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Abraham Baldwin
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Abraham Baldwin was a native of New England, and came to
Connellsville about 1806. He was prominent in politics, church matters,
and business. He manufactured the first carding-machines ever made in this
section of country. His shop was on Baldwins Run, immediately south of
the old burial-ground. The pond raised by his dam was the fishing and
skating place of the boys of Connellsville in those days. On the same
stream, farther up, he, with his son-in-law, Daniel S. Norton, built a
four-story stone building, which they used as a cotton-factory. It was put
in operation about 1812, and discontinued about four years later, when
Norton removed to Ohio. John Stewart, Isaac Mears, and William Baisley
were employes of Baldwin & Norton. The cotton-factory building passed into
other hands, fell into disuse, and is now a ruin.
: with
biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1882, page 369.
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