JEROME B. BALDWIN
WILLIMANTIC: Merchant
Mr. Baldwin was born in the town of Mansfield, September 14, 1843. The common schools of the town afforded him his education, and at the age of eighteen he enlisted as a private in Company D, Twenty-First regiment Connecticut Volunteers, serving three years; rose to the rank of sergeant, was in all the principal battles of his gallant regiment, and was seriously wounded in the second day’s engagement in front of Petersburg. Returning from the war, after three years’ active service, he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, and for many years was senior member of the firm of Baldwin & Webb in the clothing and furnishing goods trade, doing business in Willimantic. For the last few years, since the retirement of Mr. Webb from the firm, he has conducted the business alone. He married Miss Ella M. Adams, and has three children, daughters. Mr. Baldwin filled the position of town and borough assessor for three years and was on the board of water commissioners for a similar term, which latter position he still occupies. He is a member of the republican party, and as such was elected to represent the town of Windham in the state legislature in 1885, serving as chairman of the engrossed bills committee and also on the committee on military affairs. He is a member of the Grand Army organization in Willimantic. Mr. Baldwin is a highly-respected citizen, and though never an aspirant for public office, takes an active interest in whatever promotes the public welfare.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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