Individual Details

Garrett Romayne Baldwin

(13 May 1840 - 4 Mar 1888)



Enlisted in Company K, Michigan 18th Infantry Regiment on 26 Aug 1862. Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 20 Jan 1863. Promoted to Full Asst Surgeon on 11 May 1863. Mustered out on 26 Jun 1865 at Nashville, TN.

1870 Census. Ft Scott Ward 2, Bourbon Co, Kansas, Hh 129
Garrett R. Baldwin, 29, Physician, b. NY
Anna E., 24, b. Ohio
Robert R., age 1, b. Kansas
Melina Pigeon, 14, mulatto, domestic, b. IT
The Schedule for Production of Agriculture in the City of Ft Scott for 1870 shows that Garrett Baldwin owned 2 horses valued at $250

1875 Kansas State Census: Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co
G. R. Baldwin, 35, Physician, b. NY, came to Kansas from Michigan
A.E., 32, wife
R. R., 7. G. G., 3. B. P. 8 months - all males
Wm. Wilson, 25, black, servant
Sarah Wilson, 14, black, housegirl

1880 Census. Ft. Scott, Bourbon, KS, Hh 167
Garrit R. Baldwin, 36, Physician
Annie E., 35, wife
Robert B., 12, son
Freddie G., 2, son
Fannie Scales, 13, black, servant, b. KS

1885 Kansas State Census. Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co
G. R. Baldwin, 45, MD
A. E., 40, wife
R.R., 17. Geo., 8

Buried with wife Evergreen Cemetery, Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co, KY

Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 - Garrett Romyne Baldwin was born 13 May 1840, Saugerties, NY and died 4 Mar 1888 in Ft. Scott, KS after a long illness. He was a Allopath, educated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York, graduating in 1866.
Allopathy: The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment.

Events

Birth13 May 1840Saugerties, Ulster County, New York
Marriage2 May 1867Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas - Anne Elizabeth Johnston
Death4 Mar 1888Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas

Families

SpouseAnne Elizabeth Johnston (1844 - 1921)
ChildFrederick Augustus Baldwin (1877 - 1957)
FatherGoodrich Baldwin (1804 - 1879)
MotherDorcas Becker (1806 - 1881)