SAMUEL K. BAUGHMAN, postal clerk of railway mail service; residence, Camp Point; is the son of George and Sarah Baughman, of Baltimore county, Md. They came to Quincy in 1836, where the subject of this sketch was born, Jan. 21,1843, and has been a resident of the county all his life. He learned the carpenters' trade in youth. The day following the fall of Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Regt. Ill. Inf. (the first company raised in the state). He went into the service as a private; was promoted to 2d Lieutenant, in May, 1863, and to 1st Lieutenant, in September, 1864; was appointed to duty as Adjutant-General, and served on Brig. Gen. Tillson's staff during the last year of the war. He was wounded by a piece of shell, in the shoulder, at the battle of Kenesaw mountain, June 27, 1864. On the 13th of February, 1865, he received a scalp wound, while in charge of the skirmish line, when fording the Salkiehatchie river; was mustered out of service, July 11,1865, after which he engaged in the mercantile business, for two years, in La Prairie; was burned out, losing everything. He was appointed to the Postal service in January, 1870, on the Wabash Railway, from Quincy to Lafayette, Ind. For six years since, he has run on the C., B. & Q., from Galesburg to Quincy. He was married Dec. 10, 1867, to Louvina Simpson, who was born in Adams county. They have three children: Charles O., Cora A., and Katie. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and M. E. church. The History of Adams County, Illinois, Chicago: Murray, Williamson & Phelps, 1879. Pg 755. Contributed by Michael Downing # 47086797
Family Members
Parents
George Baughman
1813–1894
Sarah Kreis Baughman
1818–1907
Spouse
Lavina Simpson Baughman
1850–1889 (m. 1867)
Siblings
George Washington Baughman
1839–1861
Emily Ann Baughman King
1849–1925
William Elias John Baughman
1851–1926
Elizabeth Baughman Clark
1853–1923
Alice Sarah Baughman
1853–1857
Children
Charles Otis Baughman
1868–1931
Cora A. Baughman Binkert
1872–1951
Katherine B. Baughman Logan
1879–1951
