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Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana.
Historical and Biographical
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor
Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882

   328-329

        JAMES BAUM, one of the pioneers of Porter County, was born in
     Crawford County, Penn., February 4, 1799, and is a son of JOHN and
     CATHERINE (RANDOLPH) BAUM.  His mother died when he was an infant,
     and he was reared by his grandmother.  His father remarried, and he
     resided with him until his majority; his father had been an Indian spy
     during the war of 1812.  Our subject also served as a wagoner in that
     war.  He moved with his parents to Stark County, Ohio in 1814, and he
     heard the roar of PERRY'S battle in that year on Lake Erie.  His
     father subsequently removed from Stark County, Ohio, to St. Joseph
     County, Mich., where he died.  Our subject removed from Stark County
     to Richland County in 1823, residing there until 1835, when he came to
     Porter County.  His land was purchased at the land sales of 1835, he
     now having 310 acres of excellent soil.  He was married, in Stark
     County, to REBECCA MILLER, of Huntingdon County, Penn., a daughter of
     PETER MILLER.  Mr. and Mrs. BAUM have had nine children - JOHN, JESSE,
     PETER M., ENOCH; LAVINA, deceased; LUCINDA, wife of J. BUSHORE, of
     Iowa; JAMES W.; REBECCA J., wife of WILLIAM WICKELL, of Kansas; and
     SARAH J., deceased.  His children are all married, his eldest son
     having been in California and Oregon for thirty-five years.  In
     politics, Mr. BAUM is a stanch Democrat, his first vote having been
     cast for Gen. JACKSON in 1824.  Mrs. BAUM is a member of the Christian
     Church.

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