Nathanial H. Baldwin

BALDWIN, BROWN, HOCKINGS, PROVINCE, PIERCE

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The Oelwein Daily Register
Wednesday, January 27, 1926
Oelwein, Iowa
Page Five

NATHANIAL H. BALDWIN DEAD

Many of the older residents will remember Nathanial H. Baldwin, who at one time resided in Oelwein. By way of the Callaway, Neb., Queen we learn of his death in that city. He has two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law living in Oelwein, Mrs. Minnie Brown, Clarence Hockings and A. L. Hockings. The Callaway paper has the following obituary".

Nathanial N. Baldwin was born at Gaines, Orleans County, New York, October 24th, 1832. When a baby he went with his parents to Michigan by ox team via Canada.

His mother dying when he was three years old, he went with his father to Illinois at the age of fourteen. Here he lived with he was about twenty-one he went to Iowa where he worked for many years on the railroad helping to construct a large number of bridges especially on the Rock Island.
He helped elect Abraham Lincoln, but was prevented from enlisting as a soldier in the Civil War by an accident which partially disabled him at that time In 1873 he was married to Fannie J. Hockings. To this union was born seven children, five of whom are living, two dying in infancy. They made their home at Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa until 1885 when they moved to Custer County, Nebraska and shared the hardships of the early pioneer days of this country.

He was converted in 1886 and became a charter member of the Evangelical church, of which he remained a faithful member until his death.

His wife preceded him to the better world three years ago in February since when he has made his home among his children, who have tried to make up as best they could the loss of his companion at the age of ninety years.

His has been a life a noble devotion and self sacrifice to all those he loved and he was a friend to all who knew him.

He departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edith J. Province, January 15th, 1926, at the age of ninety-three years two months and twenty-one days. He leaves to mourn his departure five children: Edith J. Province of Oconto, Annie E. Pierce of Oconto, John W. of Eddyville, Wm. J. of Arnold, Frank R. of Stapleton, 19 grand children, four great grandchildren and a host of friends.