Person:Cornelius Baldwin (2)

THE BALDWIN FAMILY. Dr. Cornelius Baldwin (the great-grandson of John Baldwin, who settled at Milford, Conn., in 1638-9,) was born in Elizabeth City, N. J., in 1751 ; served as an army surgeon during the Revolution, and at the end of the war settled at Winchester, Va. He married, about 1784, Mary, the youngest daughter of Col. Gerard Briscoe, of " Cloverdale," near Winchester. Colonel Briscoe was from Montgomery county, Md.; his wife, Mary Baker, was born in Annapolis ; they had only two children — viz.: Elizabeth Briscoe, who married Judge Hugh Holmes, and Eleanor Briscoe, who married Judge Archibald Stuart, of Staunton, (the father and mother of Hon. A. H. H. Stuart.) Dr. Cornelius Baldwin's children by his first wife, Mary Briscoe (she was born 1767, died September 26, 1808,) were ten — viz.: I. Margaret, b 1785, d 1826. II. Eliza C., b 1787, d December 11, 1844. III. Briscoe Gerard, b January 17, 1789, d May 18, 1853. IV. Cornelius E., b 1791, d about 1828. V. Robert T., b 1793, d 1863. VI. Archibald Stuart, b 1797, d 1873. VII. Hugh Holmes; d young. VIII. Mary Briscoe, b November 18, 1800; living in 1878. IX. William Daniel, b 1803, d 1830. X. Alexander G., b 1805, d in 1835, at Fort Towson, Arkansas. He was educated at West Point, and died a lieutenant in the U. S. A.; unmarried Dr. Cornelius Baldwin married secondly, in May, 1813, Mildred, d of Dr. Throgmorton, of Clarke county, Va. She d in September, 1 816, leavi issue. XI. Cornelia, who married the Rev. William H. Mitchell, of Washington, D. C. Dr Cornelius Baldwin married thirdly, in 1819, Miss Susan Prichard. No issue. Margaret Baldwin married, in 1803, Judge William Daniel, ST., of Lynchburg, b in Cumberland in 1770, d inLynchburg November 20, 1839. He first entered the State Legislature in 1798-99; served in both of its branches with distinguished ability ; was transferred to the Bench, and continued to his death a member of the General Court of Virginia. His children were : I. Mary C. B., b 1804, d at "Union Hill" in 1843 I married, in 1825, Mayo Cabell, Esq., of " Union Hill." II. William, Jr., judge, b in Cumberland 1808, died at Nelson courthouse in 1873 ; married first, in 1843, Sarah A., (d in 1846) d of John W. \ Yarwick, of Lynchburg. Their eldest child is John W. Daniel. Judge Wm. Daniel, Jr., married secondly Miss Elizabeth, d of Governor William H. Cabell, president of the Virginia Court of Appeals III. Eliza, b 1810, d in 1831 ; married, in 1831 , William J. Lewis, for Lynchburg District. No issue. IV. Elvira Augusta, b 1817, d June 29, 1862; married, in 1836, Col. Charles Ellet, Jr., of Philadelphia. V. Martha, married Judge Wood Bouldin, of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Eliza Cook Baldwin married, in 1810, Capt. Joseph C. Baldwin, who descended from Nathaniel Baldwin, who settled at Milford, Conn., in 1638-9. 1 Cornelius Clarke, b 1811 ; established the Lexington "Gazette" in 1836; married first, in 1837, Margaret, d of Hugh Paxton ; secondly, in 1858, Miss Sue A. Sale. II. Elizabeth Holmes, b 1813, d 1844; married, 1832, William H. Gar- ber, Esq , of Staunton Among their children are Judge John Garber, formerly of the Supreme Court of Nevada, Virginia Garber, who married Gen. Reuben Davis, of Mississippi, M. C., &c , and Maj Alexander M. Garber. HI. Joseph Glover, born at Friendly Grove, one mile south of Winchester, January 21, 1815 ; received his elementary education in Staunton, being a class-mate of the writer, who at that early day discovered his intellectual superiority, and predicted for hima brilliant future; married, in 1839, Miss Sidney, d of Judge Jno. White, of Talledega, Ala. In 1835 he edited t Buchanan Advocate ;" removed to De Kalb county, Miss , in 1836, and to to Gainesville, Ala , in 1838, where he practiced law for twelve years in partnership with J. Bliss. Esq.; represented Sumpter county in the Legislature ' in 1843-4 ; removed to Livingston, Ala , in 1850 ; wrote " The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi " in 1853, and " Party Leaders " in 1854 ; removed to California in 1854 ; was a judge of the Supreme Court