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Kate <I>Baird</I> Sharp Elliott

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Kate Baird Sharp Elliott

Birth
Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
26 Mar 1929 (aged 65)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
Eddins Plot
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KATE BAIRD SHARP ELLIOTT was born in Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN, the youngest of 2 daughters born to William Henry L. Baird and Mary Elizabeth Eddins. Her father's family was from Richmond County, NC. The Baird family arrived in Wilson Co., TN before 1850 and owned a hotel in Lebanon. Her mother was the granddaughter of early Wilson County settler, and Soldier of the Revolution, William Eddins, Sr. and Rebecca Chandler.

When Kate was about 5 years old, the family moved to Nashville where he father continued to work in the hotel business. Kate married William Boone Sharp there on July 10, 1882. He was born in 1855 in Huron Co., Ohio. They had 2 children: Walter Eddings Sharp, born 1885; and Mignon, born 1888. The couple had divorced by 1894.

Kate then married Professor Milton B. Elliott, also from Ohio. Milton was a teacher. By 1910, the family had moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, where they lived and raised Kate's son and daughter. Daughter Mignon married Roy W. Wright in 1914, and both died of Typhoid Fever 2 years later. Kate's son Walter Eddings Sharp married Myrtle Mae Bredehoft, who died in 1926. Walter had 3 daughters: Myrtle, Marion, and Kathryn.

Kate and her cousin, Dave Eddins, purchased this Eddins Family Plot after the death of Kate's daughter Mignon and Mignon's husband Roy Wright in 1916

Kate's sister, Ella J. Baird, 1860-1941, married Hotel Manager William O. Malone May 26, 1885 in Nashville. They had one daughter Ruth. Kate and Ella were always close and in her final illness Kate came back to Nashville to stay with her sister until her death. Ella Baird Malone is also buried at Mt. Olivet.

After Kate's death, her husband Milton Elliott, continued to live with her widowed son Walter and her 3 granddaughters in Cleveland, Ohio.

Kate's Grandparents of Wilson Co., TN were:
William Eddins, Jr. and Sarah Sally Hooker
Seldon Baird and Sarah Billingsley
KATE BAIRD SHARP ELLIOTT was born in Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN, the youngest of 2 daughters born to William Henry L. Baird and Mary Elizabeth Eddins. Her father's family was from Richmond County, NC. The Baird family arrived in Wilson Co., TN before 1850 and owned a hotel in Lebanon. Her mother was the granddaughter of early Wilson County settler, and Soldier of the Revolution, William Eddins, Sr. and Rebecca Chandler.

When Kate was about 5 years old, the family moved to Nashville where he father continued to work in the hotel business. Kate married William Boone Sharp there on July 10, 1882. He was born in 1855 in Huron Co., Ohio. They had 2 children: Walter Eddings Sharp, born 1885; and Mignon, born 1888. The couple had divorced by 1894.

Kate then married Professor Milton B. Elliott, also from Ohio. Milton was a teacher. By 1910, the family had moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, where they lived and raised Kate's son and daughter. Daughter Mignon married Roy W. Wright in 1914, and both died of Typhoid Fever 2 years later. Kate's son Walter Eddings Sharp married Myrtle Mae Bredehoft, who died in 1926. Walter had 3 daughters: Myrtle, Marion, and Kathryn.

Kate and her cousin, Dave Eddins, purchased this Eddins Family Plot after the death of Kate's daughter Mignon and Mignon's husband Roy Wright in 1916

Kate's sister, Ella J. Baird, 1860-1941, married Hotel Manager William O. Malone May 26, 1885 in Nashville. They had one daughter Ruth. Kate and Ella were always close and in her final illness Kate came back to Nashville to stay with her sister until her death. Ella Baird Malone is also buried at Mt. Olivet.

After Kate's death, her husband Milton Elliott, continued to live with her widowed son Walter and her 3 granddaughters in Cleveland, Ohio.

Kate's Grandparents of Wilson Co., TN were:
William Eddins, Jr. and Sarah Sally Hooker
Seldon Baird and Sarah Billingsley


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