Edwin Thomas Baldwin, (USA)

Edwin Thomas Baldwin

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Edwin Thomas Baldwin was born in Westford, Massachusetts, the marriage records to his 2nd wife Sarah Chandler Kendrick Baldwin states his father was a manufacturer. The marriage records to his 1st wife state he was a farmer. His parents were Edwin and Ophra Moors Baldwin.

He lived in Nashua, New Hampshire and worked as a machinist. He married Clara Louise ... I believe Ward, the marriage record is difficult to read. She died from consumption April 29, 1859, their child Clara Louisa died May 20, 1859.

They are not on the large family stone with him, 2nd wife Sarah and son Thomas, but on a smaller stone of the same beautiful granite behind the larger family stone.

He remarried Sarah Chandler Kendrick of New Hampshire, October 6, 1861 and they had three children. Edwin, Jr., Thomas and Emma Leslie.

Edwin was a music teacher. He was also a musician in the Civil War. In early May 1861, Baldwin's Cornet Band, of Manchester, under the leadership of Edwin Thomas Baldwin, joined the regiment. The law at the time made no provision for regimental bands, thus band members were not mustered in until vacancies occurred in companies, and where they became as privates or company musicians but continued their duty in the band.

The 1st New Hampshire was commanded by Colonel Mason Tappan and later assigned to General Patterson's Army of the Shenandoah. In August 1861, the 1st New Hampshire was mustered out at the end of its three months. The average age of the officers was 36 and enlisted men was 24.

Name: Edwin Thomas Baldwin
Enlistment Age: 28
Birth Date: 1832
Birth Place: New Ipswich, New Hampshire
Enlistment Date: 4 Jun 1861
Enlistment Place: Nashua, New Hampshire
Enlistment Rank: Musician
Muster Date: 4 Jun 1861
Muster Place: New Hampshire
Muster Company: C
Muster Regiment: 1st Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 9 Aug 1861
Muster Out Place: Concord, New Hampshire
Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union
Survived War?: Yes
Residence Place: Nashua, New Hampshire
Last Known Residence Place: Manchester, New Hampshire
Death Date: 1904
Burial Place: Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Title: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65; SUVCW Database: http://www.suvcwdb.org/

Edwin Thomas Baldwin, son of Edwin Baldwin and Oprah Moors, was born on July 9, 1832, in Nashua, New Hampshire (death notice says New Ipswich, New Hampshire), married on 1st, October 30, 1854, with Mary Louisa ROBERTSON, who died on April 20, 1859.

Note: His mother died on May 28, 1835; father remarried 1839 to Mary Ann Ballard, who d. January 25, 1845. His father re-married again in 1846 to Mary B. Lowell; he died 7/4/1848 and his wife, Mary B. Lowell died in September of 1848.

Child was: Clara L. (1856)

He m. 2nd, October 6, 1861, with Sarah Chandler KENDRICK, b. September 13, 1837. In March 1880, they live in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Children were: Edwin R. (1862), Emma L. (1864), and Thomas C. (1865).

• 1850 US Census: Edwin T. (aged 18) and his sister Lucy Ann (aged 16) are at the res. of his aunt's Almira Moore's home in Nashua, New Hampshire. Edwin is working as a machinist.
• 1854 Marriage Record: Edwin Thomas Baldwin to Mary L. Robinson in Manchester, New Hampshire on October 30,1854.
• 1870 US Census: Edwin T., aged 37, with 2nd wife Sarah and children Edwin (7), Emma (6), and Thomas (5). Also in res. in Nashua is his aunt Almira Moore, aged 71. He is a music teacher.
• 1900 US Census: Edwin T., aged 67 and wife Sarah, aged 62, in Manchester, New Hampshire. He is a music teacher.
• 1904 Death Record: Edwin T., aged 71, died in Manchester, New Hampshire on March 2, 1904. Cause: Catarrhal Pneumonia & the grippe.

The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881 (1881)
Author: Baldwin, C.C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895
Subject: Baldwin Family
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio [Leader printing company]
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Pg. 663, 682