Wabash Co., IL. Biographies
BAIRD, Winfield Scott, proprietor of the South View Poultry Farm, in Lick Prairie Precinct, Wabash County, Ill., was born near the farm where he now lives, January 13, 1860, a son of William S. and Sarah (Wood) Baird. William S. was a son of John and Rebecca (Stewart) Baird, formerly of Kentucky, and was born in Lick Prairie Precinct, August 15, 1829, while his wife was born in Friendsville Precinct, Wabash County, March 17, 1832, daughter of John and Catherine (Bratton) Wood, of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively. William S. Baird, Sr., and his wife spent their m harried life in Lick Prairie Precinct, where he was a farmer and stock-raiser. He died on his farm September 3, 1865, and his widow died on the same farm January 31, 1881. Their children were: Clayborn, born October 8, 1853, died September 29, 1876, in his twenty-third year; Romelda, born March 17, 1855, died March 15, 1876, at the age of twenty one years; Elimara, Mrs. F.S. Briner, born September 22, 1856, died in Lick Prairie Precinct, June 27, 1885; Winfield S.; Zeruah, born April 1, 1863, died January 2, 882, at the age of nineteen years.
After finishing the course in the common schools, Winfield S. Baird, Jr., attended the normal school at Grayville, Ill., during the winter of 1879-80. He lived with his parents until their death, assisting with the work on the farm. He inherited 120 acres of the home farm, and from his sister's husband, Mr. Briner, purchased seventy acres, which he sold two years later. He has added to his land until he now has 188 acres in his home farm, and purchased twenty-two and one-half acres of land in Fordyce Creek bottom, which was covered with timber, which he was cleared, tiled and improved. At the time he took possession of his farm but fifty acres were under cultivation, the balance being covered with timber. He sold twenty acres of the original 120 acres and now has eighty acres under cultivation. During the fall of 1905 he erected the present two-story nine-room dwelling. He also erected all other necessary buildings and has every possible convenience for carrying on his work. He has a substantial new barn 42 by 76 feet. 22 feet high, with an addition of the same height, 24 by 28 feet, and adjoining the barn is an ensilage silo with a capacity of 70 tons. Besides these he has a building which includes a corn crib, machine shed and hog house, 46 by 60 feet, and a wheat granary 20 by 24 feet. Besides general farming interests Mr. Baird has a large dairy of Holstein cows and raises German coach horses and Poland-China hogs. His wife raises Silver Wyandotte chicks.
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BAIRD, Winfield Scott, proprietor of the South View Poultry Farm, in Lick Prairie Precinct, Wabash County, Ill., was born near the farm where he now lives, January 13, 1860, a son of William S. and Sarah (Wood) Baird. William S. was a son of John and Rebecca (Stewart) Baird, formerly of Kentucky, and was born in Lick Prairie Precinct, August 15, 1829, while his wife was born in Friendsville Precinct, Wabash County, March 17, 1832, daughter of John and Catherine (Bratton) Wood, of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively. William S. Baird, Sr., and his wife spent their m harried life in Lick Prairie Precinct, where he was a farmer and stock-raiser. He died on his farm September 3, 1865, and his widow died on the same farm January 31, 1881. Their children were: Clayborn, born October 8, 1853, died September 29, 1876, in his twenty-third year; Romelda, born March 17, 1855, died March 15, 1876, at the age of twenty one years; Elimara, Mrs. F.S. Briner, born September 22, 1856, died in Lick Prairie Precinct, June 27, 1885; Winfield S.; Zeruah, born April 1, 1863, died January 2, 882, at the age of nineteen years.
After finishing the course in the common schools, Winfield S. Baird, Jr., attended the normal school at Grayville, Ill., during the winter of 1879-80. He lived with his parents until their death, assisting with the work on the farm. He inherited 120 acres of the home farm, and from his sister's husband, Mr. Briner, purchased seventy acres, which he sold two years later. He has added to his land until he now has 188 acres in his home farm, and purchased twenty-two and one-half acres of land in Fordyce Creek bottom, which was covered with timber, which he was cleared, tiled and improved. At the time he took possession of his farm but fifty acres were under cultivation, the balance being covered with timber. He sold twenty acres of the original 120 acres and now has eighty acres under cultivation. During the fall of 1905 he erected the present two-story nine-room dwelling. He also erected all other necessary buildings and has every possible convenience for carrying on his work. He has a substantial new barn 42 by 76 feet. 22 feet high, with an addition of the same height, 24 by 28 feet, and adjoining the barn is an ensilage silo with a capacity of 70 tons. Besides these he has a building which includes a corn crib, machine shed and hog house, 46 by 60 feet, and a wheat granary 20 by 24 feet. Besides general farming interests Mr. Baird has a large dairy of Holstein cows and raises German coach horses and Poland-China hogs. His wife raises Silver Wyandotte chicks.
