Ohio History Journal
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Editorialana. 551 Academy of Sciences and a contributor to the organ of that body. Dur- ing his years of study and field explorations, Mr. Brown assembled a large collection of Geological and Archaeological specimens. A few years before his death he presented to the Bellbrook High School, where as a youth he had been a pupil, his Geological collection, and a few years previously gave his Archaeological collection to the Museum of the O. S. A and H. Society. On May 23, 1861, in St. Barnabas Church in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Brown was married to Sophia Annie Stinchcomb, who died March 13, 1911, shortly before the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. The couple began life at Cottonwood Farm, near Ferry, Greene county, but in 1878 they moved to Waynesville, where they spent the remainder of their lives. In a business way Mr. Brown, perhaps, was best known as the owner and editor of the Miami Gazette, which paper he edited for more than a quarter of a century. Two daughters, Annie Urith and Mary Thomas, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Despite his great age, Mr. Brown's mind remained clear until within a few moments of his death, and he was able to converse with his daughters concerning the events of the day. ABRAHAM J. BAUGHMAN. Abraham J. Baughman, for many years a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, died at |
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Mansfield, O., October 1, 1913. He was born September 5, 1838 in Monroe Township, Rich- land County, this State. He received his edu- cation in the district schools, taught school and studied law, but on the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in Company 1, 16th Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry and afterwards in Company E, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Owing to ill- health he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. In 1885 he was appointed to a clerkship in the U. S. Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. He afterwards was connected with the New York World and the Chicago Inter-Ocean. |
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His taste however seemed to divert him to historical study and writing, so he returned to Ohio to devote his labor to this work. He wrote a history of Richland county, and contributed to the local state press re- sults of his historical research. He organized the Richland County His- |