Since Argo won best picture on Sunday night’s Academy Awards, I’ve been thinking about Colonel Leland James Holland. He wasn’t rescued; he was one of the 52 held for 444 days in Tehran. Col. Holland was a native of Scales Mound, Illinois, a town of less than 350 people. For anyone who regularly reads my…
Google Newspaper Archive
Today I’m going to share a resource I frequently use: Google Newspaper Archive. I use it to access The Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa). Since I’m nowhere near Dubuque, I love that this information is available for free. I use this resource all the time to access one newspaper. It works for me, and I am…
Matchbox Twenty
On February 13, I saw my favorite band in concert when Matchbox Twenty came to Western Michigan University’s Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo on their ‘North’ tour. “American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips opened for them. I wasn’t familiar with Phillips but I enjoyed his performance. His music didn’t seem very Idol-like, but it’s been years since…
Pictures of Me
So I was going through some of my grandmother’s pictures and found a few of me as a child. This was a good reminder to me that not all history is from other generations. It’s good to take a look at your own history. All pictures taken at the home of Grandma and Grandpa Davis…
Hazel Bausman Killed in Car Accident
Hazel Bausman was an aunt to my maternal grandfather, Stanley “Spud” Davis. She died in a car accident in 1929. I found the following article discussing her accident and published in the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) on November 20, 1929. I accessed the article at Google Newspaper Archives. I’ve read several articles on her death…
Charles Bausman Update!
Back in January, I posted a brief bio on Charles Bausman, the brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr. (Nicholas was my maternal grandfather’s grandfather.) Since then I’ve learned a bit more. Late last year, I contacted the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives in Butte, Montana, to see if they had any information on Charles. Since he served…
Bausman Girls
These are the daughters of Nicholas Jr. and Catherine (Hebenstreit) Bausman. From left to right, standing are Pearl, Gertrude and Viola. Hazel is sitting. Viola was my maternal grandfather’s mother. I believe the photo was taken about 1898 or 1899 since Gertrude (the oldest) was born in 1887, Pearl in 1890, Viola in 1893, and…
Pearl Bausman Hesselbacher
I’ve learned many things while focusing my research on the Bausmans over the past few weeks. One of them is that I’ve never posted about Pearl (Bausman) Hesselbacher, a sister to Viola (my mother’s paternal grandmother). This past summer I had the opportunity to photograph Pearl’s wedding picture (see right). My uncle surprised me with…
Hazel Bausman With Her Pleasant Valley Relatives
Hazel Bausman was a sister of Viola (Bausman) Davis Hickman, my maternal grandfather’s mother. Hazel enjoyed photography, and took these shots at her uncle Lawrence Lincoln Bausman’s farm in Pleasant Valley, Grundy county, Iowa. I love that their dog appears in both pictures, though it is resting underneath the car in one. While I don’t…
Iva (Bausman) Leverton Killed in Car Accident
Because of a reader’s response on a previous post, I remembered an article I read about the death of Iva (Bausman) Leverton. It was found in the genealogy files belonging to Gertrude (Bausman) Schoenhard, a cousin of Iva’s and my maternal grandfather’s aunt. The accident sounds pretty horrific. There is no citation to the article….
Funeral of Lee Lawrence Bausman
This article deals with the funeral of Lee Lincoln Bausman. Also included is a card of thanks from his parents and siblings. I found it interesting that one of his brother’s was suffering from smallpox and couldn’t attend the funeral. Transcription of article: The funeral of Lee Bausman was held from the Evangelical church in…
God Made a Farmer
When I was young, my parents and grandparents listened to Paul Harvey. I enjoyed listening to his stories and I can still hear his voice signing off with the words “Paul Harvey…. Good day.” While watching the Super Bowl, it was Dodge Ram’s commercial with pictures of the American farmer and a story told by…
Obituary: Lee Lincoln Bausman
Here is the obituary of Lee Lincoln Bausman, killed in a car/train accident on 20 November 1919 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. He was the son of Lawrence and Minnie (Benz) Bausman. Transcription of Obituary: Lee Lincoln Bausman was born August 27th, 1890, in Pleasant Valley township, Grundy County, Iowa, and passed to the Great…
Lee Bausman and Henry Harms Hit By Train, Die
Another article about the deaths of Lee Bausman and Henry Harms. The car/train accident occurred on 20 November 1919 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. Lee was 29 and Henry was 37. I wish I knew more about Henry Harms. I think he was married with at least six children. Henry’s nephew William Harms married Lee’s…
Death of Lee Bausman and Henry Harms
I posted Lawrence Lincoln Bausman’s obituary a couple of days ago. The next few posts will deal with the death of his son, Lee Lincoln Bausman. Lee died after the car, driven by Henry Harms, was struck by a train. The car/train accident occurred on 20 November 1919 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. Lee served…
Obituary: Lawrence Lincoln Bausman
This past summer, I traveled to Steamboat Rock, Iowa, to meet Janice, the granddaughter of Lawrence Lincoln Bausman. Lawrence was born 31 January 1862 in Guilford Township, Jo Daviess county, Illinois, to Nicholas Sr and Mary (Casper) Bausman. He died 26 October 1937 in Pleasant Valley, Grundy county, Iowa. I had a lot of fun…
Louis Bausman
Louis Bausman was the ninth child born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. The tenth child, Jacob, died in infancy. The youngest son to live to adulthood, I don’t know much about Louis, except for what I have gleaned from official records. Louis was a brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather….
Lawrence Lincoln Bausman
Lawrence Lincoln Bausman was a younger brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather. Lawrence was the eighth of ten children born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. I learned quite a bit about Lawrence after meeting his granddaughter when I visited Steamboat Rock, Iowa. Lawrence was born 31 January 1862 in Guilford Township,…
John Bausman
John Bausman was a younger brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather. John was the seventh of ten children born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. He is the brother I know least about since John died when he was about 26. I knew he was born about 1859 and died about…
George Bausman
George Bausman was a younger brother of Nicholas Bausman Jr, my maternal grandfather’s grandfather. George was the sixth of ten children born to Nicholas Sr. and Mary (Casper) Bausman. Most of what I know about him comes from official records. George was born 05 September 1857 in Guilford Township, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. He married Rachel…
Forgotten History 