Sonoma-Napa-Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Baum, John 1823 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Baum, John. Farmer, was born in Richland county, Ohio, August 12, 1823, where he
remained till 1835, when he removed with his parents to Porter county, Indiana.
Here he remained till the spring of 1847, when, with an ox-team he started
across the plains to Oregon, being two hundred and twenty-two days making the
journey. The stories told by Mr. Baum of his hardships on this journey are very
interesting, but for want of space will have to be omitted. His first settlement
in Oregon was at Salem, where he remained till September 1848, when he came to
California in search of gold. He first began mining on the middle fork of the
American river, where he continued two months during the Winter of 1848. Then in
November, 1848, he went to Napa City, where he worked at his trade (that of
carpenter). Then, in the Spring and Summer of 1849, he went to Yolo county,
where he remained herding stock, and in the Spring of 1850 went into the mines
again in Shasta county, where he remained a month, and then went back to Oregon;
here he worked at his trade during the Summer of 1850. Mr. Baum married Miss
Phoebe S. Tieters, July 20, 1851, who died on July 27, 1873. By this marriage he
has Veronica M., born August 24, 1854; Sarah J., born June 17, 1856; James T.,
born May 15, 1858; Arvilla, born May 2, 1860; Addie, born November 13, 1863; Eva
L., born December 29, 1866; John N, born February 16, 1869; Edgar C, born
January 1,1871, and one daughter, Clara L, born July 11, 1862, and died in 1863.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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