Mr. Baird was born in Comnock, Ayshire, Scotland May 28, 1855. When two years of age he came to the United States with his sister to join their father, preceding them to this country, at Lamoille Illinois. In 1864 his family first moved to Wyoming living at Cheyenne, but returned to Illinois within three years. In 1870 the family again came to Wyoming settling at Laramie. John Baird and his sister soon returned to Illinois, taking up residence at Wheaton, where Mr. Baird married Miss Ina P. Curtis on January 1, 1877. To this union five children were born, two boys and three girls, with the sons dying in infancy and one daughter Jessie Baird Padden, succumbing in Rock Springs in 1910. Mrs. Baird died in 1905 also in Rock Springs.
The Baird’s moved to Laramie in 1883, from which time, with the exception of a few years spent on a farm in Nebraska, Wyoming was the family home living in Laramie, Rock Springs and Cheyenne.
Mr. Baird had approximately 35 years of service with the Union Pacific railroad, leaving his employment in 1911 at Rock Springs when a strike of Carmen failed. In 1913 he accepted employment at Shafter, Nevada with the Nevada Northern Railroad working there for eight years. In 1921 he returned to Green River to live with his daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Schmidt and his home has been here continuously since that time except for a few summers spent on a Idaho farm for the benefit of his health.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Baird Schmidt of Green River and Mrs. Pansy Baird Mellor of Los Angeles, Calif, a sister Mrs. Susan Baird Holbrook, five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt accompanied the body to Illinois, while Mrs. Mellor who has been in Green River since Thursday of last week remained here to look after business interests requiring her attention before returning to California.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Wheaton, Illinois, the old family home, for John Willard Baird, 82, father of Mrs. A.E. Schmidt, who succumbed Monday night at 10:45 at the Schmidt residence to an extended illness resulting from complications attending old age.Rev. Guy Churchill of Union Congregational Church officiating, after which the body was shipped to Illinois for interment, in the family plot, where his wife, daughter and two sons are buried. Pall bearers at the home service were T.G. Jones, Henry Walters, William Mortimer, Leo Lantz, Chris Jessen and Raymond M. Davis.A mixed quartet of Mrs. Herman Furen, Mrs. Bert Ellis, Don Kellog and Thomas Coope sang “Lead Kindly the Light” and” Rock of Ages.” Mrs. A. Elliot accompanied.
The Green River Star Friday October 29, 1937 Page 1and 9
Contributed by Shirley Culver
Note: John Baird's mother died in Scotland and she is not on Find a Grave. I added his Father who is on Find a Grave. Could you add a note somewhere that her name was Mary Maria Nugent 1822-1855 ? Also under siblings his sister Mae Baird Campbell birth year was 1864. John W Baird and Anna Grant are half siblings to Lucy,George, May, David and Susan. (Submitted by Shirley)
The Baird’s moved to Laramie in 1883, from which time, with the exception of a few years spent on a farm in Nebraska, Wyoming was the family home living in Laramie, Rock Springs and Cheyenne.
Mr. Baird had approximately 35 years of service with the Union Pacific railroad, leaving his employment in 1911 at Rock Springs when a strike of Carmen failed. In 1913 he accepted employment at Shafter, Nevada with the Nevada Northern Railroad working there for eight years. In 1921 he returned to Green River to live with his daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Schmidt and his home has been here continuously since that time except for a few summers spent on a Idaho farm for the benefit of his health.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Baird Schmidt of Green River and Mrs. Pansy Baird Mellor of Los Angeles, Calif, a sister Mrs. Susan Baird Holbrook, five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt accompanied the body to Illinois, while Mrs. Mellor who has been in Green River since Thursday of last week remained here to look after business interests requiring her attention before returning to California.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Wheaton, Illinois, the old family home, for John Willard Baird, 82, father of Mrs. A.E. Schmidt, who succumbed Monday night at 10:45 at the Schmidt residence to an extended illness resulting from complications attending old age.Rev. Guy Churchill of Union Congregational Church officiating, after which the body was shipped to Illinois for interment, in the family plot, where his wife, daughter and two sons are buried. Pall bearers at the home service were T.G. Jones, Henry Walters, William Mortimer, Leo Lantz, Chris Jessen and Raymond M. Davis.A mixed quartet of Mrs. Herman Furen, Mrs. Bert Ellis, Don Kellog and Thomas Coope sang “Lead Kindly the Light” and” Rock of Ages.” Mrs. A. Elliot accompanied.
