity.
Episode 7-Mexican War :- Captain James Powers.
Episode 8-Survey for the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail- road in 1853.
Episode 9-Civil War, 1861.
Episode 10-Evolution of the Modern Flapper, 1773-1923.
Episode II-World War, 1917, the band playing "Star Spangled Banner" as the soldiers reach the top of the hill.
The principal characters were: R. F. Beattie as Gov. Benning Wentworth; A. E. Stevens as Gov. John Wentworth; Ruth Baldwin as Hannah Lamkin, with Lawrence Kugelman as James Brown; Col. J. Warner Hutchins as Capt. James Powers. A large number of High School students and other young people of the town took the parts of the other characters in the history, and the entire affair passed off very successfully.
At an intermission during the presentation of the pageant, Mr. John I. Crown, an honored citizen, 82 years of age, whose birth- day occurred on that day, was presented the Boston Post cane, as the oldest citizen of the town, Hon. J. C. Hutchins, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, making the presentation, and Governor Brown expressing words of congratulation to Mr. Crown on arriving to the ripe old age.
On Friday evening another service was held in the Baptist Church, when Rev. Stacy R. Warburton, a former pastor, de- livered an address. In the Pythian Hall another larger crowd gathered for an Old Home Week ball.
GENEALOGIES
BALDWIN
Baldwin is a fine old Saxon name, meaning "bold winner," and was adopted as a sobriquet by fortunate victors in many European countries during the Middle Ages. It was found in England as early as 672, and came into special prominence during the Crusades.
The Baldwins of Stratford trace their ancestry to Nathaniel Baldwin, who came to Milford, Conn., in 1639, with the New Haven Company, together with his brothers, Joseph and Timothy. They were descendants of Richard, of Dundridge, of the Parish of Aston Clinton, Bucks County, a manor that was granted in 1544 to Sir John Baldwin by Henry VIII.
Nathaniel was a free planter, a cooper by trade, and was living in Fairfield, Conn., in 1641. He married (1) Abigail Camp, and (2) Joanna Westcoat.
Daniel Baldwin (Nathaniel1) was baptized in Milford in 1644. He married Elizabeth Botsford.
Sergeant Daniel Baldwin (Daniel2, Nathaniel1) was born May 3, 1668, and married Sarah Camp.
Nathan Baldwin (Daniel3, Daniel2, Nathaniel1) was born November 23, 1691. He married Elizabeth -, and settled in Newtown, Conn. His will is dated July 19, 1761, and proved July 4, 1769. In 1739 he was made by the legislature captain of the 2nd Company, or Train Band, in Newtown.
NATHAN.
SARAH, m. Asher Wooster (Arthur in town records).
ELIZABETH, m. Moses Peck.
JABEZ, b. 8 Apr. 1733; m. (1) Mary Peck, (2) Judith Brace.
Jabez Baldwin (Nathan4, Daniel3, Daniel2, Nathaniel1) was born in Newtown, Conn., April 8, 1733, and died March 31, 1803. He married, (1) in 1755, Mary Peck, of Newtown, Conn .; (2) in August, 1770, Judith, daughter of Elisha and Jerusha Brace, of Hartford, Conn., who was born January 31, 1748, and died April 20, 1839.
Jabez Baldwin was early identified with the town of Stratford. In 1772 land is transferred to him by Samuel Averill, and his name
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appears as one of the original proprietors. By the different offices he held we know that he must have visited Stratford several times during its early settlement, but he did not bring his family here until March, 1788. His eldest son, Heth, had preceded him by a year or two. Jabez was disappointed in his pitch, and did not build for a couple of years, remaining with his son at what has been known as the Connary place, where his son, Elisha, was born. About 1790 he erected the first framed house in town the present site of the Baldwin Homestead.
Jabez Baldwin was a man of unusual ability, sagacious and enterprising, dignified and courtly in manner, and fitted alike to fill the high social position he held or to encounter in later years the hardships of pioneer life. The great depreciation in Conti- nental money and the loss of a ship of which he was part owner materially reduced his fortunes, and, although he still owned a residence on Newtown Street, he could not live in the manner to which he had been accustomed, and so was induced to seek a new home in the Upper Coös, whose beauty and fertility were so glowingly described.
