Biography of James Simpson Baume Source History of Jo Daviess County -- 1904 BAUME, JAMES SIMPSON, Judge Appellate Court, Third District, residence Galena, Ill., was born in the city of Chicago, April 13, 1857, the son of James and Marie A. (Hawkins) Baume, the former a native of England and the latter of Pennsylvania; finished his education in Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., and was admitted to the bar in 1879, after which he began practice at Galena. In 1897 he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Circuit; in 1903 he was assigned to duty on the Appellate bench for the Third District. Judge Baume was married in l883 to Lizzie Bergh, who died in 1889, leaving two children: Marie Antoinette, born in 1884, and Henry Bergh, born in 1887. In 1892 he married his second wife, Fanny G. Estey, and they have one daughter, Ruth Estey, born in 1894. Judge Baume is a Republican in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and fraternally associated with the Masonic Order. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dori Leekley