History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 507, Bernadotte Township
John J. Baldwin, farmer, sec. 33, P. O., Ipava; the son of
Jackson and Margaret (Hawkins) Baldwin, was born in Tazewell Co., Ill.,
Oct. 28, 1848; moved to this county in 1876; married Feb. 12, 1877,
Mary J. Duncan, of Fulton Co. This union has been blessed with one
child, Gertrude. Mr. Baldwin is one of the leading farmers of the
township, having 160 acres of land.
