Baughman, John A

Baughman, John A., a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Hartford County, Md., Aug. 2, 1802. He removed in early life with his parents to Ohio, experienced conversion in his nineteenth year, and in 1823 entered the Ohio Conference. He labored twelve years in Ohio, and thirty-two in Michigan. He was a true pioneer preacher. Mr. Baughman died in Detroit, Mich., March 1, 1868. He was a man of extraordinary physical strength, with a trumpet voice, cheerful temper, and untiring energy; a favorite both among children and adults. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1868, p. 175; Simpson, Cyclop. of Methodism, s.v.