Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Baldwin, L. A. 1886 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   L. A. BALDWIN, produce dealer, Findlay, was born in Findlay, this county,
July 13, 1886. His father. Dr. William H. Baldwin, settled here, coming from
Champaign County, Ohio, in 1830, and was for many years one of the leaders in
the development of the then new country; he served Hancock County, as clerk of
the common pleas court, from 1836 to 1843; he married here Mary Jane Patterson,
who bore him ten children, of whom two sons and two daughters survive: L. A.,
John J., a produce dealer in Ada, Ohio; Elizabeth E. residing in Brooklyn, N.
Y.; Mary Jane, wife of W. S. Osborn, a commission merchant in New York City,
residing in Brooklyn. The subject of this sketch, when a lad, engaged in
merchandising, with which he has since been connected. He spent four years in
the drug trade at Mount Blanchard, where he also served as postmaster (this
occurred during the war). After the Rebellion, he returned to Findlay and
engaged in his present business, with which he has since been successfully
connected. He married in Findlay, March 6, 1862, Ellen, daughter of the late
John Decker, Esq. Mr. Baldwin has always held aloof from public office. He is a
worthy member of the I. O. O. F., and is at present Grand High Priest of 'Ohio.
He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. The Baldwins are descended from
worthy Virginians and of Scotch-Irish pioneer stock in that State.




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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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