F. M. BALDWIN, one of the prominent retired men of Greene county, was born in Warren county, O., May 20, 1831, being a son of Benjamin and Martha (Varner) Baldwin. F. M. came to this state with his parents in the fall of 1850, and located on Apple Creek prairie, remaining with them until his marriage, April 5, 1855, with Mary Agnes Bowman, daughter of Abram and Agnes (Turley) Bowman. After marriage he removed to String Prairie, where his father had given him 240 acres of land. He resided there until Aug., 1869, when he moved to a place called Baldwin's Mill, and engaged in the milling business with B. F. Baldwin, his brother, for two years. He then sold his interest in the mill to his brother, and engaged in farming, which he followed until the fall of 1883, when he retired from business life and moved to White Hall, where he built a fine two-story residence opposite Mr. Wilkenson's nursery, on Franklin street. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are the parents of nine children, four of whom are living - Etna, wife of Damon Griswold; Martha, wife of Marcus North; Mary, wife of B. W. Greer, and Agnes, at home. Those deceased are - Lewis E., born April 26, 1862, died Nov. 20, 1875; Harry C., born Dec. 5, 1863, was killed by the explosion of a boiler, May 10, 1881; Elias V., born May 15, 1865, died Sept. 2, 1876; Frances, a twin sister of Mary, born May 7, 1860, died Sept. 9, 1862; Emma, born March 28, 1869, died Aug. 18, 1869. During active life, Mr. Baldwin was one of the most prominent stock raisers of the county, as was also his father. Mrs. Baldwin died Jan 25, 1885, and is buried at the White Hall cemetery. Mr. Baldwin has made a success of life, and secured for himself a reputation for honesty and fair dealings, of which his family may well feel proud.