Served in Civil War. Moved from Greensburg to Jeannette in 1888 where he was elected burgess (mayor) for 4 years in the 1890s.16,36
JOHN P. BAUGHMAN, a representative citizen of Jeannette, who has enjoyed the esteem and respect of the entire community in which he has resided since 1888, a period of seventeen years, was born in Hempfield township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1846...
John P. Baughman first attended "Heralds Subscription School," taught by Mr. A.A. Altman, who afterward was county surveyor for Westmoreland county, and then continued his studies in the public schools adjacent to his home until eighteen years of age, in the meantime, when school was not in session, working on a farm. At Greensburg, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment, under Colonel Richard Coulter, and participated in the following battles: Battle of the Wilderness, Yellow Stone Tavern, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad, in front of Petersburg, Gravel Run, Five Points, west of Petersburg. His company numbered ninety in May, and the following month just eleven were left to report for duty, of which number Mr. Baughman was one. He had four bullet holes in his clothes, but never received even as much as a scratch on his person. He was mustered out of the service of the United States government at Washington, D. C., July 1, 1865, and arrived home in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1865. He took up his abode in 1888, in the town of Jeannette, where he now resides, and at present (1905) is engaged in the rear estate business and farming, from both of which lines he derives a comfortable livelihood. He served as burgess of Jeannette from March, 1892 to March, 1893, and again from March, 1897, to March, 1900, and the fact that he was elected on the Democratic ticket by a large majority in a strong Republican town is ample proof of his popularity. Since the organization of Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jeannette, Mr. Baughman has been an active member and has served in the capacity of deacon. He has been a member of the I.O.O.F. since 1867; and of Greensburg Lodge, No. 50; now a member of Jeannette Lodge, No.701; of Jr. 0.A.M. since 1889, of which he is treasurer; Chrystal Council, No.300; also G.A.R., Captain W.R. Jones Post, No.411. He has been active in building and loan circles for years, and has served as president of the Gem Building and Loan Association since about 1890. He is also a member of board of trade, and has done much toward assisting in building up Jeannette. He is distinctly a self-made man, starting first as coal miner, later butchering and mercantile, and finally in the real estate business, and is to-day one of the solid prosperous citizens of the county.
Mr. Baughman married, March 26, 1868, Lucinda Zundel, daughter of Henry Zundel, of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. She died May 3, 1894. Their children are: Jeanette A., born December 10, 1868, married John E. Kepple, of Jeannette; Ida May, born November 17, 1870, married Robert Jones, of Jeannette; Robert Marion, born April 23, 1873, married Nannie Merrill; Anna Catherine, born September 29, 1875, married Al. L. Peden, of Fayette county; Webster G., born October 19, 1878; Blanche Verbina, born December 7, 1880, died March 4, 1888, Martin Luther, born April 6, 1883; Bernard Bertram, born May 2, 1888. Mr. Baughman married, (second) November 27, 1898, Nancy M. Hughes.16 |