John Lee Baum was the eldest of eight known children of David Baum (1804-1884) and Eliza Green (1809-1881), who married 10 Sep 1829 at Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana.
John married the widow Mrs. Lydia Helser Bragunier (1835-1920) on 19 Dec 1862 at Carroll County, Indiana. John and Lydia were the parents of three known children, namely:
1. Ida Elva Baum Newell (1865-1947)
2. Theodore Helser Baum (1873-1960)
3. Maud Edith Baum Shaeffer (1876-1953)
Links to John's parents, wife, all of his three known children and six of his seven known siblings are included below.
The following obituary courtesy of Robin Farley Dixon:
Near the Harley lime kilns, adjacent to the city of Delphi, in a picturesque spot, where nor is located a dynamite magazine, on July 8th, 1830, in a log cabin, in the woods, was born John L. Baum. On last Saturday night, at his county home two miles south east of the city, at the ripe old age of almost eighty and two years, this pioneer of the Wabash Valley passed to his reward. He came upon the stage of action when Delphi was less than two years old, and his whole life has been lived almost in sight of the places where he began and ended his earthly pilgrimage. He was the eldest of the eight sons and daughters of David and Eliza Baum, seven of whom now sleep in the cemeteries, surrounding the city, Mrs. Amanda Martin being the sole survivor.
On December 18th, 1862, in Delphi, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia Bragunier, who survives him, together with their three children, Mrs. Ida Newell, Mrs. Maud Shafer and Theodore H. Baum, and five grand children, all of whom,, including his step-son, William H. Bragunier, were present and ministered to his last wants. His ancestors were among the very first settlers who braved the dangers of this untried territory and, on April 28, 1828, at the first election held, to select county officers, after the formation of Carroll county, of the 76 voters participating, fiver were Baums, one of whom was an election Judge and another received the highest number of votes cast for county commissioner; and throughout the intercening years the Baum families have ever been prominently identified with the industrial development of Delph and vicinity and have helped to make much of the substantial history of Carroll county. Mr. Baum was one of the oldest members of Delphi Lodge No. 28, I.O.O.F., and he was likewise an early and ever an active member of the Delphi Baptist church.
He was born upon a quarter section purchased by his father from the United States government, On May 10th, 1825, and today, in the Odd Fellows cemetery, in sight of his birth place, he lies buried beside his kindred, upon another tract in the same section and acquired by the same purchase. A long, useful, industrious honorable career is ended. He led a quiet ideal farmer's life. His was a happy Hoosier home. His larder was always generously supplied with the very fat of the land. His barns and bins were filled with bounteous harvests and for all these, he daily thanked the Giver of all good, and took a constant pride in producing the best results in the various industries connected with modern farm management. Nor did he live for himself alone, but was always interested in others, their families and their affairs.
He was a kind and accomodating neighbor. He always, heaped his half-bushel and it held two standard pecks, and no man who knew him, ever questioned the accuracy of "John Baum's scale." At a business house where he so long exchanged his produce for home supplies, it is said to have been a time honored rule, to accept without test, his weights and measures, and that often settlements were based upon what he said rather than what the books might show. He was a devoted husband, an indulgent father, a doting grand-father. He was a loyal Odd Fellow, a liveral supporter of the church, and a pratical exponent of its precepts. His heart was young and true. His hand was willing and warm and he gave out his bouquets to the living as he passed along. He was a rugged, four square, every-day consistent Christian gentleman of the old school, and he will long be missed and mourned by his family and friends alike. His wholesome influence, his goodly walk, his kindly word and works, will, through the years continue to brighten and better the lives of those who knew him here, and who hope to renew the hallowed associations in the hereafter. Till then, faithful old friend, a last, a long, a lingering farewell.
Delphi Carroll County Citizen Times - Sat. 3/23/1912
John married the widow Mrs. Lydia Helser Bragunier (1835-1920) on 19 Dec 1862 at Carroll County, Indiana. John and Lydia were the parents of three known children, namely:
1. Ida Elva Baum Newell (1865-1947)
2. Theodore Helser Baum (1873-1960)
3. Maud Edith Baum Shaeffer (1876-1953)
Links to John's parents, wife, all of his three known children and six of his seven known siblings are included below.
The following obituary courtesy of Robin Farley Dixon:
Near the Harley lime kilns, adjacent to the city of Delphi, in a picturesque spot, where nor is located a dynamite magazine, on July 8th, 1830, in a log cabin, in the woods, was born John L. Baum. On last Saturday night, at his county home two miles south east of the city, at the ripe old age of almost eighty and two years, this pioneer of the Wabash Valley passed to his reward. He came upon the stage of action when Delphi was less than two years old, and his whole life has been lived almost in sight of the places where he began and ended his earthly pilgrimage. He was the eldest of the eight sons and daughters of David and Eliza Baum, seven of whom now sleep in the cemeteries, surrounding the city, Mrs. Amanda Martin being the sole survivor.
