The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-05-29
Oy.C.H. BAUCH DEAD
Justice of Peace and Ex- Mayor
Succumbs Suddenly.

Died of apoplexy at his home at
No 116 Third avenue west at $3.50 o.
clock, p. m Sunday, May rs, 1902,
Hon. George H.. Baugh, aged 81
years, . months and 3 days. The
funeral will occur Wednesday after
nom at 2;3O O'Clock.
Death came suddenly and wholly
unlocked for and tne shock to friends
and relatives is severe. Mr.. Baugh was
about his business as usual Saturday
and attended to the details of his JUS
tice OF the peace Office on South
Market street. He greeted friends in
the usual way Saturday and seemed
in his usual health. He retired Satur-
day evening complaining of a very
| severe headache. Nothing ont of the
| ordinary was thought of this. how
| ever, as the man has been subjected
| to fits of sick headache for a number
| of years. He arose Sunday morning
with no cessation of the pain or the
Illness attendant. After breakfast he
| slept again and still kept to his
couch after dinner. About three
o'clock Mrs. Baugh had occasion to go
Il " ulll anu sue dShNu nm ~
would not feel better if he got up and
stirred around in the outdoors air.
| He replied that he thought perhaps
he would. He made an effort to get
up but seemed powerless to act. Mrs.
Baugh tried to assist him and then
noted the fact that his tongue seemed
thick. His daughter, Daisy, was hur-
ried out after a physician and seeing
4 - Hl-rI~ - 1sa rn,.1 nanr hU anl-
led to him and he responded inn
mediately, but even as quickly as he
was at the side of the suffering man
he found him unconscious and II was
thought for a moment that he was
dying. Heart stimulants were applied
but Mr.. Baugh did not regain con-
seriousness and quietly passed to his
last sleep a few minutes before ten
o'clock.
George H. Baugh was born in High
land county. Ohio, January p, 1883,
and has passed fifty-three years or
his life in Iowa. He was a brother OF
DIR. Thos. Baugh. deceased, of this
| city, and Rev. John NJ. Baugh, also
| of Oskaloosa. He came to Mahaska
county in 1S49 with his mother and
step-father, and is thus one of the
oldest pioneers in the county. He was
engaged on his step-father's farm for
a number of years and attended school
as chance was permitted in those busy
early days. Young George was an ac-
tive fellow, and taking a liking to city
ways. he determined to leave the farm
and be a resident of Oskaloosa. To
bring this about he studied law and
entered the practice of law in the city
about 1862. Opportunity was pre-
scented to enter other business life.
and Mr.. Baugh became interested in
the Oskaloosa Wooden and Grist mills,
an institution that stood or the lots
north of the old Jail property on A
street. This business he carried on
successfully for q number of years TO
the exclusion of all other affairs and
he thus drifted from his law business.
Mr.. Baugh was 4 popular man n a
public spirit and was identified with
the Oskaloosa of that early day. In
March, 1870, he was elected mayor or
the city of Oskaloosa and served the
city as its chief executive continuous
" until 1878. excepting one year, 1917.
He was again made mayor in 1891
and served two years. Mr.. Baugh has
also filed the office of justice of the
peace in the city a number of terms
and at the time of his death he was
filing this position. The deceased was
also elected captain of the Seventh
Regiment Iowa Cavalry, but did not
see service on the account of the
breaking of his health. Mr.. Baugh
was married in March of 1865 to Miss
Flora | Tough, from Ohio, and to this
union have been born six children,
Richard, John, Daisy, Thomas, Mary
! and Eva. The deceased formerly
owned a handsome homestead west OF
the city that was a land mark for a
great many years. He engaged in a
number of business enterprises in the
l city during his life and at the time
r wss operating a coal mine and was
supplying a large part of the local
!. trade. MIR. Baugh was always for
I Oskaloosa and has given of his time
and his cash toward the upbuilding OF
the city. His death causes general re-
gret among a large circle of acquaint-
ances and friends in this city ana
5 many other parts of the state, for the
man was quite widely known.