Biography of Isaiah Baughman, page 840.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Isaiah Baughman, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1843, a son of 
John and Nancy (Slentz) Baughman, natives of Ohio.  His grandparents were 
native of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Ohio.  In 1844 his parents 
moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and entered a tract of 120 acres from the 
Government on section 23, Union Township, which he cleared and to which he 
subsequently added forty acres.  He was one of the sturdy pioneers, and 
endured many hardships and privations.  After paying for his land he had a 
little money left with which he bought some salt and leather and a scanty 
supply of provisions.  He was twice married.  To him and his first wife were 
born eight children---Addison, George W., Isaiah, Eliza (wife of David Mizer), 
Nancy M. (wife of Charles W. Oider), Samantha (wife of Sheldon Crooks), 
Ermina (wife of Henry Smith), and Matilda (wife of James Seibert).  His 
second wife was Elizabeth Weeks, and to them were born four children---John 
F., Idola, Ida, and Carrie.  Isaiah Baughman was reared and educated in De 
Kalb County, attending the log cabin district school.  When seventeen 
years of age he enlisted in the defense of the Union in Company H, 
Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, and served from September, 1861, till 
February, 1862, when he was discharged on account of ill health.  The 
following August he again enlisted, and was assigned to Company A, Eighty-
eighth Indiana Infantry.  At the battle of Stone River, Jan. 2, 1863, he 
was wounded in the right leg, and lay in the hospital till April 20, when 
he was discharged.  After his recovery he again enlisted March 25, 1864, 
and served in Company A, First Indiana Heavy Artillery till the close of 
the war; was discharged in January, 1866.  He then worked on the farm for 
his father till his marriage, when he settled on section 24, buying forty 
acres of land.  Three years later he sold this land and bought eighty 
acres on section 14, where he now lives, located on what was known as the 
“Island.”  This land he has improved, and has erected a fine two-story 
dwelling and a good barn and other farm buildings.  Mr. Baughman was 
married in 1868 to Sophia Weeks, daughter of John and Mary A. Weeks, early 
settlers of De Kalb County.  To them have been born six children---Willis, 
Laura, Anna, Cora, Dora and Ward.  Mr. and Mrs. Baughman are members of 
the Methodist Episcopal church.

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