Jeremiah Wallace Baldock (March 11, 1842 – December 5, 1919) was an American farmer and politician.
Born in
Parma, Ohio
Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, located on the southern edge of Cleveland.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 81,146. Parma is the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio, the largest suburb in the state, and ...
, Baldock and his parents moved to
Hayton, Wisconsin, in 1852, and then settled in the town of
Chilton,
Calumet County, Wisconsin
Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,442. The county seat is Chilton. The county was created in 1836 (then in the Wisconsin Territory) and organized in 1850.
Calumet ...
. Baldock lived in
Brant, Wisconsin and was a farmer. During the
American Civil War
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, Baldock served in the
18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the western theater of the American Civil War. A large portion of the regiment was captured in their first battle, at Shiloh, but they went ...
. In 1899, Baldock served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
as a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
. Baldock died of a stroke at his home in Brant, Wisconsin.
[Veteran Is Called—Was Pioneer of Chilton Town, '' Chilton Times'', December 13, 1919.]
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1842 births
1919 deaths
People from Parma, Ohio
People from Calumet County, Wisconsin
People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
Farmers from Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
19th-century American politicians
Burials in Wisconsin