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1112 SOUTHEASTERX MASSACHUSETTS
1821-22, in Dartmouth, married there (first)
Sylvia Ann Snell, and (second) Elizabeth
Allen, and by the second marriage had a son
William J. (who is a civil engineer on a large
sugar plantation in Cuba, and who married
Elizabeth Page, of Montana, and has two
children, Russell Page and Kenelm Ben-
jamin) ; Benjamin, born Sept. 19, 1823, in
Dartmouth, married Cornelia Greene Baker;
Hudson, born Jan. 3, 1826, is mentioned
farther on. To the credit of this large family,
it is worthy of remark that all of the children
were given a common school education, all
began life poor, each lived to be possessed of
a competence, and not one was helped by any
one. Three of the sons became vessel masters.
(VI) William Baker Winslow, son of Hudson
and Phebe (Baker) Winslow, when a
a common
young man, after having acquired
school education, went on the water and followed
a seafaring life for many years, making
in all five whaling voyages. On tlie discovery
of gold on the Pacific coast in 1849 he was allured
thither. Going to California he there
remained one year, and on his return East he
became and remained occupied in rigging ships
through the remaining years of his active business
life, retiring in the early eighties. Mr.
Winslow was a man of considerable force of
character, possessed of good common sense and
judgment. He was exceedingly genial in dis-
Baker, Jr., born June 7, 1841, died Sept. 20,
1851 ; Jeremiah Baldwin, born Jan. 5, 1843,
died in August, 1845. By her first marriage
Mrs. Winslow had a daughter, Betsey Baldwin
Worden, whom Mr. Winslow legally adopted,
and who survives and occupies the Winslow
homestead built in 1851 by Mr. Winslow. Mr.
Charles Worden was a shoe manufacturer of
Newark, iST. J., and while on a business trip
to New York died of cholera, in 1836. The
Baldwin was one of the oldest families of New
Jersey, going there from Connecticut, and
many of the name participated in the war for
independence, and since then have taken part
in the upbuilding and progress
and nation.
of their State
Miss Betsey Baldwin Winslow, so well
known and so dear to the people of New Bedford
that she needs no introduction, has given
the years of her life to the development of the
schools of the city and to the education of theyouth.
She was educated in the public schoola
of New Bedford and at a select school, and has
been a student all her life. For some time she
was a teacher in the Fifth street grammar
school, and when home duties made it neces-
sary for her to resign it was suggested she be
placed on the school committee. Although thiswas
a unique position for a woman at that
time, it was done, her election occurring in
1876, and she has continued to be an active
member to the present time (1911). The year
before she gave up teaching in the Fifth street
school she was offered a position in the high
school, but declined, preferring to remain in
the grammar school. Her loyalty to that
school is undiminished, and she has alwaysseemed
to feel herself a part of it. At the
time of her resignation the school committee
placed on record a testimonial of appreciation
of her services.
position, kind and thoughtful and generous,
making a warm friend, good neighbor, and a
popular as well as a good citizen. He was
esteemed, respected and beloved by the community
in which he lived. Mr. Winslow w^s
a Republican in politics, but took no active
part in party or public affairs.
During
On May 7, 1840, Mr. Winslow married Ann
Saulter (Baldwin) Worden, daughter of Nehemiah
S. and Esther (McGuinness) Baldwin, of
Newark, N. J., and widow of Charles Worden.
She died April 11, 1884. He passed away
eight years later, dying May 8, 1892. Two
sons blessed this marriage, namely: William
the years she has served as a member
of the school committee, many changes have
taken place. The great progressive educational
movements, that have meant the introduction
of sewing, cooking, woodworking, the kindergarten
and the industrial school, have had her
hearty indorsement and cooperation. A Icindlyhumor
has helped her in her work, and is one
of her greatest charms, brightening her smile
and enlivening her conversation. She has been
a most efficient and popular "coach" to hundreds,
preparing them for colleges. Ever since
the Harrington Training School was established,
some twenty years ago, she has prepared
girls for the entrance e.xamination, and every
year, as a member of the committee, presides
at this examination, the questions, however,,
having been prepared by others on the committee.
Young men have sought her assistance
in preparing for the professions, young Portu-
guese priests have learned faultless English
under her careful tuition; young women have
been prepared for training classes in hospitals
— in fact, her whole life has been given over to
educational work. She is a natural teacher—
one of those few who are born, not made, and
she has the breadth of vision that knows no
textbook boundary, but looks out into the vortex
of the world's activities, "feels the want
and sees the need."