Introduction

Biography

Lydia was the daugh­ter of Re­sol­va Wood and Eu­nice Ann Pa­tterson, and wife of George Eph­ra­im Bald­win.

They were liv­ing in De­la­ware in 1900 (Mi­lford), 1910 and 1920. They also lived in ma­ny oth­er states, including In­di­ana (1873) and Vir­gi­nia (1872, 1877–79). They had at least one daugh­ter, Eli­nor, born in Chu­la, Vir­gin­ia, in 1872. Eli­nor mar­ried Al­ex­an­der E. Ro­sa, and ap­peared in the Woman’s Who’s Who of Ame­ri­ca, 1914–15.

Works

• A Yan­kee School-Teach­er in Vir­gin­ia: A Tale of the Old Do­min­ion in the Tran­si­tion State (New York: Funk & Wag­nalls, 1884)
• Poems, 1910