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Wabash Co., IL. Biographies
BAIRD, Winfield Scott, proprietor of the South View Poultry Farm, in Lick Prairie Precinct, Wabash County, Ill., was born near the farm where he now lives, January 13, 1860, a son of William S. and Sarah (Wood) Baird. William S. was a son of John and Rebecca (Stewart) Baird, formerly of Kentucky, and was born in Lick Prairie Precinct, August 15, 1829, while his wife was born in Friendsville Precinct, Wabash County, March 17, 1832, daughter of John and Catherine (Bratton) Wood, of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively. William S. Baird, Sr., and his wife spent their m harried life in Lick Prairie Precinct, where he was a farmer and stock-raiser. He died on his farm September 3, 1865, and his widow died on the same farm January 31, 1881. Their children were: Clayborn, born October 8, 1853, died September 29, 1876, in his twenty-third year; Romelda, born March 17, 1855, died March 15, 1876, at the age of twenty one years; Elimara, Mrs. F.S. Briner, born September 22, 1856, died in Lick Prairie Precinct, June 27, 1885; Winfield S.; Zeruah, born April 1, 1863, died January 2, 882, at the age of nineteen years.
After finishing the course in the common schools, Winfield S. Baird, Jr., attended the normal school at Grayville, Ill., during the winter of 1879-80. He lived with his parents until their death, assisting with the work on the farm. He inherited 120 acres of the home farm, and from his sister's husband, Mr. Briner, purchased seventy acres, which he sold two years later. He has added to his land until he now has 188 acres in his home farm, and purchased twenty-two and one-half acres of land in Fordyce Creek bottom, which was covered with timber, which he was cleared, tiled and improved. At the time he took possession of his farm but fifty acres were under cultivation, the balance being covered with timber. He sold twenty acres of the original 120 acres and now has eighty acres under cultivation. During the fall of 1905 he erected the present two-story nine-room dwelling. He also erected all other necessary buildings and has every possible convenience for carrying on his work. He has a substantial new barn 42 by 76 feet. 22 feet high, with an addition of the same height, 24 by 28 feet, and adjoining the barn is an ensilage silo with a capacity of 70 tons. Besides these he has a building which includes a corn crib, machine shed and hog house, 46 by 60 feet, and a wheat granary 20 by 24 feet. Besides general farming interests Mr. Baird has a large dairy of Holstein cows and raises German coach horses and Poland-China hogs. His wife raises Silver Wyandotte chicks.
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BAIRD, Winfield Scott, proprietor of the South View Poultry Farm, in Lick Prairie Precinct, Wabash County, Ill., was born near the farm where he now lives, January 13, 1860, a son of William S. and Sarah (Wood) Baird. William S. was a son of John and Rebecca (Stewart) Baird, formerly of Kentucky, and was born in Lick Prairie Precinct, August 15, 1829, while his wife was born in Friendsville Precinct, Wabash County, March 17, 1832, daughter of John and Catherine (Bratton) Wood, of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively. William S. Baird, Sr., and his wife spent their m harried life in Lick Prairie Precinct, where he was a farmer and stock-raiser. He died on his farm September 3, 1865, and his widow died on the same farm January 31, 1881. Their children were: Clayborn, born October 8, 1853, died September 29, 1876, in his twenty-third year; Romelda, born March 17, 1855, died March 15, 1876, at the age of twenty one years; Elimara, Mrs. F.S. Briner, born September 22, 1856, died in Lick Prairie Precinct, June 27, 1885; Winfield S.; Zeruah, born April 1, 1863, died January 2, 882, at the age of nineteen years.
After finishing the course in the common schools, Winfield S. Baird, Jr., attended the normal school at Grayville, Ill., during the winter of 1879-80. He lived with his parents until their death, assisting with the work on the farm. He inherited 120 acres of the home farm, and from his sister's husband, Mr. Briner, purchased seventy acres, which he sold two years later. He has added to his land until he now has 188 acres in his home farm, and purchased twenty-two and one-half acres of land in Fordyce Creek bottom, which was covered with timber, which he was cleared, tiled and improved. At the time he took possession of his farm but fifty acres were under cultivation, the balance being covered with timber. He sold twenty acres of the original 120 acres and now has eighty acres under cultivation. During the fall of 1905 he erected the present two-story nine-room dwelling. He also erected all other necessary buildings and has every possible convenience for carrying on his work. He has a substantial new barn 42 by 76 feet. 22 feet high, with an addition of the same height, 24 by 28 feet, and adjoining the barn is an ensilage silo with a capacity of 70 tons. Besides these he has a building which includes a corn crib, machine shed and hog house, 46 by 60 feet, and a wheat granary 20 by 24 feet. Besides general farming interests Mr. Baird has a large dairy of Holstein cows and raises German coach horses and Poland-China hogs. His wife raises Silver Wyandotte chicks.
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