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Josiah R. Baird

Birth	:	6 Dec 1805 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	3 May 1887 Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Pittsburg Rural Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7490000, -91.9960000
Description	:	"Josiah Baird, grandfather of Doctor Baird, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1802, and when he was quite young his parents moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he married and where he took up the trade of blacksmith. A number of years later, along in the '50s, he moved out to Iowa with his son, the father of Doctor Baird, and lived in Van Buren County of that state until his death in 1886. In religion he was a stanch old Covenanter Presbyterian. Politically he was a republican. Josiah Baird married Mary Thompson, who was born in Ohio in 1806 and... Read More	"Josiah Baird, grandfather of Doctor Baird, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1802, and when he was quite young his parents moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he married and where he took up the trade of blacksmith. A number of years later, along in the '50s, he moved out to Iowa with his son, the father of Doctor Baird, and lived in Van Buren County of that state until his death in 1886. In religion he was a stanch old Covenanter Presbyterian. Politically he was a republican. Josiah Baird married Mary Thompson, who was born in Ohio in 1806 and died in Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1892. Their children were: Nathan; Cephas, who was a minister of the Lutheran Church and died in California; Letitia, who married Uriah Law, and both are now deceased, she having died at Troy in Davis County, Iowa." Source: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918.

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Where is Josiah R. Baird's memorial?
Josiah R. Baird's memorial is located at: Pittsburg Rural Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA.
When did Josiah R. Baird death?
Josiah R. Baird death on 3 May 1887 in Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Josiah R. Baird's memorial?
Latitude: 40.7490000
Longitude: -91.9960000

Family Members:

Parent

John Baird

(1760 - 1843)

Susannah Frame Baird

(1765 - 1841)

Spouse

Mary Jackson “Polly” Thompson Baird

(1809 - 1898)

Siblings

(1788 - 1863)

(1803 - 1886)

(1807 - 1880)

(1810 - 1897)

John Armstrong Henderson

(1817 - 1900)

Children

Nathan Baird

(1831 - 1900)

Luticia Ann Baird Law

(1832 - 1912)

Sarah “Lissy” Baird

(1837 - 1855)

Flowers:

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