John Denison Baldwin
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
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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