BIO: William Baughman, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER XL.

                        BOROUGH OF SHIPPENSBURG. 

442  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  CAPT. WILLIAM BAUGHMAN, grain dealer, P. O. Shippensburg, was born in 
this county May 22, 1829, son of William and Mary E. (Fosnaughet) 
Baughman, natives of 

443  BOROUGH OF SHIPPENSBURG.

this county, and of German descent.  Of their family of six children, 
the subject of this sketch is the fifth.  Capt. William Baughman was 
reared on the farm, and acquired his education in the common schools.  
He followed agricultural pursuits until the breaking out of the war of 
the Rebellion; then enlisted, in August, 1861, in Company H, Third 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and was elected first lieutenant.  
After the battle of Fredericksburg he was appointed captain of Company 
E, and served in that capacity until the expiration of his term of 
service in 1864.  At the close of the war Capt. Baughman returned to 
Shippensburg, embarked in the grain business, and has remained here 
since.  The Captain was united in marriage, in 1852, with Mary C., 
daughter of Frederick Hepfer, and of German descent.  Their children 
now living are Mary Irene, wife of W. J. Angle; Ida Ann, widow of 
Walter F. Singmaster; Lilly May, wife of Edward Fenstermacher, and Cora 
Burd, wife of William Mifflin.  Capt. Baughman and wife are members of 
the Church of God.  In politics he is a Republican.  He has been 
assistant burgess, and has also served as chief burgess of Shippensburg 
for two years.  He is a member of the order of K. of P.; is also a F. & 
A. M., and a member of the G. A. R.