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Cause of death: cardiac atrophy Benjamin Ward Baum died yesterday afternoon at 37 Shonnard st. after a long illness, aged sixty-six years. He was born at Minden, Montgomery county, this State, January 3, 1821; was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, and in early life with his parents removed to Cicero, in this county. ...
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As the 20th century approached, L. Frank Baum spent much of his time visiting small towns to marketing the brothers’ oil products, according to a 2011 exhibit at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum in Michigan. The exhibit also noted, “On one of these trips, while installing a window display for a customer, the idea of the Tin Woodman came to him.” The for...
L. (Lyman) Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, on May 15, 1856, the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Stanton and Benjamin Ward Baum — one of only five of the children to survive into adulthood. Thanks to Benjamin Ward Baum’s financial success in the newly born Pennsylvania petroleum industry, the young Baum grew up in an environment wh...
When historian Evan L. Schwartz researched his 2009 book, Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story, he was surprised to learn of the role petroleum played in Baum’s life — and that the Tin Woodman’s oil can trace its roots to Baum’s Castorine Company. “L. Frank Baum sold cans of buggy wheel oil for a living as the co-owner ...
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Benjamin Ward Baum (January 3rd 1821 – February 14th 1887) was L. Frank Baum's father. He was of German descent, the oldest son of John Baum and the former Magdalena Elwood, and the second of their ten children. John Baum had been a prosperous farmer, but suffered financial reverses and later...
About Benjamin Ward Baum. Benjamin W. Baum was a pioneer oil producer in the Northwestern Pennsylvania and Southern New York fields. The first man to pipe and ship petroleum out of Pennsylvania, he is credited with having owned more wells at one time than the Standard Oil Company.
- January 3, 1821
- February 14, 1887
Jul 17, 2023 · Benjamin Ward Baum. Born 3 Jan 1821 in Minden, Montgomery, New York, United States. Ancestors. Son of John Philip Baum and Magdalena Elwood. Brother of Catherine Baum, Mary Elizabeth (Baum) Hanchett, Lyman Spaulding Baum, Theresa (Baum) Wadsworth, Orlando Baum, Adam Clarke Baum and John Wesley Baum. Husband of Cynthia Ann (Stanton) Baum ...
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- January 3, 1821
- Cynthia Ann (Stanton) Baum
- February 14, 1887
Jul 10, 2017 · His father, Benjamin Ward Baum, had successfully "boomed" his own oil business, meaning that L. Frank Baum had been exposed to oil his whole life. He had even worked for his father at times....
Sep 17, 2000 · Baum’s life (1856-1919) reflects the economic and ideological adventurism of his America. Hearn tells us that his father, Benjamin Ward Baum, “followed nearly as many careers as his son would.