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GEORGE M. BALDWIN Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 746

J. M. BALDWIN.  A beautiful farm of three hundred and twenty acres, pleasantly located in Madison Township, Fayette County, three miles from Cook, is the home of this well-known farmer and stock-raiser.  He was born on this place Aug. 20, 1815,,, the land having formerly been owned by his grandfather, Capt. John Baldwin, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and a native of Virginia.  While residing there and during those troublous times, he raised a company, pledging his own means for their pay.  He served through the entire war under Washington, receiving his pay in Continental money and a land warrant.  The money being valueless, Capt. Baldwin was obliged to sell his possessions in the Old Dominion in order to keep his promise to the soldiers.  Thus left without resources, he came to Ohio and located in Fayette County, where he was obliged to part with half of his land in order to get his warrant placed.  His advent into the county was made in the spring of 1812, and the succeeding fall he was followed by his large family of fourteen children.  Capt. Baldwin departed this life in 1820, his remains being buried on the ground laid off y himself on the farm which our subject occupies.      Jonah Baldwin, the direct progenitor of our subject, was born in 1773, and is the twin brother of William.  He grew to mature years in Virginia, and was there married, in 1803, to Mary Bland, by whom he became  the father of eight children, viz.:  John, Catherine, Hannah, Margaret, J. M., Joseph, Susan and Nancy.  The children were all given a good education, the sons aiding their father in clearing and improving the home farm.  Mr. Jonah Baldwin served his fellow-townsmen as Constable, and his eldest son held the office of Justice of the Peace for a number of terms.      The father of our subject, who was born Mar. 7, 1773, died Sept. 13, 1850, while his wife, who was born Aug. 19, 1783, departed this life Oct. 16, 1886.  Mr. Baldwin of this sketch is the proprietor of two hundred and forty acres of land in Adams County, Ind., and has purchased the interest of all the heirs of the old homestead, with the exception of his sister Margaret's share. Like his father and grandfather before him, he is a Democrat in politics, and during his incumbency of the office of Constable he performed the duties of that position in a most satisfactory manner. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 179

THOMAS H. BALDWIN Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 661

NATHANIEL S. BARNETT Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 755

JAMES M. BAUGHN Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 416

JAMES G. BEATTY Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 657

HENRY L. BENDLE Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 806

EDWARD M. BOGGESS` Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 436

THOMAS E. BRADEN.  The valuable farming and stock interests of Fayette County are in the hands of men who are gifted with push, business acumen and far-seeing enterprise, and are among the prime factors in the steady and substantial growth of this section of the State.  Thomas E. Braden belongs to this class, and his farm in Wayne Township is well kept up, compares with the best in the locality in its appointments, and is admirably adapted to stockraising, in which our subject is largely engaged.      Mr. Braden was born in Ross County in 1831 in the home of William and Jane Braden, who were natives of Ireland.  The father was born in the northern part of that country, near Dublin, in 1803.  His father was a farmer and land-owner there and was a man of considerable importance in his neighborhood, and was a strict Presbyterian in his religious belief.  He lived to the great age of one hundred and three years.      William Braden grew to a vigorous, independent manhood on his native island, receiving a good common-school education and a thorough drilling as a farmer.  In 1826, in the opening years of a promising manhood, he set sail for his old home to the shores of America, and after he landed he made his way to this State, and in Ross County established himself in the hotel business with his brother at Chillicothe.  He was thus engaged for thirty years, and he then came to this county, and at Good Hope, in Wayne Township, followed gardening from 1849 until 1870.  The last years of his life were spent in the home of our subject, and in 1881 he passed away at a ripe age.  In politics, he was first a Democrat, but in the latter part of his life he transferred his allegiance to the Republican party.      The subject of this sketch is one of five children, the others being John, Mary (wife of Jacob Overly), Andrew and Eliza.  He began life for himself at the age of thirteen, being a stout, active, manly lad, and for some seventeen years he was engaged as a farm hand by the month, mostly in Fayette County.  In 1861, he was happily married to Nancy, daughter of Jacob and Anna Areheart, and a native of Fayette County.  Her parents were natives respectively of Virginia and Indiana.  To her and our subject have been born seven children, who have been carefully trained and are well educated.  They are named respectively, Louis, Anna, Jennie, Edith, Thomas R., Mary E. and Ralph.  Miss Jennie occupies a responsible position as book-keeper for a business firm at Washington C. H.      Mr. Braden lived on rented farms after his marriage until 1868, when he bought his present farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres in Wayne Township.  He at once set about the hard pioneer task of clearing and redeeming the land after it came into his possession, and has brought it to a fine condition, both as to cultivation and improvements in the way of fencing, tiling and putting up good buildings for every needed purpose.  The first dwelling that he erected, which was a neatly built and commodious structure, was destroyed by fire, and he replaced it by another equally substantial and well arranged.  He is quite extensively engaged in raising stock in connection with other farming operations, and he handles a good grade of Short-horn cattle.      Mr. Braden is an uncompromising Republican, with an intelligent comprehension of politics.  He has a good record as a public official who has done good service in various capacities, and is incorruptible.  He has been Trustee of Wayne Township nine years and School Director in one district for twenty-one years.  He is at present one of the Directors of the County Infirmary, which position he has held six years. Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 369

JAMES S. BRANNEN Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 587

JOSEPH BRUBACHER Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 621

ALVA M. BUSH Source:  Portrait and Biographical History of Fayette,  Pickaway and Madison Counties, Ohio. Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. - 1892 - Page 755

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