On December 18th, 1862, in Delphi, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia Bragunier, who survives him, together with their three children, Mrs. Ida Newell, Mrs. Maud Shafer and Theodore H. Baum, and five grand children, all of whom,, including his step-son, William H. Bragunier, were present and ministered to his last wants. His ancestors were among the very first settlers who braved the dangers of this untried territory and, on April 28, 1828, at the first election held, to select county officers, after the formation of Carroll county, of the 76 voters participating, fiver were Baums, one of whom was an election Judge and another received the highest number of votes cast for county commissioner; and throughout the intercening years the Baum families have ever been prominently identified with the industrial development of Delph and vicinity and have helped to make much of the substantial history of Carroll county. Mr. Baum was one of the oldest members of Delphi Lodge No. 28, I.O.O.F., and he was likewise an early and ever an active member of the Delphi Baptist church.
He was born upon a quarter section purchased by his father from the United States government, On May 10th, 1825, and today, in the Odd Fellows cemetery, in sight of his birth place, he lies buried beside his kindred, upon another tract in the same section and acquired by the same purchase. A long, useful, industrious honorable career is ended. He led a quiet ideal farmer's life. His was a happy Hoosier home. His larder was always generously supplied with the very fat of the land. His barns and bins were filled with bounteous harvests and for all these, he daily thanked the Giver of all good, and took a constant pride in producing the best results in the various industries connected with modern farm management. Nor did he live for himself alone, but was always interested in others, their families and their affairs.
He was a kind and accomodating neighbor. He always, heaped his half-bushel and it held two standard pecks, and no man who knew him, ever questioned the accuracy of "John Baum's scale." At a business house where he so long exchanged his produce for home supplies, it is said to have been a time honored rule, to accept without test, his weights and measures, and that often settlements were based upon what he said rather than what the books might show. He was a devoted husband, an indulgent father, a doting grand-father. He was a loyal Odd Fellow, a liveral supporter of the church, and a pratical exponent of its precepts. His heart was young and true. His hand was willing and warm and he gave out his bouquets to the living as he passed along. He was a rugged, four square, every-day consistent Christian gentleman of the old school, and he will long be missed and mourned by his family and friends alike. His wholesome influence, his goodly walk, his kindly word and works, will, through the years continue to brighten and better the lives of those who knew him here, and who hope to renew the hallowed associations in the hereafter. Till then, faithful old friend, a last, a long, a lingering farewell.
Delphi Carroll County Citizen Times - Sat. 3/23/1912
John Lee Baum was the eldest of eight known children of David Baum (1804-1884) and Eliza Green (1809-1881), who married 10 Sep 1829 at Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana.
John married the widow Mrs. Lydia Helser Bragunier (1835-1920) on 19 Dec 1862 at Carroll County, Indiana. John and Lydia were the parents of three known children, namely:
1. Ida Elva Baum Newell (1865-1947)
2. Theodore Helser Baum (1873-1960)
3. Maud Edith Baum Shaeffer (1876-1953)
Links to John's parents, wife, all of his three known children and six of his seven known siblings are included below.
The following obituary courtesy of Robin Farley Dixon:
Near the Harley lime kilns, adjacent to the city of Delphi, in a picturesque spot, where nor is located a dynamite magazine, on July 8th, 1830, in a log cabin, in the woods, was born John L. Baum. On last Saturday night, at his county home two miles south east of the city, at the ripe old age of almost eighty and two years, this pioneer of the Wabash Valley passed to his reward. He came upon the stage of action when Delphi was less than two years old, and his whole life has been lived almost in sight of the places where he began and ended his earthly pilgrimage. He was the eldest of the eight sons and daughters of David and Eliza Baum, seven of whom now sleep in the cemeteries, surrounding the city, Mrs. Amanda Martin being the sole survivor.
On December 18th, 1862, in Delphi, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia Bragunier, who survives him, together with their three children, Mrs. Ida Newell, Mrs. Maud Shafer and Theodore H. Baum, and five grand children, all of whom,, including his step-son, William H. Bragunier, were present and ministered to his last wants. His ancestors were among the very first settlers who braved the dangers of this untried territory and, on April 28, 1828, at the first election held, to select county officers, after the formation of Carroll county, of the 76 voters participating, fiver were Baums, one of whom was an election Judge and another received the highest number of votes cast for county commissioner; and throughout the intercening years the Baum families have ever been prominently identified with the industrial development of Delph and vicinity and have helped to make much of the substantial history of Carroll county. Mr. Baum was one of the oldest members of Delphi Lodge No. 28, I.O.O.F., and he was likewise an early and ever an active member of the Delphi Baptist church.
He was born upon a quarter section purchased by his father from the United States government, On May 10th, 1825, and today, in the Odd Fellows cemetery, in sight of his birth place, he lies buried beside his kindred, upon another tract in the same section and acquired by the same purchase. A long, useful, industrious honorable career is ended. He led a quiet ideal farmer's life. His was a happy Hoosier home. His larder was always generously supplied with the very fat of the land. His barns and bins were filled with bounteous harvests and for all these, he daily thanked the Giver of all good, and took a constant pride in producing the best results in the various industries connected with modern farm management. Nor did he live for himself alone, but was always interested in others, their families and their affairs.
