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Baumgartner, Peter E. (1878-1965)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Nov 18 p. 8
Birth date: 1878
text of obituary:
Orrville, Ohio. — Peter E. Baumgardner, who farmed in the Smithville community for many years, died Nov. 7 at the Mennonite Home for Aged at Rittman where he had been a resident since 1956. He was 87.
A native of the Kidron community, he was a long-time member of the Orrville Mennonite Church, where the funeral was conducted Nov. 9.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Miller of Orrville, six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one brother, Wm. Baumgardner of Bluffton..
Note: It appears that the birth surname was Baumgardner but fairly early the family began spelling it Baumgartner.