1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
Honorable William B. Allison
Eugene Anderson
Sanford A. Atherton
Honorable Isaac W. Baldwin
Dickson Beatty
F. E. Behrens
Henry Bockenstedt
John Bomacke
General Caleb Hoskins Booth
Nicholas Bray, M. D.
William Bray, M. D.
Edward Brown
John D. Bush
Edward Butler
Cascade Biographies
Dr. Rodolphus Clark
Bernhard Claus, Jr.
Frank W. Coates
Honorable Dennis Nelson Cooley
Reverend Mark Cooney
Hugh Corrance
Patrick F. Cunningham
Mell H. Cushing
Peter Dawson
John Driscoll
Charles Henry Eighmey
Jesse P. Farley
George Fengler
Mrs. Catherine Fries
Albert Gasser
Henry Gehrig
A. P. Gibbs
Theodor Goerdt
John R. Goldthorp
Honorable Julius Graves
Charles H. Gregoire
Ezra Gregory
Daniel Hallahan
Nicholas Hansen
Honorable Thomas Hardie
Henry Henkels
Rev. James Hill
Nancy R. Hill, M. D.
Asa Horr, M. D.
James Howie
Edward R. Jackson, M. D.
Francis Jaeger
Henry J. Jecklin
Reverend Clement Johannes
Evan E. Jones
General George Wallace Jones
John Kantlehner
Joseph K. Kaufmann
James Kelly
John Kleinschmidt
F. H. Klostermann
A. R. Knight
Honorable Frederick M. Knoll
Paul Lattner
Honorable Wendelin Lattner
Thomas Lochner
Christian Loetscher
Norton J. Loomis
Delos E. Lyon
J. E. Maguire, M. D.
W. A. Manhart
George Marshall
M. H. Martin
Honorable James McCann
Benjamin McCluer, M. D.
Susan Ann McCraney
A. S. McDermott
James and Martha McGee
James McGrath
M. F. McNamara
Jacob Michel
Charles Miller
Adam Mink
George Mollart
William J. Morgans
James Mullin
Dorrance Dixon Myers
Nicholas P. Nicks
Frederick R. Nitzsche, M. D.
J. J. E. Norman
Honorable Peter Olinger
Bernard J. O'Neill
John P. Page
Frank Paley
John Palmer
Rev. Frederick William Pape
Thomas Phillips
Joseph Platz
Andrew Rahe
Honorable James Rowan
Reverend Roger Ryan
George Salot
Colonel C. J. W. Saunders
John Sauser, Jr.
Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
Short Biographies
Joseph Simones
John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
Johanna (Baker) Specht
Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
Honorable William W. Stewart
Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
Matthew Tschirgi
Hon. Christian Anton Voelker
Chester H. Walker
William Watson, M. D.
F. W. Wieland
Louis Witter
Jacob Zollicoffer

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HON. ISAAC W. BALDWIN, probably no citizen of Dubuque County is more widely known throughout Iowa than the gentleman named, the present Representative of his district in the State Senate. His popularity may be inferred from the fact that although there is a Democratic majority of thirty-five hundred in this district he was elected on the citizens' nonpartisan ticket with a majority of seventeen. As editor and proprietor of the Cascade Pioneer he has exerted a marked influence in the affairs of this section and has aided in guiding its political destiny as well as in guarding its dearest interest, materially, socially and morally.

The son of William and Mary (Slichter) Baldwin, our subject was born in Blair, Waterloo County, Canada West, January 31,1835. In 1846 he removed with the family to Saginaw, Mich., and in 1853 accompanied them to Cascade, Iowa. His father being a tanner and currier by trade, he was early trained to a thorough understanding of that business. After the removal of the family to Dubuque County, William Baldwin engaged in farm pursuits and our subject went to Galena, Ill., where he served as Assistant Postmaster from 1854 to 1866. For a time he was proprietor of the DeSoto Hotel, which, however, did not prove a profitable enterprise. While serving as "mine host" he gave the grand farewell entertainment to Gen. U. S. Grant prior to his departure for Washington, D. C., in 1865. This was the society event of the season, and among the distinguished guests were Gen. Dick Oglesby, Gen. John A. Logan, Governor Cullom, Hon. E. B. Washburn, Jesse K. Dubois and numerous other state notables.

While a resident of Galena, November 17,1860, Mr. Baldwin married Miss Helen, daughter of Col. A. Eneas Mackay, of the United States army. The second union of Mr. Baldwin occurred September 23, 1874, when Miss Jean H. McGregor became his wife. This lady is a daughter of Joseph McGregor, of Dubuque.

Upon retiring from the post office in Galena Mr. Baldwin made his home in St. Louis until the autumn of 1867, when he returned to Cascade and here he has since resided. For several years he was connected with Frank May in the liquor business and for a twelve month managed the American House. In January, 1877, he purchased the Cascade Pioneer, which he has since edited in an able manner.

Recently he refitted the printing office, putting in anew Campbell cylinder printing press, a Prouty job press and a paper cutter. His paper is well supplied with solid and useful information, as well as lighter matter, keeping its readers well informed on current topics and the affairs of this and other countries. One of its interesting features is the correspondence from various localities in the county.

During the war Mr. Baldwin was a loyal supporter of Union principles. His political faith has always been in sympathy with the tenets of the Democratic Party. For six years he served as Justice of the Peace in White Water Township. While in Galena he represented Jo Daviess County in the state conventions from 1856 until 1862, and was Chairman of the Third Congressional District in 1866, stumping the locality with Hon. Thomas J. Turner and opposed by Hon. E. B. Washburn. In the progress of Cascade he has always taken an active interest and was the first Mayor of the city. He was influential in having the town incorporated, a telephone system established, and in securing the railroad through the place. In the fall of 1883 he was elected to represent Dubuque County in the Legislature and was re-elected on the expiration of his term. He was present at the dedication of the new capitol and was a member of the first Legislature that occupied it. He introduced numerous important bills touching the affairs of his constituents, serving on many committees and participating in debates.

In the fall of 1893 Mr. Baldwin was elected to the Iowa State Senate for a period of four years, and is the present incumbent of that office. Among the bills in which he has been especially interested are those relating to allowing railroads to mortgage their property and the formation of his county into a judicial district with two judges, forming the Tenth and Nineteenth Judicial Districts and the re-organization of our jury system. He has served as a member of the Committees on Appropriations, Senatorial and Representative Districts, Compensation of Public Officers, Constitutional Amendments and Suffrage, Elections, Corporations and Printing. Socially, he is a prominent Odd Fellow and Master Workman in the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a man of strong convictions, which he does not hesitate to express freely and frankly, and with all the vigor he can command. He is respected as his merits deserve by all who are acquainted with his character and attainments.