He was a kind and accomodating neighbor. He always, heaped his half-bushel and it held two standard pecks, and no man who knew him, ever questioned the accuracy of "John Baum's scale." At a business house where he so long exchanged his produce for home supplies, it is said to have been a time honored rule, to accept without test, his weights and measures, and that often settlements were based upon what he said rather than what the books might show. He was a devoted husband, an indulgent father, a doting grand-father. He was a loyal Odd Fellow, a liveral supporter of the church, and a pratical exponent of its precepts. His heart was young and true. His hand was willing and warm and he gave out his bouquets to the living as he passed along. He was a rugged, four square, every-day consistent Christian gentleman of the old school, and he will long be missed and mourned by his family and friends alike. His wholesome influence, his goodly walk, his kindly word and works, will, through the years continue to brighten and better the lives of those who knew him here, and who hope to renew the hallowed associations in the hereafter. Till then, faithful old friend, a last, a long, a lingering farewell.
Delphi Carroll County Citizen Times - Sat. 3/23/1912
John married the widow Mrs. Lydia Helser Bragunier (1835-1920) on 19 Dec 1862 at Carroll County, Indiana. John and Lydia were the parents of three known children, namely:
1. Ida Elva Baum Newell (1865-1947)
2. Theodore Helser Baum (1873-1960)
3. Maud Edith Baum Shaeffer (1876-1953)
Links to John's parents, wife, all of his three known children and six of his seven known siblings are included below.
The following obituary courtesy of Robin Farley Dixon:
Near the Harley lime kilns, adjacent to the city of Delphi, in a picturesque spot, where nor is located a dynamite magazine, on July 8th, 1830, in a log cabin, in the woods, was born John L. Baum. On last Saturday night, at his county home two miles south east of the city, at the ripe old age of almost eighty and two years, this pioneer of the Wabash Valley passed to his reward. He came upon the stage of action when Delphi was less than two years old, and his whole life has been lived almost in sight of the places where he began and ended his earthly pilgrimage. He was the eldest of the eight sons and daughters of David and Eliza Baum, seven of whom now sleep in the cemeteries, surrounding the city, Mrs. Amanda Martin being the sole survivor.
On December 18th, 1862, in Delphi, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia Bragunier, who survives him, together with their three children, Mrs. Ida Newell, Mrs. Maud Shafer and Theodore H. Baum, and five grand children, all of whom,, including his step-son, William H. Bragunier, were present and ministered to his last wants. His ancestors were among the very first settlers who braved the dangers of this untried territory and, on April 28, 1828, at the first election held, to select county officers, after the formation of Carroll county, of the 76 voters participating, fiver were Baums, one of whom was an election Judge and another received the highest number of votes cast for county commissioner; and throughout the intercening years the Baum families have ever been prominently identified with the industrial development of Delph and vicinity and have helped to make much of the substantial history of Carroll county. Mr. Baum was one of the oldest members of Delphi Lodge No. 28, I.O.O.F., and he was likewise an early and ever an active member of the Delphi Baptist church.
He was born upon a quarter section purchased by his father from the United States government, On May 10th, 1825, and today, in the Odd Fellows cemetery, in sight of his birth place, he lies buried beside his kindred, upon another tract in the same section and acquired by the same purchase. A long, useful, industrious honorable career is ended. He led a quiet ideal farmer's life. His was a happy Hoosier home. His larder was always generously supplied with the very fat of the land. His barns and bins were filled with bounteous harvests and for all these, he daily thanked the Giver of all good, and took a constant pride in producing the best results in the various industries connected with modern farm management. Nor did he live for himself alone, but was always interested in others, their families and their affairs.
He was a kind and accomodating neighbor. He always, heaped his half-bushel and it held two standard pecks, and no man who knew him, ever questioned the accuracy of "John Baum's scale." At a business house where he so long exchanged his produce for home supplies, it is said to have been a time honored rule, to accept without test, his weights and measures, and that often settlements were based upon what he said rather than what the books might show. He was a devoted husband, an indulgent father, a doting grand-father. He was a loyal Odd Fellow, a liveral supporter of the church, and a pratical exponent of its precepts. His heart was young and true. His hand was willing and warm and he gave out his bouquets to the living as he passed along. He was a rugged, four square, every-day consistent Christian gentleman of the old school, and he will long be missed and mourned by his family and friends alike. His wholesome influence, his goodly walk, his kindly word and works, will, through the years continue to brighten and better the lives of those who knew him here, and who hope to renew the hallowed associations in the hereafter. Till then, faithful old friend, a last, a long, a lingering farewell.
Delphi Carroll County Citizen Times - Sat. 3/23/1912
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