H. Baum, Sr., a grocery merchant of Jackson, Tenn., is a native of Germany. He was born in 1853, and came to the United States in 1880; located in Jackson and began the confectionery business on a small scale. In 1883 he removed into the present large and commodious store room, where he now conducts a paying grocery business, carrying a large and select stock of staple and fancy groceries, queensware, ete.; also doing a wholesale business in tropical fruits. November 9, 1884, he married Josephine Loeb, of Ripley, Tenn. They have one son, Herbert J. Subject is a Mason, and a member of the K. of H. and K. of L. Himself and wife are Congregationalists in religious views.

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