Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Baum, Henry 1834 - 1896
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Baum, Henry (deceased) - Grundy County never had a more public-spirited man 
than the late Henry Baum of Morris. He was born in Saxony, Germany, October 
26, 1834, a son of John Baum, who married a Miss Kirchner. After serving in 
the German army, Henry Baum came to America, being at that time twenty-five 
years old. He made the trip in a sailing vessel to New Orleans, from whence he 
came direct to Grundy County. A musician, he enlisted as such in a Grundy 
County company, when the Civil War broke out, having just returned from a 
short trip to the South and realizing therefrom how great was the need of the 
North triumphing in the struggle. After serving and being mustered out, he 
returned to Grundy County and for years conducted a first class buffet in 
Morris, but retired later. During his long and busy life he accumulated 
considerable realty and other property, and when he died January 12, 1896, he 
was a well to do man. He was a member of the G. A. R. post, and was also 
prominent as an Oddfellow. Mr. Baum was also a director of the Cemetery 
association of Morris.

On January 14, 1864, Mr. Baum was married at Morris to Elizabeth Zorrmann, 
daughter of Jacob and Saloma (Eatel) Zorrmann, who was born in Bavaria, on the 
Rhine River, May 16, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Baum became the parents of four 
children: Henry and Louise, both deceased; William L., who is a leading 
physician of Chicago; and Bertha, who is Mrs. A. H. Hilliker of Morris. In 
1874 Mr. Baum built his beautiful residence at No. 311 E. Washington street, 
Morris, where Mrs. Baum now resides. A man of sympathetic impulses, Mr. Baum 
was exceedingly generous, and many benefited from his charity, who joined with 
his family and other friends in mourning his loss.

pages 762-763

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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