Judith Baldwin was a woman of strong character, possessing great courage and capacity, combined with rare social graces and a ready wit that brightened the hardships of pioneer life. Gra- cious in her hospitality, she made a delightful home in the wilder- ness, where many an incoming settler was cheered and sheltered. After her husband's death she managed her affairs with great ability, making the toilsome journey on horseback to Haverhill to administer on the estate.
HETH, b. 1756; m. Hannah --?; moved to St. Armand, P. Q.
MARY, b. 1757; m. 24 Nov. 1774, Clement Botsford of New- town; 7 ch .: Lucinda, Sally, Mary Ann, Hersey, Jabez Baldwin, Russel Bennet, Lucia.
SARAH, b. 1760.
BETE, b. 1762; m. David Hinman of Newtown; I ch .: Galitza, m. Steele. ANNA, b. 1766.
(Second Marriage)
LUCINDA, b. 28 Sept. 1771 ; d. Oct. 1774.
2. NATHAN, b. 28 Sept. 1773; m. (1) Catherine Schoff, (2) Susan Bundy.
EMMIEL, b. Jan. 1775; d. Feb. 1775.
JOHN, b. Jan. 1776; d. 24 Sept. 1810.
LUCINDA, b. 9 Nov. 1779; d. 31 Jan. 1863.
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3. LUCIA, b. 12 Jan. 1782; m. Jonah Grover.
4. MARCIA, b. 17 Feb. 1784; m. Ahaz French.
5. ELISHA, b. 19 Sept. 1788; m. Huldah Alger.
6. CHARLOTTE, b. 8 Oct. 1792; m. Enos Alger.
2. Nathan Baldwin (Jabez1) was born in Newtown, Conn., September 28, 1773, and died in Piqua, Ohio, in 1867. He mar- ried (1) Catherine, daughter of Henry and Mary (French) Schoff, and (2) Susan Bundy. Nathan Baldwin came to Stratford as a youth of fifteen, and upon him devolved much of the care of that pioneer family, his father being absent much of the time in Con- necticut; and the responsibilities that fell to him strengthened the naturally strong elements of his character. Endowed with a keen intellect, though deprived of the schooling that would have made him eminent in Connecticut, he easily became a prominent man in Stratford. From 1803 to 1847 he served the town almost continuously in some public office. He was appointed judge of the Court of Sessions in 1821. He came into possession of the Mineral Bow, the farm originally coveted by his father, now occu- pied by the Stave and Heading plant.
(First Marriage)
7. TIRZAH, b. 18 Sept. 1809; m. David Hyde.
JABEZ, b. 28 Aug. 1811; m. Charlotte Wilson; I ch .: Henry. NATHAN, b. 19 Sept. 1813; killed by bursting of gun, July 4, 1829. CATHERINE, b. 7 Jan. 1815; m. Joseph James, Piqua, O. HENRY, b. 29 May 1821; unm .; Moved to Tipton, Ind.
3. Lucia Baldwin (Jabez1) was born in Newtown, Conn., Janu- ary 12, 1782. She married Jonah Grover, and moved to Bow- manville, Ont., where she died September 4, 1822.
MARY, m. David Spaulding; 2 ch .: Minnie, Charles.
LUCIA, m. John Burke; I ch .: Edmund.
BALDWIN, m. ; 2 ch .: Lucia, Minnie; Chatham, Ont. HANNAH, m. Thomas Choate; I ch .: Cettie; Warsaw, Ont.
4. Marcia Baldwin (Jabez1) was born February 21, 1784, and died at Jamestown, N. Y., at an advanced age. She married Ahaz French.
HAINES, m. Mary Allen; 3 ch. JARVIS, m. Sarah Wemple; 5 ch. SOPHINA, m. Beecher Terry; I ch. LUCIA, m. Nelson Trude; 7 ch.
