Baumgartner, Benjamin B. (1842-1927)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1927 Nov 2 p. 6

Birth date: 1842 May 10

text of obituary:

B. B. Baumgartner

Berne, Ind., Oct. 28. — Benjamin B. Baumgartner, of Bluffton, an uncle and close relative to a large number of people in this vicinity died yesterday afternoon at 8:15 o'clock at the ripe age of 85 years, at his home in that city at 419 South Jersey street. His death came as a climax to a complication of disease with which he suffered during the past two months.

The Baumgartner family history of the descendants of Deacon David Baumgartner states that the deceased was a son of Rev. Christian Baumgartner, a native of Buderichgraben, Jura, Oberamt Courtelary, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and Fanny Schrag, a native of Wayne county, Ohio. The deceased was one of seven children by his father's first marriage.

The history states, "Benjamin entered the scene of action May 10, 1842, (in Wells county). His educational advantages were quite limited from lack of good schools and teachers. Having become of age he went to Wayne Co., Ohio, where after some time he became engaged to Magdalena Sommer and was married to her Oct. 5, 1865. In Nov. they moved to Wells Co., Ind., near Vera Cruz, but in Nov. 1867 they moved back to Ohio, and in Oct. 1874 to Wadsworth, Medina Co., O., and in April 1892 to Bluffton, Allen Co., Ohio. From here they moved to Adams Co., Ind., in March 1895 and to Bluffton, Ind., in 1901 where they have since lived. They are members of the Mennonite church in Berne, Ind. He is in the employ of the Bluffton Windmill Co."