First White

Child born in

County dead

Mrs. Hannah Brown-Bauman

Died Thursday at Age of

Seventy-Four

Said to Antedate William Whig-

am of Vicinity of Lib-

ertyville

Born at Buffalo Grove in 1834, and

Lived in County All Her Life—Fell

Three Weeks Aio [sic] and Broke Her

Hip Which Induced Exhaustion and

General Ill Health, Leading to Her

Death.

The first white child born in Lake county was buried out in the county today.

She was Mrs. Hannah Brown-Bauman, and it is claimed that her natal date antedated that of William Whigam, who has always been claimed as the first white child born in the county.

The late Mrs. Bauman, who was born Hannah Brown, came into being at Buffalo Grove in 1834 and died at the age of 74 Thursday. Three weeks ago she sustained a fall which resulted in a broken hip and exhaustion and general break down followed this. Buffalo Grove is in the southern part of the county. Mrs. Bauman was feeble for many years. She leaves six children, her husband having died several years ago.

[Retrieved and transcribed from The Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, IL, March 26, 1910 issue, page 1, by Nanci Headley Kotowski.]