from October 1858, to January, 1862, when he resumed the practice of law in San Francisco; he d September 30, 1864. His eldest son, Judge Alex. White Baldwin, b in 1840, killed in a railroad collision near San Francisco in Novembe 1868 ; educated at the University of Virginia ; a practicing lawyer at eighteen ; a prosecuting attorney at nineteen ; a leader of the Nevada Bar at twenty-one ; a United States District Judge at twenty-five ; one of the most brilliant and promising young men of his day in America. H Baldwin's ) oldest daughter, Kate Baldwin, married Hon. John B. Fen- ton, of California. IV. Cyrus Briscoe, b 1819, d June 25, 1862, in C. S. A.; married, first, Miss Gates ; second, a d of Judge Vandegreff, of Gainesville Ala. V. Cornelia, married, in 1859, Hon. Edward Stanley, M. C., of North Carolina. He moved to San Francisco, where he died without issue July, 1872. Gen. B. G. Baldwin married, 1812, Martha Steele (b September i2th, 1 79 1, died January, 1870,) d of Chancellor John Brown and his wife Fanny Peyton (d of Col. Henry Peyton, a distinguished patriot and soldier of 1776.) Gen. B. G. Baldwin was educated at William and Mary College ; studied law ; frequently a member of the Legislature ; a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1829 ; appointed a judge of the Court of Appeals 1842. His children were: I. Frances Cornelia, married August 1, 1833, Hon. A. H. H. Stuart. II. Mary Eleanor, married July i, 1841, Col. James M. Ranson. • III. John Brown, b near Staunton January 11, 1820, d September 30, 1873; Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia ; Inspector-General of the State forces ; colonel of the Fifty-second regiment Virginia volunteers, C. S. A.; member Confederate Congress, and filled most acceptably other positions of honor and trust. He married in 1842, Susan M., d of Hon. John H. Peyton, an eminent lawyer of Staunton, Va. No issue. IV. Margaret, married Dr. Chapman Johnson Stuart. V. Col. Briscoe G., and VI. James William. Briscoe was chief of ordnance C. S. A. of Northern Virginia. James was drowned in James river, at Richmond, Va., October, 1876. Dr Cornelius E. Baldwin married Nelly, daughter of Major Isaac Hite, of Belle Grove, near Middletown, whose wife was the sister of President Madison. Mr. Madison left each of Dr. Baldwin's three daughters a handsome legacy. Issue : I. Eleanor, married Lewis Davidson ; moved to Missouri. II. Mary B., a missionary of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Athens, Greece; d in 1877 at Jaffa, Syria. III. Dr. Hite, formerly a surgeon U. S. N. I V. James. V. Dr. Robert T., a surgeon C. S. N. VI. Ann, married Mr. Hay, of Missouri, U. S. consul at Jaffa. He d leaving one child, John Baldwin Hay. now (1878) United States consul- general at Constantinople, Turkey. Mrs. Hay has charge of a mission school at Jaffa. Dr. Robert T Baldwin, a surgeon in the U. S. A. in the war of 1812 ; married first, Sally Mackey (no issue ); second, Portia Hopkins, and had issue: I. Cornelia, married J. Peyton Clarke. II. Mary Briscoe, married Rev. J M. P. Atkinson, D. D., president of Hampden-Sidney College. III. Dr. Robert. IV. Ludwell. V. John, d 1877. Dr. Archibald Stuart Baldwin married Kitty Mackey, sister to his brother Robert's first wife. Issue : I. Mary, married Mr. Tidball, a lawyer ; moved to California. II. Margaret, married Robert Whitehead, a lawyer of Nelson county, Va. III. Catherine, married Dr. Sigismund Neil. IV. Dr. Robert F. , superintendent State Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, Va.; a colonel and surgeon in C. S. A.; d 1879 V. Dr. John, married a d of Hon. Richard W. Barton, M. C. from Virginia, &c Hed in 1862. VI. Dr. Cornelius, married a d of Marshall Jones, of New Orleans. VII. Sallie. VIII. Fannie. Mary Briscoe Baldwin married William W. Donaghe. Issue: I. Margaret, D., married Rev. Robert White, D. D. II. Dr. Briscoe B., married Miss Brooke. III. Mary A., unm IV. Annie, married H. Jouette Gray. V. William W., married Lucy Callaghan. William Daniel Baldwin married Margaret, d of John C. Sowers. He d aged twenty-seven, leaving only one child, Mary Julia Baldwin