Bios: JOSEPH HELDMAN 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      ANDREW BAIRD,
  
  [p. 398] a leading farmer and business man of Mahoning Township, is
  proprietor of a well patronized harness shop near Hillsville, was born
  in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1849,
  and is a son of John W. and Elizabeth A. (Steele) Baird.
  
  Both parents of Mr. Baird were born in North Beaver Township, where the
  grandfathers had been early settlers. The paternal grandfather, Andrew
  Baird, was born in Ireland and came from his native land directly to
  Lawrence County. John W. Baird followed harnessmaking and farming in his
  native township, where he died in February, 1898, surviving his wife for
  just seven years. They had eight children, the survivors being: Andrew,
  Elizabeth J., who is the wife of Andrew Marshall, of New York; John S.,
  who resides in Mahoning Township; Martha E., who is the wife of David L.
  Patterson, lives at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Thomas A., who resides
  in North Beaver Township.
  
  Andrew Baird has followed closely in the footsteps of his estimable
  father, growing to manhood in North Beaver Township and here engaging in
  farming together with harnessmaking. He is a type of the solid, reliable
  class of citizens who help to develop their communities by furthering
  general improvements and assisting in the maintenance of schools and
  churches. In politics he is a Democrat and on the ticket of that party
  has been elected for some years to the office of road supervisor, and he
  has served also as school director.
  
  Mr. Baird married Harriet E. Burk, who was born in Mercer County,
  Pennsylvania, and they have had these children, namely: Mary B., who is
  the wife of C. C. Patterson, of Heppner, Oregon; Ira T., who lives in
  Mahoning Township; Ethel S., who is the wife of B. P. Kariher, resides
  in Mahoning Township; Charles H., who resides in Mahoning Township, and
  Emma R., who lives in Heppner, Oregon. Mr. Baird is a member of the
  order of Knights of Pythias at Mt. Jackson. Both he and wife are members
  of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hillsville, of which he is a trustee.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 16 Oct 2001