Contributed by Charlene Saunders:
BALDWIN MINTONYE, deceased, was a native of Tippecanoe County, born in
Wayne, now Union Township, April 21, 1828, a son of PETER and MARTHA
(BALDWIN) MINTONYE, who were among the first settlers of Tippecanoe
County. They were the parents of five children, but one of whom is
living. BALDWIN MINTONYE was married August 25, 1850, to TERRESSA
HUTSINGER, a native of Ohio, born near Dayton, Montgomery County,
January 18, 1834, a daughter of ISAAC and MARY (WOLF) HUTSINGER, her
father a native of South Carolina, of Holland descent, and her mother of
Ohio, of German descent. After his marriage MR. MINTONYE settled on
eighty acres of land he had previously purchased. This farm he
afterward sold and bought 200 acres to which he subsequently added 100
acres, having at his death a fine farm of 300 acres. He died September
17, 1883, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn his loss.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which denomination
his widow also belongs. In politics he affiliates with the Republican
party. To MR. and MRS. MINTONYE were born ten children--WILLIAM, born
December 10, 1851, died December 12, 1879; CHARLES, born January 21,
1854; MARIETTA, born August 5, 1856, died September 24, 1857; MARTHA,
born July 20, 1858, is the wife of ASA BURNS; ETTA, born September 14,
1860, is the wife of WILLIAM STRAUBINGER; EDWARD, born December 28,
1862, died August 4, 1864; ALBERT, born June 29, 1865, died June 11,
1886; JENNIE, born November 1, 1867; ROSA MAY, born June 24, 1870; MARY
OLIVE, born March 8, 1873.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
pp. 554-555