Bios: THOMAS W. BAIRD, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      THOMAS W. BAIRD,
  
  [p. 684] a prominent citizen of Mahoning Township, serving as a member
  of the School Board and in the office of roadmaster, settled on his
  present farm of sixty acres, in the fall of 1899. He was born in
  Washington County, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1858, and is a son of Thomas
  and Martha J. (Wilson) Baird.
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  The Bairds are people of high standing in Washington County, where they
  were pioneers. The parents of Thomas W. Baird continued to live there
  continuously after their marriage, and there the father died in
  February, 1888. The mother has reached her seventieth year and lives in
  Washington County.
  
  Thomas W. Baird was reared in his native township and obtained a common
  school education in the neighboring schools. His entire mature life has
  been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and on his present valuable farm
  he raises excellent crops and lives the usual independent life which is
  the fortunate portion of those who enjoy the tilling of their own land.
  On January 14, 1886, he was married to Mary B. McConnell, who was born
  in Washington County, and is a daughter of James G. McConnell, a well
  known citizen of that county for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Baird have had
  the following children: Alice M., who married Roy McBride, residing in
  Mahoning Township; and Thomas E., James W., David M., Mary E. Minnie E.
  and Frances J. Mr. and Mrs. Baird are members of the Mahoning United
  Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist. He has
  continually evinced a deep interest in the public schools and is serving
  his sixth year as a member of the township School Board.
  
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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: 26 Nov 2001