Baldwin, Mary A., 1853-1933.

Mary Anne (Thomas) Baldwin was born April 7, 1853 in Fairmont, West Virginia. When she was ten, her family moved to Allerton, Iowa. She married Elmer E. Baldwin on January 12, 1870. They resided in Woodford County, Illinois in the first years of their marriage, and then returned to Allerton. In December 1887, the Baldwins moved to the community of Horton in Brown County, Kansas, where Elmer Baldwin and William Wagner formed the residential construction partnership of Wagner and Baldwin. Elmer Baldwin died in 1893. Mary Baldwin remained a resident of Horton until her death in 1933.

From the guide to the Mary A. Baldwin papers, 1886-1940, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)