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