San Diego County Biographies
 
WILLIAM H. BALDRIDGE 

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Was born at Wapello, Iowa, in the year 1850. At the age of fourteen he entered a 
drug store in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to learn the business, where he remained four 
years, when he opened a drug store at Fort Dodge, in the same State. In 
consequence of poor health he sold out after two years, and went to Kansas, 
where for three years he was in the employ of the Union Pacific Railway Company, 
in train service. He then went to Texas, and for thee years was conductor on a 
passenger train on the Texas Pacific road. In 1877 he opened a drug store in 
Fort Worth, Texas, where he remained three yeas. In consequence of an attack of 
�Texas fever,� he sold out his business and removed to Kansas City, where he 
again engaged in the drug business. In October, 1887 he came to Escondido, San 
Diego County, and once more engaged in his favorite business, having now 
(January, 1890) the largest and best drug store in the place. He has a large 
trade, which extends over the larger portion of the surrounding country.

He was married November 25, 1873, to Miss Fannie H. White, daughter of F. White 
of Wyandotte, Kansas. He has four children, three sons and one daughter. He is a 
member of Escondido Lodge, No. 344, I.O.O.F.
 
An Illustrated History of Southern California: Embracing the Counties of San 
Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California, from the Earliest Period of Occupancy to the Present Time.... - 
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890. pp 368