• Age: 80
• Interview Date: 11/5/2007
• Interviewer: Phil Pogue, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
• Interview Length: 159 minutes Sit Down Interview
• County: Bond
• Fred Baumberger was born in 1920 in Reno, Illinois where the family had initially settled in the 1830s. Fred attended Blackburn college but was drafted into World War II, but he returned to farming after the war and became involved in farm organizations.

       Fred Baumberger in November of 2007                                                                                         

Grandfather Fred Baumberger with Infant Fred Eastof Cattle Barn

Mrs. Lola Baumberger and Children in Wheatfield, 1928, with Touring Car

Grandfather Baumberger at the East Gate of the Farmhouse with Model T