PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO - BIO:  Baldwin, Harvey (1885)

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Bios:  Avery, Baldwin, Eggleston - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of
Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885

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HARVEY BALDWIN, farmer, P.O. Aurora, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, April
14, 1823; son of Harvey and Laura (Kent) Baldwin, who where the parents of
four children:  Laura Ann (deceased), Harvey, Philander (deceased) and Oscar
O., residing in Minnesota.  Harvey Baldwin, Sr., was born in Danbury, Conn.,
in 1796, and came to Cleveland, Ohio, with his father and family in 1806,
and the following year to Aurora Township, this county.  At eighteen years
of age he left his home and embarked upon his career in life, first taking a
trip South, thence to New York.  In 1819 he purchased a quantity of cheese
and cranberries, which he conveyed overland to the Ohio River, thence by
skiff-boat to Louisville, where he disposed of them.  The following year he
shipped a cargo to New Orleans, and continued in the cheese business for a
period of twenty-five years, making frequent trips down the Ohio River, and
as often as once a year to New Orleans.  In 1830 he purchased land in
Streetsboro, this county, and in connection with farming, engaged
extensively in the manufacture and sale of cheese.  He died in February,
1882.  His wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, was born in
Suffield, Conn., March, 1797, came to Aurora Township, this county, in 1807,
and is now residing with our subject.  Mr. Baldwin, the subject of this
sketch, was reared on the farm, and he engaged as farm-hand for Charles
Harmon, and in 1847 commenced farming for himself in connecting with
dairying, which he has since continued, excepting three years spent in
California.  In December, 1847, he married Emily Carver, who has borne him
the following children:  Ella F., wife of E.R. Merrill; Alice W., wife of
F.A. Gould; Carrie E. deceased; Hattie E.; Anna Laura and Minnie C.