John Baughn
John Baughn, the subject of this biography, was a native of Virginia, and was born on the 22d of September, 1824. He was the second son, and fifth child, of Moses and Sarah (Yowell) Baughn. The Baughns came to Ohio, from Virginia, in 1832, when John was eight years of age. They settled near Washington.
Our subject was married, December 31, 1855, to Meliuda Mitchem, fourth daughter of William and Catherine (Wort) Mitchem. The nativity of the Mitchems is Virginia. Moses and Sarah Baughn had born to them: Harriet, Joseph, Maria, Catherine, John, Rebecca, Sarah, Matilda, and Mary Ann.
William and Catherine Mitchem were the parents of seven children: Elizabeth, James, Lucinda, Sarah, Meliuda, Mary and William. John and Meliuda Baughn had born to them seven children: Sarah E., born September, 1856, married Joseph S. Baldwin, December 31, 1874; Joseph H., born February 10, 1858, married Emma Shough, December 24, 1880 ; William Moses, born October 2, 1861, died February 2, 1879; Rosilla Catherine, born June 5, 1865; Lucy May, born December 1, 1868; John Lewis, born June 1, 1872; Albert J., born October 25, 1874, died October 26, 1874.
Mr. Baughn, in the year 1868, bought the farm of one hundred acres, on which his family still resides. He continued to improve it until the time of his decease, which occurred, February 25, 1875. He was a man much esteemed for his good qualities, and his death was greatly lamented.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County