5. Elisha Baldwin (Jabez1) was born in Stratford, September
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19, 1788, and died August 26, 1875. He married, March 10, 1818, Huldah, daughter of Edmund and Huldah (Lothrop) Alger, of Eaton, P. Q., who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., October 6, 1790, and died December 14, 1875.
Elisha Baldwin was a quiet, unassuming gentleman, whose substantial virtues won him the respect of his fellow townsmen. A Federalist in politics, when that party was a hopeless minority in Stratford, yet we find him holding the office of treasurer and other minor offices. An excellent farmer, beginning life with a farm stripped of tools and stock by the settlement of his father's estate, by his industry and sagacious foresight, he found himself in later years in a position to assist his sons materially in their various business enterprises. Generous and hospitable, a kind neighbor, he lived a long and blameless life. Mrs. Baldwin was a woman who would have been remarkable in any generation. Endowed with a keen and active mind, she acquired an education that was considered unusual for those days, and taught school for several years. Though the mother of a large family and the energetic head of her big household, her active benevolence could not be confined to her own home, but flowed out continually to the poor and sick in her vicinity. She has been called the "Lady Bountiful" of the neighborhood. She possessed remarkable skill in nursing, and experience and observation soon enabled her to decide upon the proper remedies and treatment, when no physi- cian was at hand. From early womanhood religion was the moving principle of her life. Although firm and decided in her religious opinions and preferences, she united heartily with Christians of other names in every good work, giving liberally for the support of their ministry. Her house was the home of all Christian ministers of whatever order, where they were welcomed and refreshed for their labors and trials, and never sent empty- handed away. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin were charter members of the Baptist Church, of which Mr. Baldwin was deacon, and for years defrayed a great portion of the expenses for maintaining preaching, making many sacrifices in order to build the churches at North Stratford.
8. ELISHA ALGER, b. 30 Dec. 1818; m. Eliza Beach Loomis.
9. WILLIAM LOTHROP, b. 18 Mar. 1820; m. Maria Jane Holmes. JOHN BRACE, b. 12 Nov. 1822; d. 17 Sept. 1842; a young man of fine promise.
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EDMUND WILLIS, b. 24 Mar. 1825; d. 12 June 1849. Entered Brown University, but on account of poor health was obliged to leave in sophomore year. His record was bril- liant. Went South, taught, was admitted to the bar in 1848, in Raymond Miss., Feb. 1849, joined a party for California, and died on the passage.
10. JEDEDIAH MILLER, b. 9 Mar. 1827; m. (1) Sarah C. Bennett, (2) Mrs. Sarah Wotton.
II. LUCINDA ANNETTE, b. 14 Nov. 1829; m. Jabez B. Alger.
12. LUCIA ANNIE, b. 27 Feb. 1833; m. Lieut. Robert R. Thompson
6. Charlotte Baldwin (Jabez1) was born in Stratford, October 8, 1792. She married Enos Alger of Eaton, P. Q., in 1825, and died in June, 1877.
EDMUND JAMES, b. 2 Dec. 1825; drowned in Nulhegan River, 20 Apr. 1866; unm.
JABEZ BALDWIN, b. 12 Oct. 1827; m. Lucinda A. Baldwin; d. 13 Oct. 1919.
WILLIAM EDWIN, b. 12 Jan. 1829; m. Marianne Foss; I ch .: Ellen.
LUCIA L., b. 9 Mar. 1831 ; m. Nathan W. Sherrill; Oberlin, O .; 6 ch .: Charlotte Maria, Edmund Alger, Carleton Morey, Frank Eaton, Alvan Woodward, Emerson N. .
13. NATHAN WILLIS, b. 20 Jan. 1834; m. (I) Ellen M. French; 2 ch .: Lucia, Julia; (2) Mary K. French; 6 ch .: Minnie, John L., Susan, Edward, Diah B., Mabel.
