Rev. Dr. James Baume was the son of Samuel and Ruth (Cockcroft) Baume. He was born Halifax. Marie Antoinette (Hawkins) Baume was his 1st wife. They were married June 20, 1852. Marie died February 14, 1867. Elizabeth (Rood) Baume was his 2nd wife. They were married May 15, 1869. Elizabeth died July 16, 1922. He was a minister in the Rock River Conference and India Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
US CENSUS
June 1, 1870
Evanston, Cook Co., IL
BAUME
James age 45, b1825 ENGLAND, clergyman
Ellen/Elizabeth R., age 21, b1849 CANADA
James S., age 13, b1857 IL
Henry M., age 9, b1861 IND
Annie age 7, b1863 IL
Emma Erickson age 16, b1854 SWEDEN, domestic servant
James Mayor age 41, b1829 ENGLAND, music teacher
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
July 1, 1897
BAUME.--James Baume, D.D., a supernumerary member of Rock River Conference, died at Rockford, Ill., June 18. He was born in England in 1824, and came to this country when a young man. He was pastor of several of the prominent churches of Rock River Conference. Among them was First Church, Chicago, which society left the little frame building in which it worshipped and entered the beautiful edifice in which the General Conference of 1868 met, and which was destroyed in the fire of 1871, It was while stationed at First Church, Chicago, that Dr. Baume was induced to go to India and organize our English work there, He remained in the field for several years, and returning because of the broken health of his wife, reentered the pastorate. After serving First Church, Evanston, which he found worshiping in a frame building, and left it in the present capacious and imposing structure. His subsequent appointments were Ottawa, Princeton, and Sterling. In 1885 he returned to India, and for seven years toiled faithfully until driven home by the inroads made upon his health by the climate. For the last three or four years he has been living in quietness at Rockford. He was greatly beloved by his brethren in the ministry, and the influence of his fruitful--
Obituary
The New York Times
June 19, 1897
BAUME.--The Rev. James Baume died yesterday at his home in Rockford, Il., aged seventy-three years. He was the first pastor of the Clark Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago. He spent many years in foreign fields as a missionary, much of the time being passed in India. He was the father of Judge James S. Baume of Galena.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rock River Conference Journal
1897, Page 83
US CENSUS
June 1, 1870
Evanston, Cook Co., IL
BAUME
James age 45, b1825 ENGLAND, clergyman
Ellen/Elizabeth R., age 21, b1849 CANADA
James S., age 13, b1857 IL
Henry M., age 9, b1861 IND
Annie age 7, b1863 IL
Emma Erickson age 16, b1854 SWEDEN, domestic servant
James Mayor age 41, b1829 ENGLAND, music teacher
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
July 1, 1897
BAUME.--James Baume, D.D., a supernumerary member of Rock River Conference, died at Rockford, Ill., June 18. He was born in England in 1824, and came to this country when a young man. He was pastor of several of the prominent churches of Rock River Conference. Among them was First Church, Chicago, which society left the little frame building in which it worshipped and entered the beautiful edifice in which the General Conference of 1868 met, and which was destroyed in the fire of 1871, It was while stationed at First Church, Chicago, that Dr. Baume was induced to go to India and organize our English work there, He remained in the field for several years, and returning because of the broken health of his wife, reentered the pastorate. After serving First Church, Evanston, which he found worshiping in a frame building, and left it in the present capacious and imposing structure. His subsequent appointments were Ottawa, Princeton, and Sterling. In 1885 he returned to India, and for seven years toiled faithfully until driven home by the inroads made upon his health by the climate. For the last three or four years he has been living in quietness at Rockford. He was greatly beloved by his brethren in the ministry, and the influence of his fruitful--
Obituary
The New York Times
June 19, 1897
BAUME.--The Rev. James Baume died yesterday at his home in Rockford, Il., aged seventy-three years. He was the first pastor of the Clark Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago. He spent many years in foreign fields as a missionary, much of the time being passed in India. He was the father of Judge James S. Baume of Galena.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rock River Conference Journal
1897, Page 83
