Jay Baldwin

Jay Baldwin

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Death certificate show Jay Baldwin, son of Grove C Baldwin (Vermont) and Sarah Thatcher (New Jersey), male, white, widower, farming, born September 13, 1846 Michigan and died on January 3, 1917 in Onondaga Township, Ingham County, Michigan at the age of 70 years 3 months and 21 days, cause of death general septicinemia. Informant was Frank J. Baldwin (son) of Onondaga, Michigan.

Burial was on January 5, 1917 in Onondaga, Michigan.
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"The farm which the subject of this sketch resides in section 32, Onondaga township, was the scene of his birth, Sept. 13, 1846. His [Jay Baldwin's] parents were Grove and Sarah (Thatcher) Baldwin. The father was a native of Vermont and came to Michigan in its pioneer days, being one of the first settlers, and was also his brothers, Mosely and Thomas. Grove Baldwin was married three times, first, to Sarah Thatcher, a native of New York; to this marriage two children were born; our subject, and Addie who lived to be nine years old....Our subject acquired his early education in the common schools at Onondaga. July 3, 1868, was the important event of his life, it being his marriage to Martha, daughter of Henry and Jane (Goodfellow) Willis, the father being a native of New York, where he died June 30, 1904, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Mrs. Baldwin was born April 21, 1850....Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jay Baldwin were born five children: William, married Miss Maude Green and lives in Onondaga; Frank, married Emile Rossman, and they have two children and live in Onondaga; Alice, born in 1878, now Mrs. Corwin, and they have one child and live in Onondaga; Jane, born 1883; Grove, died when fourteen years old. Jay Baldwin's grandfather took a piece of land from the Government, which consisted of two hundred and twenty-three acres. Grove Baldwin still holding one hundred and seventy-seven in his own name. His son, Jay, has always resided on this farm, working with his father for many years."