Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Baum, David 1804 - 1884
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

DAVID BAUM.

   David Baum was born near Lewistown, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1804, and died
at his residence two miles southeast of Delphi, March 6, 1884. His parents
removed to Pickaway county, Ohio, in the year 1808. In 1825 he and his parents,
in company with five others, embarked in a flatboat and came down the Ohio
river, then up the Wabash and up Deer creek, to the point where the railroad
bridge spans the creek. They landed in the month of April, 1825. His father
entered the land in the bottoms (below the railroad) and lived there until his
death.

   David Baum was married on September 10, 1829, to Eliza Green and settled on
the farm upon which he lived for fifty-five years. He was a thrifty farmer,
making money enough to buy eighty acres of land every four or five years. He was
in good financial circumstances. He united with the Baptist denomination in
1830, and was an earnest member until his death. He encountered the hardships of
the early days like others, going to Crawfordsville to the mill and to Chicago
with wheat, selling it for thirty-seven and one-half cents per bushel. It was
only worth twelve and one-half cents here. It required three weeks to make the
trip. Mr. Baum gave liberally to secure the railroads. He was an active citizen,
somewhat eccentric, but his word was accepted for any liability.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAPTER IX.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.


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