Osceola County MI Archives Biographies.....Baumgardner, Edward C. September 16, 1852 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers, Chicago

Edward C. Baumgardner, farmer, section 33, Richmond Township, is the son of 
Jacob and Catherine (Koutz) Baumgardner, 

natives of Switzerland and Pennsylvania respectively.  After their marriage 
they settled in Ohio, and subsequently moved 

to Van Buren Co., Mich., going thence to Ionia County, where they remainde 
until death.  They had four children, - 

Edward C., Noah and Seymour.  One died in infancy.

Mr. Baumgardner was born Sept. 16, 1852, in Van Buren Co., Mich.  He was a 
student at public schools until he was 18 

years of age.  He remained at home three years after that age, when he began 
to work by the month, in which he operated 

seven years, faming summers and in the lumber woods winters.  In 1876 he 
bought 80 acres of land in Richmond Township, 

under some improvements, on which he settled in the spring of 1882.  Two 
thirds of the place is now in a good state of 

cultivation.

In political connection he is a Republican and has held the office of School 
Assessor.

He was married in Richmond Township, April 10, 1879, to Mary J. Robbins, and 
they have two children, - L.J., born Jan. 

24, 1880, and Leo V., born Dec. 18, 1882.  Mrs. Baumgardner is the daughter of 
James G. and Olive E. Robbins.  (See 

sketch of J. G. Robbins.)  She was born June 4, 1861, in Richmond Township, 
and is the first white child born in Osceola 

County.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Osceola Co.

Chapman Brothers, Chicago

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