Person:Charles Baum (2)

Charles Baum, Sr
Birth: 2 Feb 1852 Germany
Death: 22 Jan 1895 (aged 42) Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 79975863
Family Members
Spouse
Elizabeth Baum 1853-1888
Children
Charles Baum 1876-1876
Karl Baum 1879-1879
Harry C Baum 1884-1887
Jennie A. Baum 1888-1888
Created by: Mary Downing-Mahan (gravehuntermary) (47105690)
Added: 6 Nov 2011
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79975863/charles-baum
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 October 2018), memorial page for Charles Baum, Sr (2 Feb 1852–22 Jan 1895), Find A Grave Memorial no. 79975863, citing Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Mary Downing-Mahan (gravehuntermary) (contributor 47105690) .

CHARLES BAUM [pages 930-931] (deceased), late proprietor of the Baum house, Miamisburg, Ohio, was born in Rhinefaltz, Germany, February 2, 1852, a son of Philip and Caroline (Retterbach) Baum, and was the third child of a family of five sons and two daughters. In 1869 he came to America and for about one year resided in New York city; in the fall of 1870 he came to Ohio and located in Miamisburg; from 1874 to 1878 he conducted the Miami house for Mrs. Dr. John Treon; in the interval, in 1875, he purchased the lot on which the Baum house now stands, began the erection of his hotel in 1877, opened it to the public in February, 1878, and at once met with a pronounced success, securing for the place a reputation which has never since diminished. In the winter of 1884-85, he erected the Star City opera house, with a seating capacity for 800 persons, one of the first built in the state for a town of the size of Miamisburg. He was, in fact, one of the most enterprising business men that ever lived in Miamisburg, and his death was a great loss to the community, viewed even from the material standpoint alone.

February 11, 1873, Mr. Baum was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Dorothea (Schmerz) Schneider, of Hesse Cassel, Germany, and the marriage was blessed with eleven children, seven of whom still survive, viz: William, Julia, George, Kate, Jennie, Lewis and Charles. The death of the honored father of this family took place January 22, 1895, and since that lamentable event the Baum house has been conducted by his widow, who has fully maintained its high reputation.

Probably no name was more widely known or was oftener on the lips of the people than that of Charley Baum, either as proprietor of the Baum house or of the opera house, and his acquaintance extended throughout Ohio and adjoining states, and yet he was personally known to but comparatively few of the residents of Miamisburg, as he never left his hotel, except to make a brief trip to his bank once a month, and this covered the extent of his appearance on the streets. This close attention to his business was undoubtedly one of the hastening causes of his early death. He was a man of genial and obliging disposition and was possessed of indefatigable energy and industry, which never tired in making his guests happy and comfortable, and from these he made hosts of friends. He was always best pleased when adding means for the accommodation of his guests, or when adding to or building on his large landed property. His great energy and devotion to business were so notable that the remark was frequently made by those capable of judging, that the possession of these qualities, coupled with his native abilities, would have made him one of the greatest of merchants, had he embarked in mercantile trade in his earlier youth.

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MIAMISBURG

BAUM, CHAS., Prop. Baum House, the largest and most complete Hotel in the city. Billiard Hall and Sample Rooms. Opera House in connection. Free hack to and from all trains. Rates $1.00 and $2.00 per day. Public Square.
YOUNG, THEO., Saloon and Billiard Rooms, Central Avenue, opposite City Park.

Name: Karl Baum
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Christening Place: Steinbach (BA. Rockenhausen), Bayern, Germany
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Father's Name: Georg Philipp Baum
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System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film Number: 193181
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C96349-2



Citing this Record:
"Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NC52-65C : 10 February 2018), Karl Baum, 06 Feb 1852; citing ; FHL microfilm 193,181.

Baum Family History
Baum Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a tree that was particularly noticeable in some way, from Middle High German, Old High German boum ‘tree’, or else a nickname for a particularly tall person. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Baum ‘tree’, or a short form of any of the many ornamental surnames containing this word as the final element, for example Feigenbaum ‘fig tree’ (see Feige) and Mandelbaum ‘almond tree’ (see Mandel). English: probably a variant spelling of Balm, a metonymic occupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes, Middle English, Old French basme, balme, ba(u)me ‘balm’, ‘ointment’ (see Balmer).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Bau, Blum, Saum, Ramm, Daum, Hamm, Lau, Damm, Banz, Bahr

1880 United States Federal Census

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Name: Charles Baum
Age: 28
Birth Date: Abt 1852
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1880: Miami, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
Street: Main St
Dwelling Number: 197
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Elisabeth Baum
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: P Hotell
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Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Baum 28
Elisabeth Baum 27
William Baum 6
Julia Baum 3/12