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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Meriden, North Haven and Oxford. He had preached about ten thousand times, baptized three thousand, married six hundred couples, and assisted at the burial of about three thousand individuals. He died Feb. 8, 1846, in Rochester, N.Y. Baldwin, Augustus C, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1817, in Salina, N.Y. In 1844-48 he was a member of the state legislature of Michigan; in 1853-54 was prosecuting attorney for his adopted county; and was a delegate to the Charleston and Baltimore conventions of 1860. In 1863-65 he was a representative from Michigan to the thirty-eighth congress. He died about 1875 in Pontiac, Mich. Baldwin, Caleb, lawyer, jurist, was born April 3, 1834, in Washington county. Pa. In 1859-62 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Iowa; and in 1862 was chief justice. In 1874 he was United States district attorney for Iowa. He was one of ten judges of the court of commissioners of

Alabama

claims.

He

died Dec. 15, 1876, in

Council Bluffs, Iowa. Baldwin, Charles H., naval of&cer, was born Sept. 3, 1822, in New York City. He entered the navy in 1839; in the war with Mexico he served on the frigate Congress; and in 1861 commanded the steamer Clifton. In 1883 he was raised to the rank of rear admiral, and assigned to the command of the

Mediterranean squadron; and was retired in 1886. He attended officially the coronation of the emperor of Russia. He died Nov. 17, 1888, in

New York

City.

Baldwin, Charles Pierce, soldier, was bom in Maine. In 1862 he was captain in the eleventh regiment Maine volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.

Baldwin, Charles Sears, educator, author, 21, 1867, in New York City. assistant professor of rhetoric at Yale university. He is the author of The Inflections and Specimens of Prose Description; and The Expository Paragraph and Sentence. Baldwin, Christopher Columbus, capitalist, philanthropist, was bom about 1830 in Waterbury, Md. In 1880 he became president of the Nashville railroad company. He endowed the episcopal church of Anne Arundel county with a fund of eleven thousand dollars and presented a tower, steeple and chime to the church of Hagerstown, Md. He died May 12, 1897, in Newport, R.I. Baldwin, Cyrus W., inventor, was born June 22, 1820, in Westford, Mass. He was a

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Grow; Manners; Personality; The Wastes of Life; and others works. Baldwin, David Candee, soldier, merchant, banker, statesman, was born Sept. 18, 1836, in Elyria, Ohio. He entered mercantile business with his father and others in 1855, continuing therein until

1893.-

As

first lieu-

tenant in company K, one hundred and thirty-fifth regiment Ohio volunteers, he was actively engaged in some very lively skirmishes in West Virginia state,

where John Brown located. He has been connected with the historical society of Cleveland, as incorporator

and trustee; and

is

aeological collection

the donor of a fine arch-

from American and

for-

eign sources. He was a member of the seventy-second and seventy-third Ohio general assemblies as a republican. He has been vicepresident of the national bank of Elyria, Ohio; and vice-president of the Western Reserve historical society of Cleveland, Ohio.

Baldwin, Dwight Major, soldier, business president, was bom Aug. 26, 1836, in Woodbridge, Conn. He graduated from the Connecticut literary institution of Suffolk. In 1862 he became identified with the real estate and insurance business of Red Wing, Minn.; and was president of several large business corporations. In 1862-63 he was commissioned captain of company tenth regiment Minnesota state militia; and served with distinction in the civil war. His son, Dwight M. Baldwin, is proprietor of the Dwight flour mills of Minneapolis, Minn.

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Baldwin, Edwin Thomas, musician, compowas born July 9, 1832, in New Ipswich. N.H. He is a composer of band music and ser,

sacred quartettes; and president of the New Hampshire state association. He is also a professor of music at Manchester, N.H.; where he also maintains a studio and piano

rooms. Baldwin, Elihu W., educator, clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 25, 1789, in Durham, N.Y. He was educated at Yale college and at Andover theological seminary. For awhile he was engaged in educational work; and afterward was the first pastor of the seventh presbyterian church in New York

master mechanic; and invented the seamless bag loom, the hydraulic elevator and other valuable devices. He died in 1898 in Yonk-

City. He was the first president of Wabash college of Indiana. He died Oct. 15, 1840, In Crawfordsville, Ind.

N.Y. Baldwin, Daniel Pratt, lawyer, capitalist, lecturer, jurist, author, was born March 22, 1837, in Madison county, N.Y. In 1870 he was judge of the circuit court of Indiana; and 1880-86 was attorney-general of Indiana. He is the author of A Lawyer's Readings

Baldwin, Evelyn Briggs, educator, explorauthor, was born July 22, 1862, in Springfield, Mo. In 1887-91 he was principal of the high school and superintendent of city schools in Kansas; and since 1892 has been observer in the United States weather bureau. In 1893-94 he accompanied Peary; and in 1898-

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