Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Baughman, George 1833 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   GEORGE BAUGHMAN, son of Jacob and Margaret M. (Houser) Baughman, was born in
Coshocton County, Ohio, July 6, 1833. His parents were natives of Maryland and
Virginia respectively, but removed to Coshocton County, Ohio, at an early day,
where they became known as one of the best and wealthiest families of that
portion of the country. Jacob Baughman departed this life in March, 1876, but
his widow still survives him and resides in Coshocton County. George Baughman
was raised a farmer, in youth securing a fair education. In 1854, he moved west
to the Hoosier State and settled in Greene County on his present place in Wright
Township, giving $1.25 and $2.50 per acre for a quarter-section. He immediately
began improving this property, and as his means increased, would add to what he
already had, so that by economy and industry, he now owns a valuable farm of 440
acres. He is one of the best citizens Wright Township ever had, and his
influence has been greatly felt in the advancement of educational and religious
matters of the community. He has taught school in the neighborhood for a number
of terms, and from his own individual means contributed largely in the erection
of the New Lebanon Church, which is both a blessing and an ornament to the
township. In 1863, he became a private in Company A, One Hundred and Fifteenth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving as such eight months, when he was changed to
Company B, Fifty-third Indiana Volunteers, being finally discharged at
Louisville, Ky., July 21, 1865. Mr. Baughman was married, May 5, 1855, to Miss
Emily Larr, who was born in Coshocton County. Ohio, June 25, 1832, a daughter of
David and Nancy (Miller) Larr, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and
Virginia. Mrs. Baughman came with her parents to Greene County, Ind.r when
thirteen years old, and by Mr. Baughman is the mother of eight living
children—Miriam M., William E., Matilda N.. Mary D., George A., Jacob, Emma S.,
and David, and one deceased, Margaret E. Mr. Baughman is one of the
representatives of what a poor boy can do under adverse circumstances. On his
arrival, he had only one horse—blind—sent to him from Ohio by his father, and 5
cents in money. The latter was used to defray postage on a letter to his old
mother, and for this, if no-other reason, Mr. Baughman is rewarded with
prosperity for his filial devotion.

Additional Comments:
Wright Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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