Mary died in Old Berlin, IL.
William Baldwin..in November, 1853, in Gardner township, wedded Mary Jane Parkinson. Her father, James Parkinson, was born December 22, 1805, in Belmont county, Ohio, twelve miles below Wheeling, West Virginia, and came to Illinois in November, 1830, being one of the pioneer settlers of Sangamon county. On the 7th of November, 1833, he married Miss Mahala Earnest, and they reared a family of five children. They made their home on a farm on the Jacksonville and Springfield road, eight miles west of the latter city.
In 1862 Mr. Parkinson united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and for over thirty years was a consistent member of the same. Conscientious, tenderhearted and charitable, he made many friends and was held in high regard by all who knew him. In 1848 he was elected justice of the peace, in which capacity he served for twelve years, and was also the first supervisor of Curran township, being twice elected to that office. He died on the 14th of January, 1893, and his wife passed away six years previously. Mrs. Baldwin has a family scrapbook in which are many interesting incidents of early days in this locality, and it also contains a copy of Lincoln's letter proposing marriage to Miss Mary Todd, who became his wife. Mrs. Baldwin was born November 1, 1834, and was reared and educated in Curran township.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin removed to Menard county, Illinois, twenty-five miles north of Springfield, and there purchased a farm, upon which they lived for a quarter of a century, at the end of which time Mr. Baldwin disposed of that property and again came to Sangamon county, taking up his abode upon the farm where he is now living.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have been born six children, who are yet living, and they lost two in infancy: Ellen M. is the wife of John McDonald, who assists in operating the home farm, and they have two children; Eunice P. is the wife of M. W. Summers, a farmer of Curran township, and they have three children; Otis, who was graduated at a medical college in St. Louis in 1903 and is now engaged in practice at Farmersville, married Edith Austin, of Virden; Otho, the twin brother of Otis, married Minnie Samuelson, of Cambridge, Henry county, Illinois, and resides in Springfield, where he is engaged in the practice of dentistry; Augusta M. is the wife of Professor Lewis Paulen, a successful educator of Sangamon county, and they have two children; W. 0. married Sarah McGurn, of Reno county, Kansas, where they make their home, and they have one child, a daughter.
PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
William Baldwin..in November, 1853, in Gardner township, wedded Mary Jane Parkinson. Her father, James Parkinson, was born December 22, 1805, in Belmont county, Ohio, twelve miles below Wheeling, West Virginia, and came to Illinois in November, 1830, being one of the pioneer settlers of Sangamon county. On the 7th of November, 1833, he married Miss Mahala Earnest, and they reared a family of five children. They made their home on a farm on the Jacksonville and Springfield road, eight miles west of the latter city.
In 1862 Mr. Parkinson united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and for over thirty years was a consistent member of the same. Conscientious, tenderhearted and charitable, he made many friends and was held in high regard by all who knew him. In 1848 he was elected justice of the peace, in which capacity he served for twelve years, and was also the first supervisor of Curran township, being twice elected to that office. He died on the 14th of January, 1893, and his wife passed away six years previously. Mrs. Baldwin has a family scrapbook in which are many interesting incidents of early days in this locality, and it also contains a copy of Lincoln's letter proposing marriage to Miss Mary Todd, who became his wife. Mrs. Baldwin was born November 1, 1834, and was reared and educated in Curran township.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin removed to Menard county, Illinois, twenty-five miles north of Springfield, and there purchased a farm, upon which they lived for a quarter of a century, at the end of which time Mr. Baldwin disposed of that property and again came to Sangamon county, taking up his abode upon the farm where he is now living.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have been born six children, who are yet living, and they lost two in infancy: Ellen M. is the wife of John McDonald, who assists in operating the home farm, and they have two children; Eunice P. is the wife of M. W. Summers, a farmer of Curran township, and they have three children; Otis, who was graduated at a medical college in St. Louis in 1903 and is now engaged in practice at Farmersville, married Edith Austin, of Virden; Otho, the twin brother of Otis, married Minnie Samuelson, of Cambridge, Henry county, Illinois, and resides in Springfield, where he is engaged in the practice of dentistry; Augusta M. is the wife of Professor Lewis Paulen, a successful educator of Sangamon county, and they have two children; W. 0. married Sarah McGurn, of Reno county, Kansas, where they make their home, and they have one child, a daughter.
PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
Mary died in Old Berlin, IL.
William Baldwin..in November, 1853, in Gardner township, wedded Mary Jane Parkinson. Her father, James Parkinson, was born December 22, 1805, in Belmont county, Ohio, twelve miles below Wheeling, West Virginia, and came to Illinois in November, 1830, being one of the pioneer settlers of Sangamon county. On the 7th of November, 1833, he married Miss Mahala Earnest, and they reared a family of five children. They made their home on a farm on the Jacksonville and Springfield road, eight miles west of the latter city.
In 1862 Mr. Parkinson united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and for over thirty years was a consistent member of the same. Conscientious, tenderhearted and charitable, he made many friends and was held in high regard by all who knew him. In 1848 he was elected justice of the peace, in which capacity he served for twelve years, and was also the first supervisor of Curran township, being twice elected to that office. He died on the 14th of January, 1893, and his wife passed away six years previously. Mrs. Baldwin has a family scrapbook in which are many interesting incidents of early days in this locality, and it also contains a copy of Lincoln's letter proposing marriage to Miss Mary Todd, who became his wife. Mrs. Baldwin was born November 1, 1834, and was reared and educated in Curran township.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin removed to Menard county, Illinois, twenty-five miles north of Springfield, and there purchased a farm, upon which they lived for a quarter of a century, at the end of which time Mr. Baldwin disposed of that property and again came to Sangamon county, taking up his abode upon the farm where he is now living.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have been born six children, who are yet living, and they lost two in infancy: Ellen M. is the wife of John McDonald, who assists in operating the home farm, and they have two children; Eunice P. is the wife of M. W. Summers, a farmer of Curran township, and they have three children; Otis, who was graduated at a medical college in St. Louis in 1903 and is now engaged in practice at Farmersville, married Edith Austin, of Virden; Otho, the twin brother of Otis, married Minnie Samuelson, of Cambridge, Henry county, Illinois, and resides in Springfield, where he is engaged in the practice of dentistry; Augusta M. is the wife of Professor Lewis Paulen, a successful educator of Sangamon county, and they have two children; W. 0. married Sarah McGurn, of Reno county, Kansas, where they make their home, and they have one child, a daughter.
PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
William Baldwin..in November, 1853, in Gardner township, wedded Mary Jane Parkinson. Her father, James Parkinson, was born December 22, 1805, in Belmont county, Ohio, twelve miles below Wheeling, West Virginia, and came to Illinois in November, 1830, being one of the pioneer settlers of Sangamon county. On the 7th of November, 1833, he married Miss Mahala Earnest, and they reared a family of five children. They made their home on a farm on the Jacksonville and Springfield road, eight miles west of the latter city.
In 1862 Mr. Parkinson united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and for over thirty years was a consistent member of the same. Conscientious, tenderhearted and charitable, he made many friends and was held in high regard by all who knew him. In 1848 he was elected justice of the peace, in which capacity he served for twelve years, and was also the first supervisor of Curran township, being twice elected to that office. He died on the 14th of January, 1893, and his wife passed away six years previously. Mrs. Baldwin has a family scrapbook in which are many interesting incidents of early days in this locality, and it also contains a copy of Lincoln's letter proposing marriage to Miss Mary Todd, who became his wife. Mrs. Baldwin was born November 1, 1834, and was reared and educated in Curran township.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin removed to Menard county, Illinois, twenty-five miles north of Springfield, and there purchased a farm, upon which they lived for a quarter of a century, at the end of which time Mr. Baldwin disposed of that property and again came to Sangamon county, taking up his abode upon the farm where he is now living.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have been born six children, who are yet living, and they lost two in infancy: Ellen M. is the wife of John McDonald, who assists in operating the home farm, and they have two children; Eunice P. is the wife of M. W. Summers, a farmer of Curran township, and they have three children; Otis, who was graduated at a medical college in St. Louis in 1903 and is now engaged in practice at Farmersville, married Edith Austin, of Virden; Otho, the twin brother of Otis, married Minnie Samuelson, of Cambridge, Henry county, Illinois, and resides in Springfield, where he is engaged in the practice of dentistry; Augusta M. is the wife of Professor Lewis Paulen, a successful educator of Sangamon county, and they have two children; W. 0. married Sarah McGurn, of Reno county, Kansas, where they make their home, and they have one child, a daughter.
PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
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