History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 749, Kerton Township
Charles Baumgardner, farmer, son of Samuel Baumgardner, was born
March 15, 1856, in Pennsylvania. About 1864 he came to Fulton county,
an d in 1876 he married Sarah, daughter of Daniel Severns (an original
pioneer and now a weathy {wealthy} man, owning some 1,300 acres of good
land, etc.) Mr. B. resides on sec. 19, where he has 80 acres of land.
P. O., Marbletown.
