[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.
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.
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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