Happy Birthday Grandpa Baldwin
Jess William Baldwin was born March 28, 1898, in Eliasville, Young County, Texas. His parents were Allen and Mary (Stewart) Baldwin. When Jess was about 15 years old, his parents moved up into Oklahoma - near Mountain Park, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in Oklahoma that he met a young lady named Mabel Leffel. Mabel had also been born in Young County, Texas. Her parents had moved to Oklahoma in 1904.
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| Mabel and Jess Baldwin |
Jess and Mabel married on Christmas Day 1917. They were the parents of fourteen children and grandparents of 46 (50 including step-grandchildren) and great-grandparents of about 89. In 1934, the Jess and Mabel Baldwin family moved from Oklahoma and eventually ended up living in Colorado, where a lot of the family still resides.
Grandpa was a stockman and spent most of his life buying and selling livestock. He was especially good with horses and always knew a good horse when he saw one. He worked at the Cortez Sale Barn and later ran a Sale Barn in Montrose, Colorado.
Grandpa was a stockman and spent most of his life buying and selling livestock. He was especially good with horses and always knew a good horse when he saw one. He worked at the Cortez Sale Barn and later ran a Sale Barn in Montrose, Colorado.
Grandpa died 50 years ago on March 8, 1972. He has been missed everyday of those 50 years by his family.
Since starting this blog in 2008, I have added many posts about Grandpa Jess. Below are links to most of them. The first post listed, My Favorite Cowboy, has been one of this blog's most viewed and popular posts.
2 comments:
His birthday is next month! I am so grateful that I have the privilege to learn about my ancestors and see pictures of them. Although I haven’t been alive to meet most of them, I feel a connection to them through learning and reading about them through knowledge passed down☺️
Happy Birthday to an amazing father and grandfather😍 Jess left a legacy of love to all of his family.
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