Spencer
Fullerton
Baird
Born in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Potts Baird
and Lydia McFunn (Biddle) Baird
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Helen (Churchill) Baird
— married
13 Aug 1846 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 64
in Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Aug 2018
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Spencer Baird is Notable.
Biography
Spencer Fullerton Baird (February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution.
Father: Samuel Baird
Mother: Lydia McFunn Biddle
Married Mary Helen Churchill on 13 Aug 1846 in New York City, New York County, New York, USA[1]
Children:
Lucy Hunter Baird 1848 Pennsylvania[2]
He apparently had some instruction from John James Audubon.[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ "New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s," Ancestry.com. Ancestry Record 7854 #71420
- ↑ Lucy Hunter Baird on Find A Grave: Memorial #39459158 accessed on 17 Aug 2018
- ↑ Wikipedia: John James Audubon
- ↑ Spencer Fullerton Baird on AcademicTree.org
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #7704615 accessed on 17 Aug 2018
- Wikipedia: Spencer Fullerton Baird
- Wikidata: Item Q14049, en:Wikipedia
- Ancestry Profile
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HH-MPN : 12 April 2016), Spencer Baird in household of Mary J Smith, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 153, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C7-WQ2 : 24 August 2017), Spencer F Baird, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 23, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0122; FHL microfilm 1,254,122.
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