Joseph Dorr Baldwin

Joseph Dorr Baldwin

• Find A Grave Memorial ID # 42533725
• The J.D. Baldwin House
• https://aadl.org/taxonomy/term/61164

He was the son of Dr. Cyrus and Susan Baldwin (Dorr), J.D. was born in Baldwinsville, New York.

Married Elizabeth F. Hubbard.

Father of:

• Edward Eugene Baldwin
• James Clifford Baldwin
• Mary Cleveland Davis (Baldwin)
• Charles Cutler Baldwin

Apple farmer extraordinaire

J. D. Baldwin, fruit grower, Ann Arbor, was born in Onondaga County, New York, in the town of Baldwinsville, named in honor of Dr. Cyrus Baldwin, father of J.D., who was a prominent physician of the Empire State. He married Susan Dorr, of Boston, a daughter of one of the soldiers, who, being disguised as Indians, threw overboard that memorable ship-load of tea in Boston harbor.

In 1835 Mr. Baldwin located at Detroit where he engaged in the hardware and leather trade. In 1847 he came to Ann Arbor, and bought 154 acres of valuable land in the vicinity of that city.

Aug. 1, l839, he married Elizabeth F. Hubbard, daughter of Norman Hubbard, a capitalist of Oswego County, New York. They have 4 children: Eugene E., James C., Mrs. Mary Davis, Ann Arbor, and Charles C., all of whom were liberally educated.

Mr. Baldwin takes great interest in fruit-growing, and is Vice-President of the Washtenaw County Pomological Society, which position he has retained since its organization. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are among the leading members of the Congregational Church of Ann Arbor.

Excerpt, History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Vol. 2, 1881, p 962