Clay County GaArchives Obituaries.....BALDWIN, D.B.J. April 1897
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FT. GAINES SENTINEL, APRIL 16 1897
DEATH  OF A GOOD MAN
MANY OF THE OLDER CITIZENS OF FORT GAINES WHO WILL REMEMBER D.B.J. BALDWIN AS 
THE PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHUCH HERE AWAY BACK IN THE 60’S WILL BE PAINED TO 
LEARN OF HIS DEATH, WHICH OCCURRED AT HIS HOME IN PARIS, TEXAS APRIL 3.
HE WAS PASTOR OF THE CHURCH HERE FOUR YEARS AND BY HIS BROAD BENEVOLENCE AND 
SIMPLE UNASSUMING CONSECRATION TO THE CAUSE OF CHRISTIANITY HE WON THE 
CONFIDENCE AND LOVE OF THE PEOPLE GENERALLY.
DR. BALDWIN WAS ALSO A PHYSICIAN OF HIGH ATTAINMENTS, HAVING SACRIFICED A 
LUCRATIVE PRACTICE TO DEVOTE HIS TIME AND TALENTS TO THE SERVICE OF THE 
CHURCH.  SOON AFTER LEAVING FT GAINES HE LOCATED IN TEXAS, WHERE FOR A WHILE 
HE CONTINUED IN THE MINISTRY AND DID CONSIDERABLE CHARITY.  THE DEMANDS OF HIS 
FAMILY HAVING BEEN INCREASED TO A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE WITH NECESSITY OF THEIR 
PROPER EDUCATION AND HIS SALARY AS A MINISTER BEING INSUFFICIENT TO MEET THEM, 
HE WAS FORCED TO RESUME THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, IN WHICH HE PROSPERED AND 
SOON REGAINED A COMPETENCY.  HE CONTINUED TO PREACH WHENEVER AN OPPORTUNITY 
WAS PRESENTED AND HIS CHARITY PRACTICE OTHER DEEDS OF BENEVELONCE TO THE POOR 
ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN OF NOTORIOUS LIBERALITY.  IN FACT HIS ENTIRE LIFE SEEMED 
TO HAVE BEEN SPENT UPON A BROAD CHRISTIAN PLAIN OF LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR ALL 
MANKIND. 
THE TEXAS PAPERS PAY HIGH TRIBUTE TO HIS WORTHY LIFE IN THAT STATE AND EVINCE 
THE SAME HIGH REGARD FOR HIM THAT WAS HAD FOR HIM HERE.  
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT APPRECIATION THAT MANY OF OUR READERS HAD FOR HIS 
GENEROUS CHRISTIAN CHARACTER THAT WE HAVE WRITTEN THUS AT LENGTH OF HIS DEATH.



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