John Bauman - Obituary

From: The Atkinson Graphic March 18,1932

DEATH ENDS SUFFERING OF JOHN BAUMAN
Was Early Homesteader; Owned Store Here for 25 Years
Funeral Next Monday

Deceased was 70 Years of Age; Lost all Livestock in Blizzard of ‘88
John Bauman, another of Atkinson’s early settlers who for twenty five years conducted a general merchandise business in this town, died at his home Wednesday night at 10:50. Mr Bauman was 70 years of age. He had been in ill health the past year and for many weeks previous to his death he suffered intensely, however, he was not confined to bed steadily until last Sunday. Death came very peacefully.

Funeral services will be held next Mon morning at 10 o’clock at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Atkinson.

Mr Bauman was born Aug 8,1861 in Honesdale, Penn. He lived in Pennsylvania until he was 21 years of age and then came to Atkinson, Nebraska, where he took a homestead about four miles south of town. He was married to Miss Jennie Seger in Atkinson in 1885.

In the blizzard of 1888, Mr Bauman lost all of the livestock on his farm and in the spring of that year he quit farming and moved to Omaha, where he lived about 15 years.

He moved back to Holt County in 1903 and for 25 years was engaged in the general merchandise business here. He sold his store a year and a half ago and retired from business.

To Mr and Mrs Bauman twelve children were born, ten of whom are living. Josephine and Edward having died in infancy.

Surviving him are Mrs Bauman and the following children; Mrs Jennie Callen, Mrs Margaret Brewer, Miss Barbara Bauman, Mrs Marie Holtzfaster, and Miss Charlotte Bauman, all of Atkinson; Jack Bauman of Macy, Indiana; Charles of Douglas, Wyoming; Mrs Louise Reynolds of Los Angeles, California; Henry Bauman of Omaha; and Harold Bauman of Macy, Indiana; Six grandchildren also survive him.