Joseph H. Baughn
This subject is the son of John aud Melinda (Mitchem) Baughn, and was born in this county, February 10, 1858. He was ordinarily educated, and at the age of twenty-two, August 14, 1879, he enlisted in the regular army, and was assigned to the First United States Infantry. In a few days after his enlistment, the command to which he belonged was ordered to Fort Snelling, on the way to the Black Hills. Reaching their destination, they were at once assigned to duty, and for two months scouted on the plains with the hostile tribes. They then crossed into Montana, on foot, and for months the command campaigned in the mountains and plains of the great West, traversing Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of the British possessions northward. Many of the adventures of this command are full of startling facts of romance and adventure.
Mr. Baughn's term of service lasted fourteen months. He was discharged at Fort Meade, near Deadwood, and returned to his native state in August, 1880. He was married, December 25, 1880, to Emma, daughter of John and Sarah Shough, of this county.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County