Baldry, J. E. bio

J. E. BALDRY
Biography

transcribed by Sheryl McClure

from Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1890

J. E. BALDRY, deputy postmaster of Clifton, also carried on a thriving trade in books and confectionery. He came to this city in 1878 and with the exception of two years spent in Kansas City, Mo., has since maintained his residence here. He was born in Lettsville, Louisa County, Iowa, July 14, 1863, and received a practical education in the common schools of Iowa and Kansas. For some time he was engaged as a clerk for his uncle, L. C. Chester, a prominent grain dealer.

The father of our subject was Samuel Baldry, a native of England and now a resident of Belden, Mo. He came to America when a boy and was married in Michigan to Miss Augusta Kene. Mrs. Baldry is likewise a native of Germany and was born in Berlin. She came to America when quite young and was married in Iowa. She died at her home in Lettsville, that State, in 1876, while in her prime. In religious belief she was a Methodist, to which church Samuel Baldry also belongs.

Mr. Baldry made his home principally with his uncle Chester after the decease of his mother, and developed into a pedagogue, which profession he followed two years. He is numbered among the promising young business men of Clifton, and votes the straight Republican ticket.

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