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
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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James Walkinshaw
1836–1859
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Jane Glasgow Walkinshaw McConaughy
1837–1922
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Maria Walkinshaw Kilpatrick
1839–1924
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Corp Hugh Wycoff Walkinshaw
1840–1921
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Pvt John Henry Walkinshaw Jr
1843–1925
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Margaret Love Walkinshaw Reid
1845–1932
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Mary Ann Walkinshaw
1845–1851
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Adam Walkinshaw
1847–1925
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Lemuel Walkinshaw
1849–1930
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Arthur Glasgow Walkinshaw
1854–1929
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Minnie Lauretta Baird Carithers
1874–1950
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Edmond Alfonz Baird
1876–1941
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Lena Mabel Baird Robertson
1878–1952
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Merrill Waldo Baird
1880–1964
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Dr Oliver Emmett Baird
1882–1964
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Dr Otto Clarence Baird
1886–1910
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Ralph Ehrman Baird
1888–1963
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Oscar Marion Baird
1890–1960
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Blanche Verona Baird Thompson
1890–1983
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