Joseph Baldwin

1827 - 1899  (71 years)

• Name	Joseph Baldwin
  Birth	31 Oct 1827	Beaver (now Lawrence) County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jan 1899	Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Burial	Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Siblings	2 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Agnes Baldwin,   b. 12 Sep 1819, Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Nov 1920, Dublin, Wayne County, Indiana, USA  (Age 101 years) ▻ William B. Grigsby,  m. 1839   2. Mary Ann Baldwin,   b. 29 Jul 1821, Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 8 Oct 1895, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 74 years) ▻ Gustavus Adolphus Newton,  m. 18 Apr 1846   3. Rachel Irene Baldwin,   b. 24 Sep 1823, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1904, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 80 years) ▻ A. C. Fenton,  m. 6 Oct 1873   4. Isabella Henry Baldwin,   b. 29 Oct 1825, Hubbard, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 5 Jan 1890, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 64 years) ▻ George Franklin Grigsby,  m. Dec 1854 OR 1855   5. Joseph Baldwin,   b. 31 Oct 1827, Beaver (now Lawrence) County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Jan 1899, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years) ▻ Ellen Sophronia Fluhart,  m. 26 Aug 1852   6. William Cairns Baldwin,   b. 6 Jun 1830, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jul 1857, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 27 years)   7. John Martin Baldwin,   b. 1831   d. 16 Dec 1845, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 14 years)
  Notes	Joseph Baldwin graduated from Bethany College in (West) Virginia in 1852. He went to Missouri, where he taught school for a number of years. From 1859 through 1863, he conducted several private normal schools in Indiana. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War from 1863 to 1864. In 1867, he moved to Kirksville, Missouri, where he opened a normal school. This school became a state institution in 1870, with Joseph Baldwin as its first president. He served in this capacity until 1881, and his statue still stands on the campus of Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. From 1881 through 1891, he headed the Normal School at Huntsville, Texas. From 1891 through 1897, he held the chair of pedagogy at the University of Texas, retiring in 1897. He authored a number of books on education.
  Person ID	I14790	Private
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2001

  
  

  Father	Joseph Baldwin,   b. 4 Jan 1787, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA d. 30 Jun 1873, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Isabella Henry Cairns,   b. 24 Dec 1794, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Nov 1870, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1818	Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F5753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Sophronia Fluhart,   b. 18 Oct 1828, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 26 Nov 1924, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1852	Fulton County, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Icilius Victor Baldwin,   b. 3 Nov 1853, Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA d. 4 Aug 1856, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 2 years)   2. Anabel Baldwin,   b. 26 Mar 1856, Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA d. 11 Mar 1936, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)   3. Olivia Artemisia Baldwin,   b. 5 Mar 1858, Burnettsville, White County, Indiana, USA d. 8 Feb 1931, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 72 years)   4. Coramantha Baldwin,   b. 3 Apr 1860, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA d. 30 Sep 1947, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 87 years)   5. Joseph Rolla Baldwin,   b. 15 May 1863, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA d. 31 Aug 1946, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA (Age 83 years)   6. Rachel Irene Baldwin,   b. 30 May 1865, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA d. 9 Nov 1867 (Age 2 years)   7. Harold Baldwin,   b. 4 Feb 1868, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA d. 13 May 1923, Sabinal, Uvalde County, Texas, USA (Age 55 years)   8. Norma Mabel Baldwin,   b. 6 Aug 1870, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA d. 27 Nov 1936, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA (Age 66 years)   9. Zoe Lenore Baldwin,   b. 19 Jun 1874, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA d. 6 Jan 1929, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F5846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Oct 1827 - Beaver (now Lawrence) County, Pennsylvania, USA   Marriage - 26 Aug 1852 - Fulton County, Ohio, USA   Death - 13 Jan 1899 - Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA   Burial - - Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Baldwin, Frank, The Baldwins from Virginia Westward, (Oak Park, Illinois, 1985), p. 69.