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 943, Woodland Township
J. L. Baumgartner, merchant, Summum. This gentleman is a native
of Pa., where he was born on the 14th of January, 1846; his father,
Samuel B., is a resident of this village. John passed his boyhood in
Pa., where he received a liberal education and became employed from
early youth upon a farm. In his 20th year he moved West, settling in
Summum, where he was united in marriage to Miss Allie Horton, a
daughter of Ezra Horton of Ohio; they have 3 children: Harry O., Geo.
B. and Leona B. In 1875 Mr. B. began life as a merchant, and has
succeeded in securing a large trade.
