Husband Wilson Baughman 1 2
Born: 29 Dec 1836 2
Christened:
Died: 12 Dec 1895 3
Buried:
Father: Daniel Baughman ( -Aft 1890) 1
Mother: Mary McCready ( - ) 2
Marriage:
Wife Sarah S. Barclay 2
Born: 15 Mar 1834 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
Christened:
Died: 13 Mar 1884 2
Buried:
Father: John Young Barclay (1798-1841) 4
Mother: Isabella Johnston (Abt 1800-1841) 5
Children
General Notes: Husband - Wilson Baughman
Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
Growing up, he was taught to do general farm work, and was sent to the country schools until he was thirteen years old, at which time he came to Greensburg, being employed as a clerk in the general store of Augustus Stoy, the store occupying the lot on which the Keck building later stood. He remained in the employ of Mr. Stoy for six years, when he purchased the book store of Samuel B. Laufer. Under his management the stock of books was increased rapidly, and he soon built up a large trade not only in Greensburg but in the surrounding sections, and in later years had customers from all parts of the county, for he was a pioneer in the stationery business. His store was at first in the McCullough building. Afterwards he built and occupied the building known as the Baughman building on the corner of Main and West Pittsburg streets. He remained in this business about thirty years, and sold out and abandoned it only when other business matters demanded his entire attention. In 1881, on the death of Thomas J. Barclay, the leading Greensburg banker, he became president of the Barclay Bank, a position which he filled until his death.
He was noted all his life for paying strict attention to whatever business he engaged in. He had great faith in real estate investments and in the future of Greensburg. He accordingly invested his accumulations largely in real estate in that vicinity. This rapidly increased in value and made him at his death one of the wealthiest men in the county. He was by nature a man of athletic build, lived an abstemious and most exemplary life, and was apparently in perfect health until his death, which occurred suddenly and without previous sickness.
Mr. Baughman's leading characteristic was his lifelong close attention to business. While with a limited circle of friends, he was known as a man of jovial disposition, who relished most keenly all kinds of amusement, yet the summing up of his life is that he was essentially a man of business. Though he led an extremely busy life he had found time to delve deeply into the best English and American literature. Both he and his wife were active workers in the Episcopal church of Greensburg, and in his will he remembered his church in a substantial way.