Friedrich Baumann Biography


	This biography appears on page 875 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				FRIEDRICH BAUMANN. 

	Friedrich Baumann is now serving for the second term as register 
of deeds of Hutchinson county and in that connection has made a most 
commendable and satisfactory record. He was born in South Russia, of 
German parentage, on the 4th day of June, 1861, a son of John Philip 
and Margaretha Baumann. In 1875 the family emigrated to the United 
States, locating at Yankton, South Dakota, on the 23d of June of that 
year, while subsequently the father took up a homestead claim in Bon 
Homme county. There he was actively and successfully identified with 
general agricultural pursuits until called to his final rest in 1892. 

	Friedrich Baumann, who was a youth of fourteen when he 
accompanied his parents on their emigration to the new world, attended 
the German schools and after putting aside his textbooks assisted his 
father in the operation of the home farm until he had attained the age 
of twenty-three years. In 1885 he went to Scotland, Bon Homme county, 
there remaining until 1892, when he removed to Menno, Hutchinson 
county, where for four years he was engaged in the implement business. 
Subsequently he spent four years on a farm and then returned to Menno, 
where he began work as a painter and has since made his home. He is a 
stockholder in the Farmers' Land, Loan & Grain Company and the Tripp 
Fair Association and has long been numbered among the substantial and 
representative citizens of his community. In 1912 he was elected 
register of deeds of Hutchinson county and made such an excellent 
record that he was again chosen for the office in 1914, being therefore 
the present incumbent. 

	On the 20th of February, 1880, Mr. Baumann was joined in wedlock 
to Miss Margaretha Horst, a daughter of John Horst. Their children are 
as follows: Friedrich G.; Ruben; Martha K.; Edelina M.; and Sarah and 
Lydia, twins. 

	Mr. Baumann gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party, while his religious faith is that of the Free Reformed church. 
The period of his residence in this state covers about four decades and 
he has been not only an interested witness of its development but also 
an active participant in the work of progress and improvement.