Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Bauman, Abraham L. July 15, 1834 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

ABRAHAM L. BAUMAN, A Stone Merchant And Postmaster Of 
Niantic, Douglass Township, Montgomery County, Was Born July 
15, 1834, In The Township Where He Still Lives. He Is The 
Son Of John M. And Anna (Latshaw) Bauman.

Isaac Bauman (Grandfather) And His Wife Died Many Years Ago, 
And Are Buried At Balo, Berks County. They Had Several 
Children. Abraham Latshaw (Maternal Grandfather) And Wife 
Were Prominent Citizens Of Montgomery County, Being Farmers. 
They Are Also Buried At Balo, Berks County.

John H. Bauman (Father) Was A Farmer Of Montgomery County. 
He Was A Member Of The Mennonite Church, And A Republican. 
His Wife Died At The Age Of About Fifty Years, And He Lived 
To Be Eighty-Four Years Of Age. They Are Buried At Balo, 
Berks County. The Children Of John M. And Anna (Latshaw) 
Bauman: Isaac (Deceased): William, A Veteran Of The Civil 
War, Who Is Living At The Soldiers' Home, Columbia, Ohio; 
Anna (Deceased); Eliza (Deceased); David (Deceased); And 
Abraham L.

Abraham L. Bauman Attended School Until He Was About 
Seventeen Years Of Age. He Started To Learn The Trade Of 
Stone Cutter As Soon As He Left School, And Has Continued In 
The Stone Business Ever Since. He Worked As A Stone Cutter 
In Upper Hanover Township For Twelve Years, And Then Entered 
Into The Stone Business At Niantic. In 1892, He Was Visited 
With A Fire, Which Destroyed His Store Completely. He Did 
Not Lose Heart, However, But Rebuilt It On The Same Site In 
The Same Year. He Is A Republican In Politics, And In 1882 
Was Appointed Postmaster Of Niantic, A Position Which He 
Still Holds. He Is A Member Of The New Mennonite Church, At 
Balo, Berks County, And Is An Organist In The Church At 
Niantic, The Reformed Lutheran. Abraham L. Bauman Married 
(First Wife) Barbara, Daughter Of Jacob And (Mussleman) 
Bechtel. Mr. Bechtel Was A Farmer In Upper Hanover Township, 
And Had Two Children. Elizabeth, Still Living, And Barbara 
(Mrs. Bauman), Died In 1872. Mrs. Bauman Is Buried At Balo, 
Perks County. The Children Of A. L. And Barbara (Bechtel) 
Bauman: Amanda (Deceased); Andora (Deceased); Diana 
(Deceased); Mahlon, Born October 5, 1858; Oswin, A Music 
Teacher In Philadelphia, Is Still Unmarried. Mahlon Bauman, 
Son Of A. L. Bauman Worked On A Farm In His Youth. He 
Married Leonora, Daughter Of Henry And Mary (Bolton) Huber, 
Farmers Of Niantic, Both Now Deceased. 

The Children Of Mahlon And Leonora Bauman Ellwood H., Born 
1887, And Is Clerking In A Store In Boyertown; Charles H., 
Born November 10, 1889. 

Abraham L. Bauman Married (Second Wife) About 1873, Mary, 
Daughter Of Samuel Christman. Her Mother Was A Miss Smith. 
Samuel Christman Was A Farmer In Douglass Township. The 
Children Of Abraham L. And Mary (Christman) Bauman: Frank, 
Married Annie, Daughter Of Jacob Moyer, Of The Same 
Township, Who Lives In Boyertown, Where He Is Engaged In 
Mercantile Business, And Has No Children; Calvin, Unmarried, 
Living In Philadelphia, Where He Is Engaged In The Omnibus 
Business; Frederick, Born May 2, 1879, Unmarried, Assists In 
The Store, And Is Also A Telegraph Operator; Margaret, Born 
In 1882, Married John, Son Of Mrs. J. Mann, Living At 
Sassamansville, Where He Is A Farmer, They Having One Child, 
Jennie, Unmarried, Residing With Her Parents.

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