The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-09-13
u. III. BAUMGARTNER DEAD
Was In Law Department. Of B- AZ %.
R- R- And Prominent In Civic
Affairs Of Tine County.

John J. Banmgartner, l4 East Ham
at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, where
IT, was taken Thursday for an opera
tion for intestinal troubles. INIT.
Baumgartncr, who was connected for
t17 years with the law department Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was
\ first stricken Tuesday morning. Ills
physician realized after the diagnosis
that Mr. Baumgartner had little
\ chance to- recover
| MI. Baumgartner was IA familiar fig-
ure in Baltimore, where he had spent
many years OF hi life. He maintain
ed mi residence in Baltimore county,
however, and always was prominently
identified with civic affairs there.
He was one Of the most active mem
bers- Of the Baltimore County Volun-
teer Firemen's Association and was
itS president several years. He was
president of the State organization
f volunteers. but declined renOmina-
ton at tn last annual meeting. It il
believed that his devotion tO the
affairs Of these organizations some
what undermined mi strength
Born February p, 1857, at West
minister, Mr. Baumgartner was the
son 0f The late John J- Baumgartner,
one OF The leading lawyers off Carroll
county in his day After receiving
IT. education at Mount It. Mary's
College, Emmitsburg, mr. Baumgart-
ner took ul the study Of law in the
Office conducted by Inf father and
Judge William N Hayden, an uncle.
IT, was widely connected in Carroll
county Ills paternal grandfather
was the first Register Of Wills of the
county, and it is recalled that IT,
walked from Westminster to- Anna
polls to receive the appointment from
the hands or the Governor. His ma
ternal grandfather, Basil Hayden,
was an officer with the Baltimore
troops which took part in the defense
of Baltimore when the British attack
ed in September, 1873 Mr. Baum
gartner served for 26 years e. audi
tor Of the courts of Carroll county.
Shortly after coming tO Baltimore
he became connected with the legal
STAFF Of the railroad Besides hfs
widow he is survived by three sons,
Nj. Hampton Baumgartner, Baltimore;
III Earl Baumgartner, Phoenix, Arfz.,
and W. M Baumgartner, Panama
Canal Zone q daughter, Miss Mar
garet O- Baumgartner; two brothers,
N. TT. and Thomas O Baumgartner,
Westminster, and two sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Orndorff, Westminster, and
Mrs - W Machen, Washington
The body was brought here Tues
day morning
A requiem mass was said at 9I
o'clock at St. Johns church, by the
Rev. W IT McGuigan, the pastor.
Delegations from the knights of
Columbus and the State Volunteer
Fremen's Association, with which
organization Mr, Raumgartner had
been prominently identified for sew
eral years, attended
The active paIlbearers we're J.
Frank Thomas, John IT. Bennett, Hon.
Guy Wl Steele, R Abner Parke, J.
Pearre Wantz and J GIOyd Diffendal
The honorary pallbearers were
Judge William H Thomas, Hon.
James A. C. Bond, John H. Cunning
ham, Dr- George D Fouke, E. I'd.
Weant, George W Alhaugh, Francis
Neal Parke, Oscar IT'D. GilhertA Charles
E- Fink, ~ Eugene Tubman. Charles
B- WhntE, W. h SeabrOoEy Ca GlOyd
Lynch, James M. $heIlntan and CO.
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