St. Charles-Callaway County MO Archives Biographies.....BALDRIDGE, Robert 1800 - 
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Author: Wm. S. Bryan

From 'A history of the pioneer families of Missouri' by Wm. S. Bryan 1935

    BALDRIDGE.--Robert BALDRIGE [sic] was a native of Ireland, but emigrated to 
America and settled in Kentucky, where he married Hannah FRUIT.  He 
subsequently moved to Missouri, and was one of the first settlers of St. 
Charles county.  He obtained the Spanish grant of land on which Pond Fort was 
built.  His children were--Daniel, James, Malachi, John, Robert, Jr., 
Alexander, Elizabeth, Mary, Grace, and Nancy.  Malachi and two companions, 
Price and Lewis, were killed by the Indians while hunting on Loutre Prairie.  
Shortly after, Daniel, in order have revenge for his brother's death, tracked a 
party of Indians to their camp at night, and shot their chief as he sat by the 
campfire.  He then concealed himself in the tall grass, and watched the Indians 
searching for him; but they failed to find him.  James and John were successful 
business men, and always had money to loan.  A man named Hutchings once 
borrowed $300 in silver quarters from John, and carried the money home in a 
calico bag.  Finding that he would not need it, he returned the money at the 
end of three months, and offered to pay interest.  But BALDRIDGE said he could 
not think of accepting interest from a man who had kept his money safe for him 
that length of time; "because," said he, "if I had kept it, some rascal would 
have stolen it."  When James died he had several boxes filled with gold and 
silver money.  Robert, jr., planted a cherry tree, and when it grew large 
enough, he had it manufactured into lumber, from which he had his coffin made, 
and when he died he was buried in it.  Robert and John were rangers in 
Callaway's company during the Indian war.  After the close of the war John 
moved to the Gasconade country, and built a large saw mill in the pineries; but 
it did not prove to be a paying investment, and subsequently passed into the 
hands of other parties.  Elizabeth BALDRIDGE married John SCOTT, and their son, 
Hiram, was killed at Callaway's defeat.  He was a man of great daring, and 
Callaway placed much confidence in him.  Daniel married Kate HUFFMAN.  James 
married Margaret ZUMWALT.  Robert, jr., married Peggey RYEBOLT.  Grace married 
John HOWELL, and Nancy married Frederick PRICE.

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