Henry Baldwin was a Mason, a respected member of the community and a loving father. Sometime after his youngest child was married in 1911 Henry left his wife of many years. Today we would say it was on grounds of incompatibility. Divorce was not common in those days so the family looked upon it as a disgrace. His ex-wife and children were bitter about his leaving.
He eventually remarried. His second wife was a widow named Ada Overall. When Henry died in the Masonic Hospital in Wichita his youngest daughter went there by train to take his body back to Erie, Neosho Co., Kansas. She buried him in the Erie Cemetery, not where his ex-wife and mother of his children had been buried. For many years he did not have a marker other than an evergreen tree his son-in-law , Harry C. Hunt, set out at the head of his grave. Finally before his youngest child died a small inscribed marker was placed on his grave at the insistence of his son-in-law.
He eventually remarried. His second wife was a widow named Ada Overall. When Henry died in the Masonic Hospital in Wichita his youngest daughter went there by train to take his body back to Erie, Neosho Co., Kansas. She buried him in the Erie Cemetery, not where his ex-wife and mother of his children had been buried. For many years he did not have a marker other than an evergreen tree his son-in-law , Harry C. Hunt, set out at the head of his grave. Finally before his youngest child died a small inscribed marker was placed on his grave at the insistence of his son-in-law.
Henry Baldwin was a Mason, a respected member of the community and a loving father. Sometime after his youngest child was married in 1911 Henry left his wife of many years. Today we would say it was on grounds of incompatibility. Divorce was not common in those days so the family looked upon it as a disgrace. His ex-wife and children were bitter about his leaving.
He eventually remarried. His second wife was a widow named Ada Overall. When Henry died in the Masonic Hospital in Wichita his youngest daughter went there by train to take his body back to Erie, Neosho Co., Kansas. She buried him in the Erie Cemetery, not where his ex-wife and mother of his children had been buried. For many years he did not have a marker other than an evergreen tree his son-in-law , Harry C. Hunt, set out at the head of his grave. Finally before his youngest child died a small inscribed marker was placed on his grave at the insistence of his son-in-law.
He eventually remarried. His second wife was a widow named Ada Overall. When Henry died in the Masonic Hospital in Wichita his youngest daughter went there by train to take his body back to Erie, Neosho Co., Kansas. She buried him in the Erie Cemetery, not where his ex-wife and mother of his children had been buried. For many years he did not have a marker other than an evergreen tree his son-in-law , Harry C. Hunt, set out at the head of his grave. Finally before his youngest child died a small inscribed marker was placed on his grave at the insistence of his son-in-law.
