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John Denison Baldwin
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Born: September 28, 1809

Birthplace: North Stonington, Connecticut

Father: Daniel Baldwin 1783 – 1855
(Buried: Rixtown Cemetery, Griswold, Connecticut)

Mother: Hannah Stanton 1786 – 1877
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)

Wife: Lemira H. Hathaway 1813 – 1904
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)

Children:

Ellen Frances Baldwin 1833 – 1854

Captain John Stanton Baldwin 1834 – 1909
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)

Charles Clinton Baldwin 1835 – 1927
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)

Mary Jane Baldwin 1836 – 1850

Political Party: Republican Party


Education:

1834: Graduated from Yale Divinity School​

Occupation before War:

1832: Author of A scriptural View of the Messiah
1834 – 1837: Congregational Minister in West Woodstock, Connecticut​
1838 – 1845: Congregational Minister in North Branford, Connecticut​
1842: Author of Lessons from the Grave: a discourse delivered
1846 – 1849: Congregational Minister in North Killingly, Connecticut​
1847: Author of The Story of Raymond Hill
1847 – 1852: Connecticut State Representative​
1849 – 1852: Newspaper Owner in Hartford, Connecticut​
1852 – 1859: Newspaper Owner in Boston, Massachusetts​
1859 – 1883: Connected with the Worcester Spy Newspaper​
1860: Massachusetts Delegate Republican Party National Convention​

Civil War Career:
1859 – 1883: Connected with the Worcester Spy Newspaper​
1863 – 1869: United States Congressman from Massachusetts​
1863 – 1865: Member of House Printing Committee​
1863 – 1867: Member of House Public Buildings Expenditures​
1864: Author of State Sovereignty and Treason Speech
1865: Voted in support of the 13th​ Amendment to U.S. Constitution​
1865 – 1869: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​

Occupation after War:

1859 – 1883: Connected with the Worcester Spy Newspaper
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1863 – 1869: United States Congressman from Massachusetts​
1863 – 1867: Member of House Public Buildings Expenditures​
1865 – 1867: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​
1866: Author of Congress and Reconstruction Speech
1867 – 1869: Member of House Library Committee​
1868: Author of Human Rights and human races
1868: Choose not to be a candidate for re-nomination to U.S. Congress​
1869: Author of Pre – Historic Nations or inquiries
1871: Author of Ancient America, in notes on American Archeology
1880: Author of A record of descendants of John Baldwin
1882: Author of Thomas Stanton of Stoughton

Died: July 8, 1883

Place of Death: Worcester, Massachusetts

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts
 
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