The Green River Star Friday October 29, 1937 Page 1and 9
Contributed by Shirley Culver
Note: John Baird's mother died in Scotland and she is not on Find a Grave. I added his Father who is on Find a Grave. Could you add a note somewhere that her name was Mary Maria Nugent 1822-1855 ? Also under siblings his sister Mae Baird Campbell birth year was 1864. John W Baird and Anna Grant are half siblings to Lucy,George, May, David and Susan. (Submitted by Shirley)
Mr. Baird was born in Comnock, Ayshire, Scotland May 28, 1855. When two years of age he came to the United States with his sister to join their father, preceding them to this country, at Lamoille Illinois. In 1864 his family first moved to Wyoming living at Cheyenne, but returned to Illinois within three years. In 1870 the family again came to Wyoming settling at Laramie. John Baird and his sister soon returned to Illinois, taking up residence at Wheaton, where Mr. Baird married Miss Ina P. Curtis on January 1, 1877. To this union five children were born, two boys and three girls, with the sons dying in infancy and one daughter Jessie Baird Padden, succumbing in Rock Springs in 1910. Mrs. Baird died in 1905 also in Rock Springs.
The Baird’s moved to Laramie in 1883, from which time, with the exception of a few years spent on a farm in Nebraska, Wyoming was the family home living in Laramie, Rock Springs and Cheyenne.
Mr. Baird had approximately 35 years of service with the Union Pacific railroad, leaving his employment in 1911 at Rock Springs when a strike of Carmen failed. In 1913 he accepted employment at Shafter, Nevada with the Nevada Northern Railroad working there for eight years. In 1921 he returned to Green River to live with his daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Schmidt and his home has been here continuously since that time except for a few summers spent on a Idaho farm for the benefit of his health.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Baird Schmidt of Green River and Mrs. Pansy Baird Mellor of Los Angeles, Calif, a sister Mrs. Susan Baird Holbrook, five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt accompanied the body to Illinois, while Mrs. Mellor who has been in Green River since Thursday of last week remained here to look after business interests requiring her attention before returning to California.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Wheaton, Illinois, the old family home, for John Willard Baird, 82, father of Mrs. A.E. Schmidt, who succumbed Monday night at 10:45 at the Schmidt residence to an extended illness resulting from complications attending old age.Rev. Guy Churchill of Union Congregational Church officiating, after which the body was shipped to Illinois for interment, in the family plot, where his wife, daughter and two sons are buried. Pall bearers at the home service were T.G. Jones, Henry Walters, William Mortimer, Leo Lantz, Chris Jessen and Raymond M. Davis.A mixed quartet of Mrs. Herman Furen, Mrs. Bert Ellis, Don Kellog and Thomas Coope sang “Lead Kindly the Light” and” Rock of Ages.” Mrs. A. Elliot accompanied.
The Green River Star Friday October 29, 1937 Page 1and 9
Contributed by Shirley Culver
Note: John Baird's mother died in Scotland and she is not on Find a Grave. I added his Father who is on Find a Grave. Could you add a note somewhere that her name was Mary Maria Nugent 1822-1855 ? Also under siblings his sister Mae Baird Campbell birth year was 1864. John W Baird and Anna Grant are half siblings to Lucy,George, May, David and Susan. (Submitted by Shirley)
The Baird’s moved to Laramie in 1883, from which time, with the exception of a few years spent on a farm in Nebraska, Wyoming was the family home living in Laramie, Rock Springs and Cheyenne.
Mr. Baird had approximately 35 years of service with the Union Pacific railroad, leaving his employment in 1911 at Rock Springs when a strike of Carmen failed. In 1913 he accepted employment at Shafter, Nevada with the Nevada Northern Railroad working there for eight years. In 1921 he returned to Green River to live with his daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Schmidt and his home has been here continuously since that time except for a few summers spent on a Idaho farm for the benefit of his health.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Baird Schmidt of Green River and Mrs. Pansy Baird Mellor of Los Angeles, Calif, a sister Mrs. Susan Baird Holbrook, five grandsons, three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt accompanied the body to Illinois, while Mrs. Mellor who has been in Green River since Thursday of last week remained here to look after business interests requiring her attention before returning to California.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Wheaton, Illinois, the old family home, for John Willard Baird, 82, father of Mrs. A.E. Schmidt, who succumbed Monday night at 10:45 at the Schmidt residence to an extended illness resulting from complications attending old age.Rev. Guy Churchill of Union Congregational Church officiating, after which the body was shipped to Illinois for interment, in the family plot, where his wife, daughter and two sons are buried. Pall bearers at the home service were T.G. Jones, Henry Walters, William Mortimer, Leo Lantz, Chris Jessen and Raymond M. Davis.A mixed quartet of Mrs. Herman Furen, Mrs. Bert Ellis, Don Kellog and Thomas Coope sang “Lead Kindly the Light” and” Rock of Ages.” Mrs. A. Elliot accompanied.
The Green River Star Friday October 29, 1937 Page 1and 9
Contributed by Shirley Culver
Note: John Baird's mother died in Scotland and she is not on Find a Grave. I added his Father who is on Find a Grave. Could you add a note somewhere that her name was Mary Maria Nugent 1822-1855 ? Also under siblings his sister Mae Baird Campbell birth year was 1864. John W Baird and Anna Grant are half siblings to Lucy,George, May, David and Susan. (Submitted by Shirley)
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