Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Today in Family History - 22 Mar

My 3rd great-grandfather Benjamin Franklin Baldwin, Sr. died on this day in 1869 in Walker County, Texas [1, 2]. He was buried at McAdams Cemetery in Walker County [1]. 

Coincidentally, Franklin's grandson, my great-grandfather, Spencer Clarke Baldwin, Sr. also died on this day in 1967 at Bayshore Hospital in Pasadena, Harris, Texas [2, 3, 4]. He was buried on 25 Mar 1967 at McAdams Cemetery in Walker County, Texas [3, 4]. The circumstances of his death lead to possibilities of medical malpractice [5].

References
[1] Walker County, Texas Cemeteries, Volume 2, North Walker County, Walker County Genealogical Society, Huntsville, TX, 2004. Page 99, McAdams Cemetery.
[2] B. F. Baldwin, Jr. Bible. Owned by Benjamin Franklin Baldwin. Jr. and Clara Ann Clarke. "Deaths Page"
[3] Death Records of Harris County, Texas. Death certificate for Spencer Clarke Baldwin, Sr.
[4] Walker County, Texas Cemeteries, Volume 2, North Walker County, Walker County Genealogical Society, Huntsville, TX, 2004. Page 103, McAdams Cemetery.
[6] Personal correspondence. E-mail from Nancy Lynn Baldwin to Kevin Paul Thompson, 10 Nov 2004.

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