1820–1884

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Born: March 16, 1820, Fay­ette Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: June 15, 1884, Park Ave­nue Ho­tel, Man­hat­tan, New York.

Buried: Mount Ol­iv­et Ce­me­te­ry, Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see.

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Biography

Baird, a Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­ian min­is­ter, was the son of Al­ex­an­der Baird, and hus­band of Nel­lie Hib­bets Brit­ton.

He was edu­cat­ed at the Greene Acad­emy, Car­mi­chaels, Penn­syl­vania, where he lat­er be­came As­sist­ant Prin­ci­pal.

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