[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.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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