Edwin Baldwin Biography


	This biography appears on page 641 in "History of Dakota 
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				EDWIN BALDWIN. 

	Edwin Baldwin, busily engaged in farming on section 18, Wentworth 
township, Lake county, was born in Wisconsin on the 5th of March, 1848, 
a son of Jesse and Sophia (Hunt) Baldwin. The father was a bricklayer 
in England, his native country, where he remained until 1838, when he 
came to the United States. Two years afterward he settled in Wisconsin, 
where his remaining days were passed. 

	Edwin Baldwin was educated in the public schools of Wisconsin and 
when his textbooks were put aside he worked upon the home farm and 
afterward was employed as a farm hand in the neighborhood. In 1880 he 
came to Dakota territory and homesteaded on section 18, Wentworth 
township, Lake county, adding to his original tract by subsequent 
purchase until he is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of 
rich and productive land, which he is cultivating with the assistance 
of his sons. He has led a busy, active and useful life and the result 
of his untiring labors is seen in the excellent appearance of his 
fields, which bring forth substantial crops annually. 

	On the 20th of January, 1874, Mr. Baldwin was married to Miss 
Ella Frances Austin, a daughter of Isaac Austin, of New York, and to 
them have been born eight children: Ava, who died at the age of twenty-
nine years; Isaac, v ho follows farming; Grace, the wife of I. W. Hare; 
Clarence, at home; Arthur James, hiving in Madison, South Dakota; 
Sadie, the wife of Lewis Johnson; Merton, a farmer; and Bessie, who 
resides at Inwood, Iowa. There are also eight grandchildren. 

	Mr. Baldwin is a Protestant in his religious belief and in 
politics is independent. He has served on the township board since 
territorial days and has done effective work in the interests of 
education as a member of the school board. He believes in the good 
roads movement and is interested in all the various plans and projects 
for the development and upbuilding of the state. His own labors have 
aided in winning for South Dakota her reputation as a great 
agricultural state. He has converted wild land into productive fields 
and has made all of {he improvements upon his homestead, becoming, with 
the passing of the years, one of the well known and prosperous farmers 
of Lake county.