Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Baumgardner, Elizabeth 1825 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Elizabeth Baumgardner, teacher, Gardner. The father of our subject, John 
Baumgardner, was born in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, May 1, 1825. He 
started for America April 15, 1849, landing at New Orleans. The mother, 
Magdalena (Bahr) Baumgardner, was born near Wurzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, 
Germany, July 30, 1832, leaving her native land for this September 20, 1848, 
landing at Baltimore. They were married in Galena, Ill., July 1853; are the 
parents of ten children, eight of whom are now living - Elizabeth, next to the 
oldest, was born in Thompson Township, Jo Daviess County, January 14, 1856; 
arriving at sufficient age, was sent, for a time, to the public schools of 
Galena, and in the fall of 1875, entered the Illinois State Normal University, 
from which she graduated in May, 1880. Two of the five years were spent 
earning the means with which to complete her course. She received her "degree" 
with nineteen others, and was chosen "valedictorian". Upon the completion of 
her studies, she accepted the position of teacher of the Gardner Primary 
School, for the school year commencing September 1, at $45 per month. Her 
services in this department were so acceptable to the patrons, that she was 
gladly retained for another year, at an advance of $10 per month. She is now 
Principal of the Gardner Public Schools, at a salary of $75 per month. She is 
offered the position, as "teacher of the primary training department" of the 
State Normal School at Carbondale. As a teacher, she is eminently successful, 
gaining already a reputation as wide as the State, and for her the future 
appears rich with promise.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p84-5

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