Darius BAIRD was born in Medina County, Ohio, August 18, 1837, and is the third of nine children born to Asa H. and Lucy (TANNER) BAIRD, both natives of Vermont, and of Irish and English descent respectively.
Asa H. settled in Medina County, and married there, when a young man. He followed contracting on public works, and also agriculture to some extent. In 1837, he removed to Lawrence County, Ill, bought a farm and saw mill, and during this time built and graded the bridges of twelve miles of the State road. In 1841, he came to Olney, and built the Commercial House, continuing in the hotel business until his death. He kept the stage stand for the Saint Louis & Cincinnati Stage Company. He owned a eighty acre farm upon which the Southwest part of Olney now stands. He built the first permanent courthouse of the county, and was for several years County Assessor & Deputy Sheriff. He and his wife were members of the Christian Church.
Darius was poorly educated.
His father died when he was about ten or twelve years old, and he and his brother assisted their mother in managing the farm and hotel for several years.
In 1860 he went into a store at Olney, and remained one year as salesman. He then engaged in the livery business until 1866, and in 1867, went to Lathrop, Clinton Co., Mo, and engaged in the hardware business.
Mr. BAIRD remained there, until 1875, when he returned to Olney, and has since been following an extensive heavy hardware trade here. He carries a large and well-selected stock in his line, and is extensively patronized.
He was married in 1862, to Rose A. McWILLIAMS, of Noble County, Ohio. Three children were given to them, one of whom is living.
Mr. BAIRD and his wife are Congregationalists. He is a Republican, and an old settler of our county.
[Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois: Historical and Biographical; F.A. Battey & Co, 1884]
Asa H. settled in Medina County, and married there, when a young man. He followed contracting on public works, and also agriculture to some extent. In 1837, he removed to Lawrence County, Ill, bought a farm and saw mill, and during this time built and graded the bridges of twelve miles of the State road. In 1841, he came to Olney, and built the Commercial House, continuing in the hotel business until his death. He kept the stage stand for the Saint Louis & Cincinnati Stage Company. He owned a eighty acre farm upon which the Southwest part of Olney now stands. He built the first permanent courthouse of the county, and was for several years County Assessor & Deputy Sheriff. He and his wife were members of the Christian Church.
Darius was poorly educated.
His father died when he was about ten or twelve years old, and he and his brother assisted their mother in managing the farm and hotel for several years.
In 1860 he went into a store at Olney, and remained one year as salesman. He then engaged in the livery business until 1866, and in 1867, went to Lathrop, Clinton Co., Mo, and engaged in the hardware business.
Mr. BAIRD remained there, until 1875, when he returned to Olney, and has since been following an extensive heavy hardware trade here. He carries a large and well-selected stock in his line, and is extensively patronized.
He was married in 1862, to Rose A. McWILLIAMS, of Noble County, Ohio. Three children were given to them, one of whom is living.
Mr. BAIRD and his wife are Congregationalists. He is a Republican, and an old settler of our county.
[Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois: Historical and Biographical; F.A. Battey & Co, 1884]
Darius BAIRD was born in Medina County, Ohio, August 18, 1837, and is the third of nine children born to Asa H. and Lucy (TANNER) BAIRD, both natives of Vermont, and of Irish and English descent respectively.
Asa H. settled in Medina County, and married there, when a young man. He followed contracting on public works, and also agriculture to some extent. In 1837, he removed to Lawrence County, Ill, bought a farm and saw mill, and during this time built and graded the bridges of twelve miles of the State road. In 1841, he came to Olney, and built the Commercial House, continuing in the hotel business until his death. He kept the stage stand for the Saint Louis & Cincinnati Stage Company. He owned a eighty acre farm upon which the Southwest part of Olney now stands. He built the first permanent courthouse of the county, and was for several years County Assessor & Deputy Sheriff. He and his wife were members of the Christian Church.
Darius was poorly educated.
His father died when he was about ten or twelve years old, and he and his brother assisted their mother in managing the farm and hotel for several years.
In 1860 he went into a store at Olney, and remained one year as salesman. He then engaged in the livery business until 1866, and in 1867, went to Lathrop, Clinton Co., Mo, and engaged in the hardware business.
Mr. BAIRD remained there, until 1875, when he returned to Olney, and has since been following an extensive heavy hardware trade here. He carries a large and well-selected stock in his line, and is extensively patronized.
He was married in 1862, to Rose A. McWILLIAMS, of Noble County, Ohio. Three children were given to them, one of whom is living.
Mr. BAIRD and his wife are Congregationalists. He is a Republican, and an old settler of our county.
[Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois: Historical and Biographical; F.A. Battey & Co, 1884]
Asa H. settled in Medina County, and married there, when a young man. He followed contracting on public works, and also agriculture to some extent. In 1837, he removed to Lawrence County, Ill, bought a farm and saw mill, and during this time built and graded the bridges of twelve miles of the State road. In 1841, he came to Olney, and built the Commercial House, continuing in the hotel business until his death. He kept the stage stand for the Saint Louis & Cincinnati Stage Company. He owned a eighty acre farm upon which the Southwest part of Olney now stands. He built the first permanent courthouse of the county, and was for several years County Assessor & Deputy Sheriff. He and his wife were members of the Christian Church.
Darius was poorly educated.
His father died when he was about ten or twelve years old, and he and his brother assisted their mother in managing the farm and hotel for several years.
In 1860 he went into a store at Olney, and remained one year as salesman. He then engaged in the livery business until 1866, and in 1867, went to Lathrop, Clinton Co., Mo, and engaged in the hardware business.
Mr. BAIRD remained there, until 1875, when he returned to Olney, and has since been following an extensive heavy hardware trade here. He carries a large and well-selected stock in his line, and is extensively patronized.
He was married in 1862, to Rose A. McWILLIAMS, of Noble County, Ohio. Three children were given to them, one of whom is living.
Mr. BAIRD and his wife are Congregationalists. He is a Republican, and an old settler of our county.
[Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois: Historical and Biographical; F.A. Battey & Co, 1884]
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