The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-11-21
Death Calls Lincoln
Mansfield Baldwin
Was Only Treasurer County Of Maui
Has Had d--PaSSeS Away On Tues
day After Long IllneSS-Death
Felt AS Community Loss.

Lincoln Mansfield Baldwin, treasur-
er of the county OF Maui, and a life
long resident of this island, died about
o'clock on Tuesday evening, Novem-
per IS, at the home of his mother
Mrs. d. D. Baldwin, a. Haiku. He had
been very ill for several months, and
while it was known that his cCndi-
ton was critical, announcement OF
his taking away came as a shock to
all Maui. The immediate cause OF his
death was due to heart affection,
from which he had long suffered.
The funeral took place on Wednes-
day afternoon. A private service for
the family was held at 1870 o'clock
at the old Baldwin home in Haiku;
and at 8 O'Clock public service took
place in the Church of the Good Shep-
herd. of which the deceased had for
years been a vestryman and one OF
the leading workers. This service was
largely attended At the Wailuku
cemetery, where interment took place,
the ceremonies We're conducted ac-
cording to the knights of Pythias
ritual, Mr.. Baldwin having been
! member of Aloha Lodge, No. for
many years.
Lincoln Mansfield Baldwin was born
at Lahaina, Maui, August 19, 1868, be-
ing in his 57th year at the time of
his death. He was a son of David
Dwight and Lois Gregory (Morris)
Baldwin. He was married on August
7, 1891 to Miss Ellen Milborn Dicken-
son, and is survived by his widow and
seven children-Edith, Ernest, Harold,
Clarence, Arthur Herbert and Ralph.
OF these Harold, Clarence and Her
bert are at present on the coast.
He is also survived by his mother,
Mrs. David Dwight Baldwin, and by
seven brothers and sisters. These are
Mrs. Lillian Charlotte Atwater, Hal
ku; Erdmann d., and Charles W., Ho-
nolulu; Mrs. Winifred Morris We'd
dick, Wailuku; William A, Haiku;
Benjamin D., Makaweli, Kauai; and
Mrs May Eames Cd, b. Murdoch.
Few men on Maui have been more
highly appreciated and respected than
was the deceased. or an extremely
quiet and unobtrusive manner, he was
at the same time a leader in most OF
the best movements and interests OF
his community. Perhaps nothing can
better attest the high standing Of the
man among his neighbors than the
fact that he has been the only custod
ian of the county funds since county
government was established, and that
the office, although an elective one
had come to him without contest al
most from the beginning. In recent
years it had been taken as a matter
of course that he should succeed him
self at each succeeding election.
For years prior to the establish
ment of county government the de
ceased held the position of sheriff Of
Maui, and those who recall some o,
the trying occasions of those years
and the way he coped with them ara
best able to appreciate the strength
of character that was masked by his
mild exterior.
At the funeral services at the
Church on Wednesday afternoon, th'
Rev. ]. Charles Villiers, pastor, whN
knew the man for what he had been
delivered a simple and heartfelt
eulogy that found an echo in thu
hearts Of all present who had eve
come in contact with that noble char
acter.
In the death of Lincoln Mansfield
Baldwin all Maui has sustained los
that will be hard to bridge over