THIRD GENERATION
7. Tirzah Baldwin (Nathan2, Jabez1) was born in Stratford, September 18, 1809, and died in Chicago, July 27, 1895. She married, September 18, 1833, David Hyde of Brunswick, Vt., son of David and Anna (Hughes) Hyde, who was born January 20, 1800, and died June 22, 1862, at Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr. Hyde was educated at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and was a successful farmer. Mrs. Hyde received her education at Lancaster Acad- emy, and taught for seven years. The family removed to Ann Arbor for the educational advantages offered there.
NATHAN BALDWIN, b. 24 July 1834; graduated (LL.B.) from the Law School of Albany, N. Y., 1856; admitted to bar of Supreme Court of Illinois, 1859; practiced law for over 40 yrs .; unm .; by the sale of wild lands in Virginia became very wealthy in his later years; was murdered in a Chicago hotel about 1908.
AMELIA, b. 12 Dec. 1835; d. 22 Dec. 1903, at Chicago; graduated, 1854, Miss Allan's Seminary, Rochester, N. Y .; taught languages and higher English for 35 yrs.
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GUY, b. 21 July 1838; d. 22 May 1840.
EDWARD AUGUSTUS, b. I May 1841; d. Houston, Tex., 27
Apr. 1894; graduated Ann Arbor High School, 1859; studied law and classics Univ. of Mich. two yrs .; studied Hebrew, Greek and sciences at home for many yrs., and became emminent philologist and scientist; inventor and patentee for propelling drills by compressed air, cannon for throwing dynamite shells by atmospheric pressure, for determining distances by reflections from mirrors thrown upon a graduated scale, for making elastic gum from asphaltum, and for converting cotton seed into an eatable butter; m .; I ch .: Dr. David L.
JESSE, b. 31 Aug. 1849; d. I Sept. 1862; Grad. from Medical College, June 1862; began practice in army hospital with rank of lieutenant, at Washington, D. C., and contracted "camp fever," from which he died.
EMMA, b. 24 Mar. 1846; d. 10 Nov. 1872, St. Louis, Mo .; grad. Ann Arbor High School; established school for girls in Chicago, where she taught until 1871; m. Maj. Wm. S. Moore, U. S. Army, St. Louis, Mo .; I ch .: William Francis, b. 10 June, 1872.
8. Elisha Alger Baldwin (Elisha2, Jabez1) was born in Stratford December 30, 1818, and died May 15, 1895. He married, Decem- ber 30, 1846, Eliza Beach, daughter of Lewis and Rizpah (Beach) Loomis, of Colebrook, N. H., who was born July 7, 1823, and died April 24, 1884. He received his education at the common schools and at Lancaster Academy, then devoted several years to mechan- ical training, studying architecture and building in Boston. Later he added the trade of millwright, and built most of the mills in this region, and constructed their machinery. In 1848 he went into partnership with his brother, William L. Baldwin, in the building of the Nulhegan Mills in Bloomfield, Vt .- a pioneer venture, which set in motion various industries, but was unable to weather the financial crisis of 1857. But it was not as a mechanical genius nor a millowner that "Alger Baldwin" is remembered, but for his Christian citizenship. Public spirited and generous to a fault, his life was devoted to the betterment of the community. It was owing to his faith and devotion often- times that the Baptist Church at North Stratford persisted through her early years of trial and weakness. Music was a passion with him. He was broad-minded in his views, refined in his tastes, lofty in his ideals, dignified and courteous in manner -a Christian nobleman.
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MARTHA ELIZA, b. 28 Oct. 1847; m. William C. Chapman; 6 ch .: Hannibal Hamlin, Alger Baldwin, Marion Eliza, Granville A., Cecile F., Christine L .; Bethel, Me.
ANNIE ADELINE, b. 16 Mar. 1851; m. Dr. Brainerd T. Olcott; d. 1925.
