Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Baldwin, John April 3, 1832 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 313
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

John Baldwin was born at Fayette City, Fayette county, 
Pa, April 3, 1832, reared there and was educated in the 
common schools of the township. He learned the business of 
tinsmith and coppersmith, which he followed for some years. 
In 1850 he went to St Louis, Mo, and soon thereafter began 
steamboating as an engineer, and continued till the close of 
the war.  After the close of the war he commenced to travel 
through the southern states, setting up machinery. He lost 
an arm while he was engaged in putting up a cotton gin in 
Tennessee. He returned to his native town, engaged in the 
hotel business and in contract work.
    He was married in 1867 to Susan Stickle, the daughter of 
Henry Stickle and Anna Start Stickle. Both of her parents 
were of old families in the county, and her father was a 
soldier in the  war of 1812.
    Mr Baldwin and wife have three living children: Thornton 
H Baldwin, born August 1, 1868; Tillie Baldwin, born 
November 17, 1869, and Georgie Baldwin, born December 25, 
1874.  John Baldwin has held the office of burgess of 
Fayette City, was a member of the school board, and is at 
the present a member of the borough council.
    Robert Baldwin, father, was born December 25, 1805; was 
married January 24, 1824, to Matilda McFee, who was born 
November 14, 1807; and her father William McFee was one of 
the early settlers of Cookstown. Their family consisted of 
the following members: William D, born March 26, 1828, died 
May 12, 1832; John, born April 3, 1832; Elmira born March 8, 
1834, died April 27, 1839; Eli A born February 14, 1836, 
died at about thirty five years of age, was pilot on the 
Upper Mississippi River; Thornton F born September 27, 1840; 
Clara M born May 2, 1841, died at nineteen years old; Ford 
McFee born February, 1844, died at four years old; Mary F 
and Charles C (twins) born February 20, 1847. Robert Baldwin 
died in 1870; his wife died in 1876.
    William Baldwin, the paternal grandfather of John 
Baldwin, was one of the early settlers of the county, and 
was justice of the peace for many years in the Quaker 
settlement, near what is now known as Red Lion. The Baldwins 
were members principally of the Methodist Episcopal church.
    William McFee, the maternal grandfather of Mr Baldwin, 
was the first tailor of Cookstown. 

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