Madison-Lauderdale County AlArchives Biographies.....Baldridge, William Franklin April 4, 1809 - May 31, 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Aldridge MarthaAldridge@sbcglobal.net June 27, 2009, 9:11 pm Author: Northern Alabama Historical & Biographical, 1888, Smith & DeLand, p. 271 "William F. Baldridge was born in North Carolina in 1809, and brought in his infancy to Giles County, Tenn., where in due time, he learned the tanner's trade, in which business he afterward engaged quite extensively. In 1836, he removed to Perry County and embarked in merchandising and in 1844 he became a resident of Lauderdale County. In 1855, he established a nursery not far from Huntsville, which is said to have been the first enterprise of the kind in that section; and in 1867 (should be 1877), he removed to Plano, Tex., where he still resides. He had eleven children: Milton C., James A., Jane C., Virginia C., Mary A., Parmella R., Elizabeth, William F., John C., Henry B. and Oscar. Mrs. Caroline Baldridge died in March, 1866, and William F. was again married to a Miss McDonald, of Huntsville." Additional Comments: The above is included in the of his son, Milton C. Baldridge, M. D. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/bios/baldridg71nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb