Irvin Baldwin Family Bible Irvin C. Baldwin was borned September the 15th in the year A.D.........1814 And Deceased this life August the 30th A.D...........................1864 Sydney S. Baldwin was borned Febuary the 8th in the year A.D..........1816 And Deceased this life March the 6th A.D..............................1864 Leavy Baldwin was borned the 8th of October in the year A.D..............1831 And Deceased this life the 9th of the Same year Maryann Baldwin was borned November the 30th in the year A.D.........1832 William T. Baldwin was borned Febuary the 10th A.D..............................1835 George W. Baldwin was borned March the 7th in the year A.D...............1838 James A. Baldwin was borned March the 6th in the year A.D..................1840 Elisabeth Baldwin was borned April the 19th in the year A.D...................1841 Joseph W. Baldwin was borned November the 1st in the year A.D.........1843 Moses Baldwin was borned January the 30th in the year A.D...................1847 And Deceased June the 26th in the year A.D...........................1865 Leah F. Baldwin was borned November the 2nd in the year A.D..............1849 Irvin C. Baldwin was borned June the 27th in the year A.D........................1852 And Deceased April the 16th in the year....................................1889 Lewis W. Baldwin was borned December the 8th in the year A.D.............1855 Mary Wiloughby Deceased this life January the 28th in the year A.D........1849 This is a true copy of the old original Record that I copied from the old Bible but I don't know what date Papa and Mother was Married go to the old Bible for it but I don't think you will find the date of their Marriegs in it And I can't tell you how mutch Money I drew on Moses Claim when I drew it but I think it was 80odd dollars I did not think about this and I did not try to remember it but if I can help you any I will do it do the best you can. (signed) Joseph W. Baldwin give this to Lewis W. Baldwin (See explanations, notes, corrections and additions below) I did not take the liberty of correcting any of the spelling, capitalization or punctuation of the hand written letter by Joseph W. Baldwin in order to preserve the flavor of it. I have tried to transcribe it here exactly as he wrote it. Irvin C. Baldwin came from North Carolina (probably Richmond County) and arrived in, what is now Winston County between 1852 and 1860. The first seven children (Leavy through Joseph were all born in N.C., probably in Richmond County. Moses Baldwin was born in Tennessee. Leah and Irvin C. (Jr.) Were born in Georgia. Lewis W. was born in Ashville, St. Clair County,Al. George W. Baldwin married Mary A. (last name unknown) (1880 census) Elizabeth Baldwin married James O. Farley March 7th 1863 She died Jan. 1, 1921 in Winston Co. Al. Joseph W. Baldwin also married a Mary A. (last name unknown. (1880 census) Irvin C. Baldwin (Jr.) married Hazeltine (last name unknown)(1880 census) Lewis Williams Baldwin married Huldah Ann Rivers, Feb. 14, 1874 in Houston. He died Nov. 28, 1918 in Jasper, Walker Co. Al. No mention is made of the relationship of Mary Wiloughby (Willoughby) to this family. I can only speculate that she may have been the mother of Sydney S. Baldwin. She was living with the Baldwins in several census'. Joseph inadvertently gave the wrong year of her death (1849). She appeared in the 1850 Census at age 72 and widowed. Submitted by: G. Edward Stahlnecker (flyingdutchmanxlv@hotmail.com)