BALDWIN, Edith A. 1879 - 1881

BALDWIN, BUCHANAN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, December 14, 1881
Page 2, Column 4

County Correspondence

… BATAVIA NOTES.

… Edith, daughter of N. A. BALDWIN, is ill beyond hope of recovery, with membraneous croup.-- …

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, December 21, 1881
Page 2, Column 4

County Correspondence.

FROM BATAVIA.

Died, in Batavia, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1881, Edith A., daughter of Noah A. and Anna BALDWIN, aged 2 years, 1 month and 13 days.

"Over the river they beckon to me,
Loved ones who have crossed to the further side;
The gleam of their snowy robes I see,
But their voices are lost in the dashing tide."

Again has the dark angel entered an earthly home and plucked a tender bud from the wilderness of earth, and transplanted it to expand and bloom in the beautiful garden of god. Little Edith was a sweet and winsome child, unusually bright and intelligent, the pride and joy of her parents and everybody's friend and pet. The stricken parents have the sympathy of the whole community. The shadow falls heavily upon their hearts and their home will indeed by desolate and lonely, now that the patter of the little feet and the innocent prattle of the little tongue will be heard no more. But there is a consolation. When they, too, shall cross the dark river and arrive at the beautiful gate, there will be some one waiting and watching for them.

"I shall know the loved ones who have gone before,
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be,
When over the river, the mystic river,
The angel of death shall carry me."

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Lot Old.P.227, with no gravestone. Her parents, Noah A. and Nancy Ann BUCHANAN BALDWIN, are both buried in the same lot, and neither of them has a gravestone.