Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Baldridge, John A. 1843 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   JOHN A. BALDRIDGE, a farmer of Beech Creek Township, is one of two children
of David and Mary B. (Stewart) Baldridge, and is a native of Athens County,
Ohio. His father, having exhausted his means in acquiring an education in
medicine, died and left our subject while quite young to the care of a mother.
During his younger years Mr. Baldridge lived at intervals in Morgan, Noble and
Washington Counties. Ohio, and was engaged in farming in the summer, and in the
winter attending the country schools where he received a common school
education. He was born September 27, 1843, and on November 20,1863, he enlisted
in Company D, Ninety-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was afterward
transferred to Company C, Thirty-first Regiment of Veteran Volunteers, from
which he received an honorable discharge July 20, 1865. He was engaged in the
battles of Resaca and Bentonville, and marched with Sherman to the sea. In May,
1866, he located in Greene County, where he has followed farming ever since. His
nuptials with Georgianna Axtell were celebrated December 5, 1868, and to their
union two children have been born, named Harry W. and David H. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Baldridge are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Solsberry, in which
organization they are leading spirits. He is a Republican in politics. His farm
consists of 210 acres, well improved and cultivated. This he has acquired by
industrious exertion and honest dealing.

Additional Comments:
Beech Creek Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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