Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-08
REV.EBEN N.BAL OWN
DIED EARLY TODAY
Pastor of First M. p. Church
and p. r. r. Man for
Many Years.

Rev. Eben y. Baldwin, pastor Of the
FYrs, Methodist Protestant Church, on
Seventh street near Walnut. and for many
Years connected with the p, Il. d w
railroad and its predecessor NOW the
PENNSYLVANIA rairoadi died about :
q clock this morning at the Delaware
Hospital. of bladder trouble, after an
illness Of two weeks
Mr.. BALDWIN was ono Of the hest-known
men in he county. He was born sep
tembcr Is, 1855. at Hopewel, Hartford
county, Md, being a son OF Samuel l..
and Frances L. BALDWIN. On August !
1875. he entered the service oil the T.. ".
4 B. railroad MS telegraph operator at
Linwood Pa NOV Marcus Hook. and
on September IL OF the same year he
was appointed agent at Darby, Pa. On
June / 1882. he was appointed agent at
Clavmont. which position he fllled until
Apnl |. 1917. when he was appointed
assistant baggage agent at French street
station. which position he held at the
time Of his death
Mr.. Baldwin learned telegraphy under
Thomas III. ID. Reed, Western Union
manager at Port Deposit, and his first
position was with the Automatic Telegraph
Co. at Port Deposit, entering that
service JULY %. 1875. Besides doing
telegraphv he had charge Of the lines
from Churchville, Hartford county, TO
Northeast. in Cecil county. The flood OF
1873 plaved havoc with the lines, not
ONLY those crossing the Susquehanna but
also at Port Deposit, but, with force OF
men, he quickly restored them. Vt the
time he entered the railroad service ii.
b Keyes was supcrint endcnt o{ telcgraphh
ers and John y Hates division operator
lie was an author of some note. In 1890
he wrote book of poems entitled he
Engineer Last Journey, which contain
ed 100 poems. and he had written many
others and contributed to the newspapers.
for many years being Every Evening :
correspondent at Claymont He was
ordained To the ministry At the annual
conference OF the Methodist Protestant
Church at Snow Hill, Md. April >, 1905
lie and Mrs Baldwin were married feb-
ruAr1- :. 1876. lie was especially popular
With the coIle of Glavmont and was
Instrumental III the development oil that
locality. He believed Ciaymont had u
great future
Following his appointment at Clay
mont, where he had full charge OF the
station, both as regards passenger and
freight business, also being express agent
there, he was made postmaster, beng
appointed bv President Cleveland. At-
gust 3 1880 and he hlled hat Office con-
tinuously and crcditahly from the first
until his death HIS home was AT lay
mont Following the death OF Mrs
baldwin. November 70 1918. who be
fore her marriage was Miss Laura \.
Tombstone OF Port DEPOSIT. Md Mr.
Baldwin had made hs homc with his
son Howard T. who hives Al GiaNnont
Mrs Raldwin's death vas the one great
shock in her husband lie
In addition to Howard, Mr. BALDWIN
is survived by another son, Walter &,
and a daughter, Edith Virginia, who live
in Philadelphia There are several broth
ers and sisters, John ! and +. 4, Who
| hve in Garland Md, George I OF Havre
de Grace, Robert l.. of Brandywlnc hun
dred, and Mrs. Annie Perrygoyd OF To-
! ledo, o Mr. Baldwin Was a member of
| Lafayette Lodge 4 f. 4 \. NJ OF VII
nington and also of several other or
I ganzations. Eic was atW&Y welcome
guest at fraternal gatherings, being an
excellent speaker and d man oi magnetic
personality lie had long been an ardent
church worker and for the past Year has
been pastor of First NJ T. Church
The funeral will take place probably
on Thursday afternoon, from the resi-
dencc Of his son, Howard. where ser
vices will bc held lntemcnt will be
made at Hopewell Md. beside the grave
Of Mrs baldwin
Notice Of Mr.. Baldeins death was
wired by David 4. Hay 10 the NJ F.
/ Conference. which is in session in Baitl-
more. and Of which MIR Baldwin was a
member