Chilton County AlArchives Biographies.....Baldwin, Benjamin J. November 3 1822 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   BENJAMIN J. BALDWIN was born in Montgomery county, Ala., November 3, 1822,
and attended school in his neighborhood until he was about eighteen years old,
when he entered the university of Virginia, where he remained two years, after
which time, he returned to Montgomery, Ala., where he read law and was admitted
to the bar in 1845. He practiced law only about one year, when his health became
bad, and he moved to the country, abandoned the practice of law and engaged in
farming. Mr. Baldwin has considerable landed interest in Montgomery, Bullock and
Chilton counties. He has proven himself a skillful and successful farmer. In
1874, he moved from Bullock county to Verbena, Chilton county, where he has
resided ever since. He is a public spirited citizen, has been a delegate to many
state and county conventions. He was married first in February, 1845, to
Antoinette L. Alford, daughter of the late Julius C. Alford of Georgia. She died
in 1849, leaving no living children. He was married the second time, in 1854 to
Mrs. Martha J. Jones, whose maiden name was Barnett, and by her he had five
children, of whom, but two survive, to wit, Dr. B. J. Baldwin of Montgomery and
Frank B. Baldwin of Verbena. Mr. Baldwin's father was named William and he
married Celia Fitzpatrick, sister of the late Governor Fitzpatrick, of Alabama.
Mr. B. J. Baldwin, the subject of this notice, is the only one of his father's
family now living. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal
church.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 642-643

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