Edward C. Baumgarden
Edward C. Baumgarden was born in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany, October 6, 1830. He is a son of Frederick Baumgarden, who was born in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany, July 20, 1800. He married Miss Elizabeth Sefferd, of same county, Germany, who was born December 15, 1803. Mr. and Mrs. Baumgarden remained in their native country until May 7, 1847, when they started for America, and after a long and toilsome journey of two months’ duration they reached Shelby Connty August 8, 1847, purchased and moved on section 23, Loramie Township, where Mrs. Baumgarden died February 8, 1871. Soon after her death Mr. Baumgarden moved to Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, where he now resides. He served several years in the German army. He reared a family of seven children, viz., Lewis C., Edward C., Rosanna, Torate, Caroline, Hannah,and Frederick G. Torate and Caroline are dead.
Edward C. Baumgarden, subject of this sketch, came to Shelby County with his parents in 1847, and has since been a citizen of Loramie Township. He has made farming his vocation, and now owns a good farm of one hundred and forty acres, on which he has resided since March, 1873. He filled the office of township trustee two years. On the 7th of November, 1861, he married Miss Joannah Mader, then of Loramie Township, but a native of Germany, where she was born December 10, 1837, and came to Shelby County with her father, Frederick G. Mader, in 1845, who settled in Loramie Township.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883