[1] Theosophy. Father: Benjamin Ward Baum
Mother: Cynthia Stanton
Wife: Maud Gage Baum (m. 9-Nov-1882, until his death)
Son: Robert Stanton Baum
Son: Harry Neal Baum
Son: Kenneth Gage Baum
Son: Frank Joslyn Baum (b. 3-Dec-1883, d. 2-Dec-1958)
Brother: Henry Clay Baum
High School: Peekskill Military Academy
Theosophical Society
Cholecystectomy Angelus Hospital (Feb-1918)
Coma (May-1919)
German Ancestry Paternal
Irish Ancestry Maternal
Scottish Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Bell's Palsy
Author of books:
Mother Goose in Prose (1897, juvenile)
By the Candelabras Glare Some Verse (1898, poetry, privately printed)
Father Goose (1899, juvenile)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900, juvenile)
A New Wonderland (1900, juvenile)
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902, juvenile)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904, juvenile)
The Woggle-Bug Book (1905, juvenile)
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (1908, juvenile)
The Road to Oz (1909, juvenile)
The Daring Twins (1911, juvenile)
Glinda of Oz (1920, juvenile)