Rev. Dr. James Baume was the son of Samuel and Ruth (Cockcroft) Baume. He was born Halifax. Marie Antoinette (Hawkins) Baume was his 1st wife. They were married June 20, 1852. Marie died February 14, 1867. Elizabeth (Rood) Baume was his 2nd wife. They were married May 15, 1869. Elizabeth died July 16, 1922. He was a minister in the Rock River Conference and India Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
US CENSUS
June 1, 1870
Evanston, Cook Co., IL
BAUME
James age 45, b1825 ENGLAND, clergyman
Ellen/Elizabeth R., age 21, b1849 CANADA
James S., age 13, b1857 IL
Henry M., age 9, b1861 IND
Annie age 7, b1863 IL
Emma Erickson age 16, b1854 SWEDEN, domestic servant
James Mayor age 41, b1829 ENGLAND, music teacher
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
July 1, 1897
BAUME.--James Baume, D.D., a supernumerary member of Rock River Conference, died at Rockford, Ill., June 18. He was born in England in 1824, and came to this country when a young man. He was pastor of several of the prominent churches of Rock River Conference. Among them was First Church, Chicago, which society left the little frame building in which it worshipped and entered the beautiful edifice in which the General Conference of 1868 met, and which was destroyed in the fire of 1871, It was while stationed at First Church, Chicago, that Dr. Baume was induced to go to India and organize our English work there, He remained in the field for several years, and returning because of the broken health of his wife, reentered the pastorate. After serving First Church, Evanston, which he found worshiping in a frame building, and left it in the present capacious and imposing structure. His subsequent appointments were Ottawa, Princeton, and Sterling. In 1885 he returned to India, and for seven years toiled faithfully until driven home by the inroads made upon his health by the climate. For the last three or four years he has been living in quietness at Rockford. He was greatly beloved by his brethren in the ministry, and the influence of his fruitful--
Obituary
The New York Times
June 19, 1897
BAUME.--The Rev. James Baume died yesterday at his home in Rockford, Il., aged seventy-three years. He was the first pastor of the Clark Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago. He spent many years in foreign fields as a missionary, much of the time being passed in India. He was the father of Judge James S. Baume of Galena.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rock River Conference Journal
1897, Page 83
US CENSUS
June 1, 1870
Evanston, Cook Co., IL
BAUME
James age 45, b1825 ENGLAND, clergyman
Ellen/Elizabeth R., age 21, b1849 CANADA
James S., age 13, b1857 IL
Henry M., age 9, b1861 IND
Annie age 7, b1863 IL
Emma Erickson age 16, b1854 SWEDEN, domestic servant
James Mayor age 41, b1829 ENGLAND, music teacher
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
July 1, 1897
BAUME.--James Baume, D.D., a supernumerary member of Rock River Conference, died at Rockford, Ill., June 18. He was born in England in 1824, and came to this country when a young man. He was pastor of several of the prominent churches of Rock River Conference. Among them was First Church, Chicago, which society left the little frame building in which it worshipped and entered the beautiful edifice in which the General Conference of 1868 met, and which was destroyed in the fire of 1871, It was while stationed at First Church, Chicago, that Dr. Baume was induced to go to India and organize our English work there, He remained in the field for several years, and returning because of the broken health of his wife, reentered the pastorate. After serving First Church, Evanston, which he found worshiping in a frame building, and left it in the present capacious and imposing structure. His subsequent appointments were Ottawa, Princeton, and Sterling. In 1885 he returned to India, and for seven years toiled faithfully until driven home by the inroads made upon his health by the climate. For the last three or four years he has been living in quietness at Rockford. He was greatly beloved by his brethren in the ministry, and the influence of his fruitful--
Obituary
The New York Times
June 19, 1897
BAUME.--The Rev. James Baume died yesterday at his home in Rockford, Il., aged seventy-three years. He was the first pastor of the Clark Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago. He spent many years in foreign fields as a missionary, much of the time being passed in India. He was the father of Judge James S. Baume of Galena.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rock River Conference Journal
1897, Page 83
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