Leonard Ernest Baldwin

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Personal and Family Information

Leonard was born on 17 Jun 1889 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the son of William D. Baldwin and Martha E Mitchell.

He died on 3 Feb 1947 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.

His wife was Mollie Ellen Cochran, who he married on 21 NOV 1909 in Lonoke County, Arkansas. Their three known children were Flossie Lee (1910-2004), Elva (1915-?) and Vera Bernice (1919-1998).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Leonard Ernest Baldwin
(1889-1947)

 

William D. Baldwin
(1863-1927)

 

Mordecai Maud Baldwin
(1822-?)

 

John James Baldwin
(1790-<1841)

 
   

Nancy Allen
(1795-1870)

 
   

Caroline Mary Woodruff
(1839-?)

 

Dennis Woodruff
(1813-?)

 
   

Francis Banks
(1817-?)

 
   

Martha E Mitchell
(1861-1912)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth17 JUN 1889
Place: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Address: Enid, per Death Cert and WW1, WW2 draft cards birth year varies with source 1889 WW1 Draft and 1900 census 1888 on WW2 draft, death cert and gravestone
Death3 FEB 1947
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 58y, 7m, 17d
Census22 JUN 1900
Place: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Age: 10 born Miss
Address: dwelling 273 family 274 with parents, siblings and uncle
Census 1900 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
Source: Census 1900 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
Authors: U.S. Federal Census
Date: 22 JUN 1900
Publisher: ancestry.com

Census19 APR 1910
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 20
Address: Butler Twp, dwelling 56, family 56 Baldwin, Earnest, head mw age 20 married, 0 yr born Ark f&m U.S. farmer __ Mollie E wife fw age 20 married 0 yr, mother of 0,0 born Ark, f&m Ark
Census27 APR 1910
Place: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Age: 20 born Miss
Address: dwelling 146 family 150 with parents
Census 1910 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
Source: Census 1910 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
Authors: U.S. Federal Census
Date: 27 APR 1910
Publisher: ancestry.com

Census8 JAN 1920
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Address: Carlise town, Greenlaw Ave, visit 114, family 118 Baldwin, Earnest head, mw age 30 married born Ark, f Miss, m Alabama, marshall of town __ mollie L wife fw age 21 married born Ark, f&m Ark __ Flossie L daughter fw age 9 single born Ark, f&m Ark __ Elva daughter, fw age 5, single born Ark, f&m Ark __ Vera B daughter fw age 2/12 single born Ark, f&m Ark Anderson, Gertrude, boarder fw age 20 single born Ark f Ala, m Ark
Census9 APR 1940
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 51
Address: Cleveland Twp, dwelling 50, rented $2, Grayson, Alma, head, fw married, born Mississippi, same place 1935 Merritt, Eugenia E, daughter fw age 15 single born Arkansas, same place 1935 Baldwin, Lenard, brother mw age 51 single, born Mississippi, same place 1935, farm labor f&m born Mississippi, speaks english __ Henry D, brother age 40 widowed, born Mississippi, same place 1935, farm labor house 53 Griggs, H Lital and Bertha house 45, Glover Rosce and Annie with Joe D and Clifton
Burial1947
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 58y, 7m, 17d
Address: Highway 31, between Lonoke and Beebe Lonoke County Arkansas N34° 53.141' W 091° 52.576' findagrave 69758126
Agency: AB confirmed tomstone inscription 6/5/03
Cemeteries -Lonoke County
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Notes

Note 1

shell shocked per Oral tradion of family, Draft card WW1 lists as “mentally disabled”

Sources

  1. Census 1900 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
    Source: Census 1900 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
    Authors: U.S. Federal Census
    Date: 22 JUN 1900
    Publisher: ancestry.com
  2. Census 1910 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
    Source: Census 1910 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Beat 1
    Authors: U.S. Federal Census
    Date: 27 APR 1910
    Publisher: ancestry.com