Biographical Sketch (1858):50, p. 221. "Plain Township. It is said that Joseph Scott was the first settler in the township, on a lease from Huffman; though near the same time, in the summer or fall of 1802, Adam Baughman and Samuel Baughman, and one or two others, removed from Pennsylvania to these lands, part of the way cutting the road through the woods as they went. Henry Huffman soon followed, and subsequently Squire Patterson and others. Mr. Samuel Baughman has been a resident of that township ever since, and whilst his friends and pioneer companions have paid the debt of nature, he is still living, and enjoying good health and all the comforts consequent upon industry and prudent economy." [Note: The Huffman referred to in the first sentence above is "John Huffman, then of Washington County, Pennsylvania, but afterward a well known citizen of Franklin County, Ohio."50, p. 221.]

Biographical Sketch (1904):165, p. 18-19. "George Baughman and his wife Barbara, their oldest son Samuel, and his wife Elizabeth Huffman, came from Washington County, Pa., in 1807. The other Baughman children who came at the same time were: Elizabeth, m. David Ridenour; Susan, m. John Agler; Polly, m. George Dague; Henry, David, Jesse, and Sarah. She m. Jonathan Swickard, January 1, 1824. These families located along the southern boundary of the township the exact lines were then not generally known. George Baughman, in 1812, purchased a tract of land in Mifflin Township, west of Big Walnut Creek."

Biographical Sketch (1880):70, p. 485. "Samuel Baughman, a son of George, was grown up and married, and when others of the Baughmans moved into Mifflin he brought with him a family."

Biographical Sketch (1985):69, p. 122. "Samuel and his wife came with his father and mother and other members of the family from Pennsylvania. They remained in Mifflin Township for a while and then moved to Logan County, Ohio, where both he and his wife died."

1781 Birthdate:89,483 Birth of Samuel Baughman or Bachman on 11 Oct 1781 in Upper Saucon Twp, Northampton, Pennsylvania, son of John George Baughman or Bachman and Barbara Steele.

1807/08 Barn Raising:70, p. 413. Samuel Baughman attended raising of first barn in Plain Township, owned by George Baughman.

1820 U.S. Census: Not available for Franklin County, Ohio.

1830 U.S. Census:2967
Franklin County, Ohio (Plain Township)
Head of Family •• Samuel Baughman
Males under 5 •• 1
Males 5-10 •• 1 << son Alfred, about age 9
Males 10-15 •• 1
Males 15-20 •• 2
Males 40-50 •• 1 << Samuel, about age 49
Females 10-15 •• 2
Females 40-50 •• 1 << Elizabeth, about age 44

1840 U.S. Census:2963
Franklin County, Ohio (Plain Township)
Head of Family •• Samuel Baughman
Male 5-10 •• 1 << son Calvin, about age 8
Male 10-15 •• 1
Male 15-20 •• 1 << son Alfred, about age 19
Male 20-30 •• 1
Male 50-60 •• 1 << Samuel, about age 59
Female 15-20 •• 1
Female 50-60 •• 1 << Elizabeth, about age 54

1850 U.S. Census:2965
Franklin County, Ohio (New Albany Township)
Enumerated 1 August 1850
Samuel Baughman •• 68, male, no occupation, real property value $4,500, born in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth •• 64, female, born in Pennsylvania
Calvin •• 18, male, farmer, born in Ohio

1860 U.S. Census:2964
Franklin County, Ohio (New Albany Township, Post Office Hope)
Enumerated 21 June 1860
Samuel Baughman •• 79, male, farmer, real property $1,000, personal property value $3,150, born in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth •• 74, female, domestic, born in Pennsylvania

1860-1866 Relocation to Logan County, Ohio:2964,2033 Between the 1860 census when Samuel and Elizabeth were living in Franklin County, Ohio, and Elizabeth's death in 1866, the couple relocated to Logan County to be with their youngest son Calvin.

1870 U.S. Census:2966
Logan County, Ohio (Pleasant Township, DeGraff Post Office)
Enumerated 18 & 19 July 1870
Calvin Baughman •• 38, male, white, farmer, real property value $4,950, personal property value $1,004, born in Ohio, male citizen over the age of 21
Nancy E. •• 38, female, white, keeping house, born in New Jersey
Elnora •• 15, female, white, at home, born in ohio, attended school within the year
Lewis E. •• 12, male, white, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Leslie L. •• 3, male, white, born in Ohio
Samuel Baughman •• 89, male, white, born in Pennsylvania, male citizen over the age of 21

1875 Tombstone:2033 Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Jackson Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
Samuel Baughman
d. Sept. 22, 1875
93y 11m 12d