Biography of William F. Baughman, page 4. History of Northeast Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial supervision of Ira Ford ... [et al], The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920. William F. BAUGHMAN has been an enterprising factor in the commercial life of Ashley for a number of years and is proprietor of a general store and of a large business with that community. He was born in Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, May 17, 187I, a son of B. R. and Margaret (DeVore) Baughman, both natives of Holmes County, Ohio. His father was born July 16, 1842, and is still living. As a youth he served in the Civil war, and has long been an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a democrat. He and his wife were married in Ohio and came to Indiana in I865, locating in DeKalb County. The mother died here April 6, 188o. She had four chil-dren, three of whom reached mature years, W. F., D. I., of Steuben County, and J. A., of Holmes County, Ohio. William F. Baughman grew up on a farm south of Ashley, and besides the advantages of the district schools attended the Tri-State College at Angola. He has followed several different occupations and for a time was an employe of the Wabash Railroad. Later he engaged in the hardware business, also was a druggist, and today has a stock of general merchandise. Mr. Baughman married Elba Lyle, formerly a resident of Iowa and a native of New York State. He is affiliated with Ashley Lodge No. 614, Free and Accepted Masons, with Ashley Chapter No. 152, Royal Arch Masons, and is a member of the Scot-tish Rite Consistory at Fort Wayne. He has served as worshipful master and high priest in the Masonic Order and is a past chancellor of Ashley Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Politically he is independent. Submitted by: Debbie Tarantino