Joseph Post Baird (1853 - abt. 1926)

Born 1853 in Athens, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died about 25 Mar 1926 at about age 73 in Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States

Biography

Joseph was a son of Dr. David Frame Baird and his first wife Narcissa Post.

Birthdate discrepancy: The 1860, 1870, 1910 and 1920 Censuses all imply he was b 1853. The 1900 Census says he was b Oct 1850. His grave marker says he was b 1862.

His mother died in 1865.

1860 Census: he is enumerated twice, once with his parents^[1] and again, as Joseph P. Bayard, with his Post grandparents.^[2]

In 1870 Joseph is found in the household of his Post grandparents, along with his presumed brother William Baird, age 5, who would have been born around the time his mother died. Alexander, Athens, Ohio.^[3]

He married Charlotte J. Stanley 21 Aug 1878 in Davis County, Iowa.^[4]They had children: Earl Clyde Baird and Jesse Chester Baird.

In 1910 Joseph was widowed and living in the household of his son Jesse C. Baird. Joseph was age 57 b Ohio.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL7-2PK : 18 February 2021), Joseph P Baird in entry for David F Baird, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2L-9BZ : 18 February 2021), Joseph P Bayard in entry for Joseph Post, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6K4-SNN : 29 May 2021), Joseph P Baird in entry for Joseph Post, 1870.
4. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ2W-YZB : 4 November 2017), Joseph P. Baird and Charlotte J. Stanley, 21 Aug 1878, Davis County, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 968,463.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHW-BT5 : accessed 6 August 2021), Joseph P Baird in household of Jesse C Baird, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 236, sheet 2A, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 856; FHL microfilm 1,374,869.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YN-1SY : 19 February 2021), J P Beard, Genoa, Nance, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 121, sheet 78C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,752.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BX-8T1 : accessed 6 August 2021), Joseph Baird, Genoa Township Genoa village, Nance, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 14B, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,935.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC23-CVW : 2 February 2021), Joseph P Baird in entry for Jissie E Baird, 1920.

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