White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-31
ELY MANS AGED FATHER
PASSES AWAY IN EAST

Reuben Baldwin, father of Fred
G.. Baldwin of Ely, died at his home
In Union City, Pa, Christmas day.
Fred G. Baldwin left Ely a week
ago, as told in the last issue of the
News, in response TO a telegram an
nouncing the serious illness of his
aged father. Death occurred before
the Ely business man was able To
reach the bedside of his father and
gram which Mrs. Baldwin received
from her husband when he reached
his former home. The of death
was not mentioned, but due to the
advanced years of the deceased il is
assumed that the end came from gen.
eral debility.
Reuben Baldwin was of distin-
guished ancestry and the name is
traced as far back as the conquest of
England. AS early as 672 there was
a Baldwin in England and the name
appears in the roll of Battle abbey.
Among the early Baldwins the Earls
of Flanders were doubtless the most
distinguished.
Born of old New England stock
and direct descendants of Richard Of
Dnngroye. England, the family first
became prominent Ia the United
States during the time of the revolu.
~tionary war, when Sergeant Thomas
Baldwin and his brother Waterman
we're In the Round Brook, In the
Hartley campaign in 1878, In the Sui
Ivan campaign in 1879 and in sew
eral other important sections. end
ing active service at Yorktown in
l7S1 by assisting in the capture of
CORVALLIS and his party.
Reuben. third son of Hiram Wilson
Baldwin, was born in Amity town
ship, Washington County, New York
In 1852. In 1877. at Waterford. Pa.
he married Lenora McAllister.
or this happy union seven children
were born. four sons and three
daughters. These are Mrs. Fay 4.
Driseol, Mrs. Grace Clark, Mrs. Ruth
Franz, Burt d. Fred C., Ralph ana
Harry Baldwin. All arc living end
with the exception OF Fred G. Bald.
win Of Ely and Mrs. Grace Clark Of
Los Angeles still reside at or close
by the old family home in Union
CITY, Ia. Fourteen grandchildren
were born as the descendants of Reu.
ben Baldw IN, and of these thirteen
are living.
In 1883 Reuben Baldwin. In part
nefship with his brother, purchased
the interest of Cross & Paterson IN a
shingle mill at Wattsburg. Pa. where
business was then commenced under
the firm name of Baldwin Bros. Some
years later he moved TO Elk county,
in the same state. wnere for two
years he was employed In another
shingle mill. From there he moved
again to Union City. where for eight
years he was employed as a band
sawyer in a chair manufacturing es.
~tablishment Since that time he has
been interested In the furniture un.|
holstcring business in Union Cits
whore he was the owner OF a beau.
tiful residence.
Fred g. Baldwin will In all prob.
ability not return TO his home and
business AFFAIRS In Ely until about the
middle of January. He will remain
for n time with HIS aged mother IN
Union City In an effort to comfort
her as far as possible IN the IRE
deomable loss which the Baldwin
family has sustained. Since coming
10 Nevada during the Goldneid 81.
element be has been an active bust
ness a in the state. and the sad
occasion Of his fathers death was
the first visit ne has been able TO
pay to his old home in twelve years.