Alameda County CA Archives Obituaries.....Baldwin, Alexander White November 14, 1869
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Sacramento Daily Union, November 18, 1869
“The Funeral of Judge Baldwin. — The San Francisco Chronicle of November 17th 
says:
 
The funeral of Judge Alexander W. Baldwin, of Nevada, who was one of the 
unfortunate victims of the late railroad disaster, took place yesterday at 
Oakland. Several members of the legal fraternity, Masons and friends of the 
deceased left this city early yesterday morning and proceeded to Felton's 
residence in Oakland, where the remains of the deceased were lying. Several 
gentlemen from Nevada were present. They came down as a self-organized 
delegation, with a view of taking charge, if possible, of Judge Baldwin's body 
and taking it to Nevada for public interment, and to afford to the public of 
that State a full opportunity of paying fitting tribute to one of the most 
respected and esteemed of their public men. When the request was made known to 
Mrs. Baldwin she refused her consent on the ground that Judge Baldwin's own 
wish, expressed some time ago, was that he should lie interred in the family 
burial-ground at Oakland with several of his relatives, who are buried there 
[in Mountain View Cemetery]. The funeral procession left Felton's house, the 
following gentlemen from Nevada acting as pall bearers: J. Seely, J. T. 
Goodman, R. V. Dey, A. K. Grim, R. M. Daggett and W. T. O'Neill. To the church, 
the procession, consisting of a line of about one hundred on foot and a long 
train of carriages, wended its way. At the church the body was taken in charge 
by the San Francisco mourners. Mayor McCoppin, Judge Deady, Lloyd Tevis, Judge 
Wright, P. H. Canavan, James Thornton and Rodman Gibbons acting as pall 
bearers. The funeral services were read by Bishop Kip and the Rev. Mr. Ackerly, 
no oration being delivered. At its conclusion the Masonic fraternity took 
charge of the coffin and carried it to the cemetery, where it was interred in 
the family vault. 

The Nevada delegation to-day send a letter to Mrs. Baldwin, embodying their 
request of yesterday and the reasons which impel them to do so, inclosing 
certain resolutions indicative of their regard as fellow citizens and friends, 
and of their regret at the melancholy and unfortunate occurrence of which he 
fell a victim.” END

Additional Comments:
Sacramento Daily Union, November 18, 1869 (Tuesday), Page 2, Column 5.
[Much more coverage of the train accident and Judge Baldwin's death in the 
California newspapers on and around this date.]

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