14. ROLLIN ALGER, b. 9 Sept. 1855; m. Annie F. Bundy.
15. NESTOR WILLIS, b. 28 May 1859; m. (1) Mary F. Kilburn, (2) Florence M. Larrabee.
9. William Lothrop Baldwin (Elisha2, Jabez1) was born May 18, 1820, and died December 27, 1878. He married, February 8, 1850, Maria Jane, daughter of John and Sarah (Towne) Holmes, who was born in Colebrook, December 17, 1822, and died in Stratford, June 12, 1904. He was educated in the com- mon schools of the town and in Lancaster Academy, and taught several years with great success in this vicinity and in Rhode Island. He then went into business in the firm of Baldwin Brothers. The establishment of the Nulhegan Mills was a piece of business foresight and sagacity which later years have verified. The launching of such an industry at that time meant overcoming innumerable obstacles, which, to men of less energy and ambition would have been insurmountable. While E. A. Baldwin supplied the mechanical genius of the firm, William L. had charge of the business interests, for which he had special aptitude.
Mr. Baldwin was the first postmaster at North Stratford, and held several public offices in Bloomfield, Vt. In 1865 he again took up his residence in North Stratford, was in trade there for a few years, then purchased the Beach place, which he carried on in connection with his other business. He was a man of high ideals and enterprise, public spirited, and a loyal member of the Baptist Church, of which he was a charter member.
16. EDMUND WILLIAM, b. 18 Feb. 1852; m. Flora Madison. JOHN HOLMES, b. Sept. 1854; d. I Sept. 1863. MARY, b. Sept. 1859; d. Jan. 1863. MIRA, b. Feb. 1862; d. Jan. 1863.
ISABELLA SARAH, b. Feb. 1866; d. July 1881.
JANE M., b. 31 Mar. 1868; d. June 1884.
10. Jedediah Miller Baldwin (Elisha2, Jabez1) was born in Stratford, March 9, 1827, and died February 2, 1887. He mar- ried (1), December 25, 1855, Sarah Cutler Bennett, who was born in Turner, Me., May 23, 1831, and died in April, 1870. He married (2) Mrs. Sarah L. (Morse) Wotton, in
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June, 1871, who was born March 18, 1837, and died May 13, 1903.
J. M. Baldwin was the third brother who, with the father, Elisha Baldwin, was associated in the interests of the firm of Baldwin Brothers. A farmer, beyond furnishing financial aid, he was not connected with the business; but in all work belonging to the church or community, he was an active factor. Endowed with rare social gifts, genial and generous, a friend to all men, he was upright and just in all his dealings with them.
(First Marriage)
ARTHUR DENNISON, b. 27 Oct. 1856; d. Jan. 1857.
LUCIA EMMA, b. 21 Apr. 1858; m. William H. Bellows, Little-
ton, N. H .; 3 ch. : Edith Marion, Harold Adams, Raymond Adams; d. 19 Dec. 1909.
CLARA DENNISON, b. II June 1864; d. Dec. 1882.
(Second Marriage)
MARY NEVA, b. 21 July 1872; m. George D. Young; I ch .: Pauline.
JOHN LANGDON, b. 26 Oct. 1873; d. 1880.
17. HARRY STEVENS, b. 20 May 1877; m. Bessie Moffett.
II. Lucinda Annette Baldwin (Elisha2, Jabez1) was born November 14, 1829, and died August 14, 1892. She married, August 31, 1864, Jabez B. Alger of Eaton, P. Q., who was born October 12, 1827, and died October 13, 1919. Mr. Alger, a public spirited citizen, was in business at Stratford, as carpenter, undertaker, and miller, for fifty years, removing to Albuquerque, N. M., in 1902. His last years were spent with his son in Gard- ner, Mass. Mrs. Alger possessed a character of rare benevolence and sweetness. Her ministry to the sick and unfortunate will be long remembered.
ALICE, b. 3 Dec. 1865; d. 30 Aug. 1867.
WILLIS EDMUND, b. 14 Jan. 1868; m. Clara Whitcomb; 5 ch .: Edmund, Emerson, Mary, Dorothy, Ruth.
MARIA, b. 24 Aug. 1869; m. Guy Huey ; 2 ch. : Marion, Laura; d. 1905.
LUCIA, b. 9 Jan. 1872.
12. Lucia Annie Baldwin (Elisha2, Jabez1) was born February 27, 1833, and died December 29, 1911. She married, March 29, 1858, Robert R. Thompson, who was born in Rumford, Me., December 17, 1822. Lieut. Thompson fell in battle, September
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29, 1864. Mrs. Thompson was a rarely gifted woman, both intellectually and spiritually. Her life, after her early widowhood was devoted to the care of her aged parents and her children.
JEANNETTE RICHARDSON, b. 30 Jan. 1859; unm.
EDITH ERVING, b. 23 May 1861 ; m. Rev. Edward M. Fuller ; I ch .: Robert Edward, student at Middlebury College.
13. Rev. Nathan Willis Alger (Charlotte2, Jabez1) was born January 20, 1834. He married (1) Ellen M. French, March 29, 1859. She died April 14, 1860. He married (2) Mary K. French, November 9, 1860. Mr. Alger came to North Stratford first as a clerk in the Nulhegan store in Bloomfield. In 1866 he was in trade in North Stratford. He entered the Baptist ministry about 1870, and held successful pastorates in Lunenburg, Pas- sumpsic, and Bellows Falls, Vt. For several years he was secretary of the Vermont Baptist State Convention. The last years of his life were spent in Albuquerque, N. M. As has been stated elsewhere, Mr. Alger was deeply interested in the financial, social and religious life of North Stratford.
(First Marriage) LUCIA, b. 24 Jan. 1860; d. Mar. 1866. (Second Marriage)
JULIA, b. Feb. 1862; d. Feb. 1862.
MINNIE, b. 14 Jan. 1863; d. 19 -; m. Edward Field; 3 ch .: Morey, Carroll, Frances.
JOHN L., b. 24 Nov. 1865; m. Edith Goodyear; Pres. Rhode Island State Teachers' College.
SUSAN, b. 8 June 1867; m (1) Willis Murch, (2) George Stubbs 2 ch .: Helen, Stanley.
EDMUND, b. 12 July 1871; dentist Pasadena; m. 3 ch.
DIAH BALDWIN, b. 1873; d. early.
MABEL, b. 187 -; m. Bruce Kinney, D.D., Supt. Indian Work, Am. Baptist Home Miss. Soc .; 4 ch .: Dorothy, Caroline, Marion, Winnifred.
FOURTH GENERATION
14. Rollin Alger Baldwin (Elisha A.3, Elisha2, Jabez1) was born in Bloomfield, Vt., September 9, 1855. He married, August 8, 1882, Annie I., daughter of Alfred and Sarah (Fuller) Bundy, who was born in Columbia, N. H., 1859, and died in New Haven, Conn. He is a skilled ntechanician, inventor and manufacturer.
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He invented the electric switch for electric railways. He began his business life as a lumberman in North Stratford, but removed to Manchester, N. H., in the '80's. Present residence, New Haven, Conn.
ELIZA, b. July 1884.
FLORENCE, b. 9 Aug. 1894; m. Elford E. Steele.
15. Nestor Willis Baldwin (Elisha A.3, Elisha2, Jabez1) was born in Bloomfield, Vt., May 28, 1859, and died at North Strat- ford, August 3, 1923. He married (1) September 12, 1883, Mary F. Kilburn, who was born July 12, 1859, and died August 29, 1895; (2) Florence M. Larrabee, who was born September, 1864. He was a farmer and lumberman, manager of North Stratford Creamery, deputy sheriff for several years, selectman and con- stable. The last twenty-five years of his life were devoted almost wholly to his large timber interests and the manufacture of lumber at his mill in Brunswick, Vt. Mr. Baldwin was a man of sterling virtues, genial and frank, but uncompromising with any form of evil. Energetic and generous, he was a leader for civic righteous- ness. His interests were devoted to the Baptist Church, of which he was deacon and choir leader.
(First Marriage)
EVERETT ALGER, b. II Oct. 1888; m. Gladys French; 2 ch. : Nestor Canning, Marion; educated at Hebron Academy and Colby College; engineer.
MARGARET LOUISE, b. 12 Aug. 1895; Plymouth Normal; Teacher, Newton, Mass.
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