This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baldwin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACE/674.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Unless I am mistaken, the 1850 census does not show parents place of birth. Paxton Annals does not state where James Sr or his wife Sarah were born. The 1850 census I have for Platte County show James H. and Susan with 2 children, John and James, ages 3 and 6 months. I checked the actual census image online with Ancestry and it does not show parent info. I checked my 1880 census CD's which would show that info but he is not listed in Platte. If he is still living and you know where he is in 1880, I will be glad to check further....Whoops, check that. I just noticed Paxton states he lived only a few years after marriage. His info conflicts with the 1850 census and it says the only child of the marriage was John T., of Butte, Montana (at time of writing). Goes on to say that Susan Thornton Baldwin married a Dr McCrudy second, of Idaho. Looking further, it appears James H. died in Liberty, Clay, MO in 1855. Sorry not much. Chuck