Wallace E Baldwin (1845 - 1928)

Born 20 May 1845 in Portage, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Adelaide Gertrude (Brownson) Baldwin — married 16 Apr 1868 in Benton, Oregon, United States

Died 27 Dec 1928 at age 83 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Private Wallace Baldwin served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 6 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 2 May 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company D; 150th Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Company H

Wallace was born in 1845 to Lester Phelps Baldwin and Sophronia Bayley. Wallace enlisted in Company D of the 103rd OVI on 6 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was discharged on 8 Jan 1863 on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. After he regained his health he enlisted in Company H of the 150th Ohio Infantry (National Guard) on 02 May 1864 and mustered out on 23 Aug 1864. After the war, Wallace moved to Oregon where he married Adalaide "Addie" Brownson on 16 Apr 1868 in Benton, Oregon. Wallace was appointed as the U.S. Postmaster for Corvallis, Benton, Oregon on 6 Jul 1868 and served until 1871. Wallace worked as a Merchant and a Hardware Dealer in Oregon. For a short period of time he was a Steamboat Agent in California in the early 1900s before returning to Oregon. He passed away in 1928.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24046392/wallace_e-baldwin: accessed August 3, 2024), memorial page for Wallace E. Baldwin (20 May 1845–27 Dec 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24046392, citing Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by William Stark (contributor 46521610).

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Solon, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 673; Page: 409b

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Solon, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_955; Page: 634; Family History Library Film: 803955

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 5, Benton, Oregon; Roll: M593_1285; Page: 93A

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Corvallis, Benton, Oregon; Roll: 1080; Page: 72d; Enumeration District: 005

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Vallejo Ward 2, Solano, California; Roll: 113; Page: 24; Enumeration District: 0153

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T625_1499; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 34

• Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., County Marriage Index, 1851-1975 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Oregon Marriages. Various County Courthouses, Oregon.

• Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. Original data: Oregon Death Records, 1864-1971. Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Archives.

• The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Number: T288; Roll: 19

• The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Record Group: Records of the Post Office Department; Record Group Number: 28; Series: M841; Roll Number: 105