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Russel Cecil Baird

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Russel Cecil Baird

Birth
Barry, Pike County, Illinois, USA
Death
6 Feb 1962 (aged 52)
Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2, Lot 60D, Space 1
Memorial ID
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Russel Baird appears in the 1910 United States Federal Census for Barry Township, Pike County, Illinois. He was born in Illinois, as were the others in the home. His father is a Stock Dealer. His parents have been married for about six years, and his mother has had three children, all of whom are living. Here are the members of the 1910 household;

Ellis Baird, 36
Elsie Baird, 24
Lambert Baird, 5
Richard Baird, 2
Russel Baird, 7 months
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Household members listed in the 1920 United States Federal Census for Barry Township, Pike County, Illinois;

Ellis E. Baird, 42
Elsie Baird, 33
Lambert J. Baird, 15
Richard E. Baird, 12
Russel C. Baird, 10
Pauline L. Baird, 8

Ellis is a Livestock Dealer. Elsie was born in Missouri.
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Household members listed in the 1930 United States Federal Census for Payson Township, Adams County, Illinois;

Ellis E. Baird, 52
Elsie Baird, 44
Russel C. Baird, 20
Leora P. Baird, 18
Clyde Minton, 21

Ellis Baird is a Farmer. Russel Baird is a Farm Laborer. Clyde Minton is a Boarder and works as a Farm Laborer. Ellis and Elsie have been married for about 25 years.

Richard Baird is a neighbor and works as a Farm Laborer.
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In the 1940 United States Federal Census, Russel C. Baird is married and living in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois. He lived in the same place in 1935. His occupation is Yard Man. Here are the members of the 1940 household;

Russel C. Baird, 29
Cecelia C. Baird, 28
Jack Cecil Baird, 1
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On October 16, 1940, Russel Cecil Baird is registering at [East] St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois. He is 31 years old, born in Barry, Illinois on October 5, 1909. His employer is McPherson Sutter McClure Commission Company. He is 5'10" and weighs 154 pounds. His next of kin is his wife, Cecelia Baird.

Source; U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Russel C. Baird died at age 52 on Tuesday, February 6, 1962, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro.

He was born in Barry on October 5, 1909.

He married Cecilia Kinder in Mexico, Missouri in 1938

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Jack Baird and Michael Baird, both of Murphysboro; his mother, Mrs. Elsie Baird of Beverly; one sister, Mrs. Pauline Reed of Hull; two brothers, Lambert Baird and Richard Baird, both of Beverly; and one grandson.

Obituary excerpts are from the Southern Illinoisan, Wednesday, February 7, 1962, page 19.
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Russel Baird appears in the 1910 United States Federal Census for Barry Township, Pike County, Illinois. He was born in Illinois, as were the others in the home. His father is a Stock Dealer. His parents have been married for about six years, and his mother has had three children, all of whom are living. Here are the members of the 1910 household;

Ellis Baird, 36
Elsie Baird, 24
Lambert Baird, 5
Richard Baird, 2
Russel Baird, 7 months
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Household members listed in the 1920 United States Federal Census for Barry Township, Pike County, Illinois;

Ellis E. Baird, 42
Elsie Baird, 33
Lambert J. Baird, 15
Richard E. Baird, 12
Russel C. Baird, 10
Pauline L. Baird, 8

Ellis is a Livestock Dealer. Elsie was born in Missouri.
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Household members listed in the 1930 United States Federal Census for Payson Township, Adams County, Illinois;

Ellis E. Baird, 52
Elsie Baird, 44
Russel C. Baird, 20
Leora P. Baird, 18
Clyde Minton, 21

Ellis Baird is a Farmer. Russel Baird is a Farm Laborer. Clyde Minton is a Boarder and works as a Farm Laborer. Ellis and Elsie have been married for about 25 years.

Richard Baird is a neighbor and works as a Farm Laborer.
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In the 1940 United States Federal Census, Russel C. Baird is married and living in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois. He lived in the same place in 1935. His occupation is Yard Man. Here are the members of the 1940 household;

Russel C. Baird, 29
Cecelia C. Baird, 28
Jack Cecil Baird, 1
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On October 16, 1940, Russel Cecil Baird is registering at [East] St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois. He is 31 years old, born in Barry, Illinois on October 5, 1909. His employer is McPherson Sutter McClure Commission Company. He is 5'10" and weighs 154 pounds. His next of kin is his wife, Cecelia Baird.

Source; U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Russel C. Baird died at age 52 on Tuesday, February 6, 1962, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro.

He was born in Barry on October 5, 1909.

He married Cecilia Kinder in Mexico, Missouri in 1938

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Jack Baird and Michael Baird, both of Murphysboro; his mother, Mrs. Elsie Baird of Beverly; one sister, Mrs. Pauline Reed of Hull; two brothers, Lambert Baird and Richard Baird, both of Beverly; and one grandson.

Obituary excerpts are from the Southern Illinoisan, Wednesday, February 7, 1962, page 19.
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