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Mary Ann Baird 1851-1948

BAIRD, WALKINSHAW, GLASGOW, CARITHERS, ROBERTSON, MYERS

Posted By: deb (email)
Date: 5/28/2017 at 10:57:08

Mrs. Mary Ann Baird Dies Sunday

Mrs. Mary Ann Baird, 97, the town's eldest citizen, died at midnight Sunday (November 21, 1948) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Carithers. She had been in declining health for several weeks.

Mary Ann Walkinshaw was the daughter of John and Margaret Glasgow Walkinshaw, and was born March 19, 1851, at Londonderry, Ohio. On April 7, 1871, she was married to James W. Baird, and for many years they lived on a farm in the Sharon community. Baird died in 1928 and in 1927 Mrs. Baird came to Morning Sun to make her home with her daughter.

In addition to Mrs. Carithers, Mrs. Baird is survived by six other children: Mrs. J. P Robertson and Merrill Baird, Morning Sun; Ralph and Oscar Baird, Wapello; Dr. Oliver Baird, Tarkio, Missouri; and Mrs. L. L. Myers of Ontario, California. Two sons, Otto and Edward Baird, are dead.

Also surviving are 34 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Baird was a member of the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian church, at which church services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Reverend M. W. Doughterty was in charge, and burial was in Sharon cemetery.

Morning Sun News-Herald, 25 Nov 1948


 

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