Inscription reads: Died 75 yrs. --mos. 14 days
James Baird, was born in June 1809, in Brown County, Ohio, and received but a limited education. On November 8, 1832, he married Miss Martha Bowen, born November 28, 1813, near Ripley, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Bowen, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Brown County about 1812. After remaining in the neighborhood of Ripley for a short time, they (Mr. Bowen and family) moved into the neighborhood of Pilson's Mill, where they became permanently settled. Mr. Baird claims that from the time his wife's parents settled there to the present time, "they have not lived one-half mile apart." To them have been born nine children-William S., George N., Robert B. (deceased, who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war of rebellion, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in the attack on Fort McAllister, and subsequently was with Sherman in his grand march to the sea), Lewis W. (who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service until the close of the war, and participated in the attack on Fort McAllister; carried into the ramparts, facing shot and bayonets, the first Union flag), James A., Albert M. Sarah E., Jesse L. and Jane (deceased, who married William B. Carey). Mr. Carey was a soldier in the Union Army, was captured by the rebels in Virginia and thrown into different Southern prisons until he was sent to Andersonville, where he met the fate of starvation. Mr. Baird has also reared three of his grandchildren from infancy-George B., Ella C., Carey (deceased) and William C., son of James A. Baird. Mr. Baird states that since the new house has been built on the homestead, it has never been left a night without an occupant, which is an uncommon occurrence. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which denomination he has acted as Elder for perhaps thirty-nine years. He received from his father eighty acres of land as his inheritance, and by his industry, perseverance and good management had at one time about three hundred acres. He is still hale and hearty, of a pleasant nature and very entertaining.
James Baird, was born in June 1809, in Brown County, Ohio, and received but a limited education. On November 8, 1832, he married Miss Martha Bowen, born November 28, 1813, near Ripley, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Bowen, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Brown County about 1812. After remaining in the neighborhood of Ripley for a short time, they (Mr. Bowen and family) moved into the neighborhood of Pilson's Mill, where they became permanently settled. Mr. Baird claims that from the time his wife's parents settled there to the present time, "they have not lived one-half mile apart." To them have been born nine children-William S., George N., Robert B. (deceased, who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war of rebellion, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in the attack on Fort McAllister, and subsequently was with Sherman in his grand march to the sea), Lewis W. (who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service until the close of the war, and participated in the attack on Fort McAllister; carried into the ramparts, facing shot and bayonets, the first Union flag), James A., Albert M. Sarah E., Jesse L. and Jane (deceased, who married William B. Carey). Mr. Carey was a soldier in the Union Army, was captured by the rebels in Virginia and thrown into different Southern prisons until he was sent to Andersonville, where he met the fate of starvation. Mr. Baird has also reared three of his grandchildren from infancy-George B., Ella C., Carey (deceased) and William C., son of James A. Baird. Mr. Baird states that since the new house has been built on the homestead, it has never been left a night without an occupant, which is an uncommon occurrence. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which denomination he has acted as Elder for perhaps thirty-nine years. He received from his father eighty acres of land as his inheritance, and by his industry, perseverance and good management had at one time about three hundred acres. He is still hale and hearty, of a pleasant nature and very entertaining.
Inscription reads: Died 75 yrs. --mos. 14 days
James Baird, was born in June 1809, in Brown County, Ohio, and received but a limited education. On November 8, 1832, he married Miss Martha Bowen, born November 28, 1813, near Ripley, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Bowen, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Brown County about 1812. After remaining in the neighborhood of Ripley for a short time, they (Mr. Bowen and family) moved into the neighborhood of Pilson's Mill, where they became permanently settled. Mr. Baird claims that from the time his wife's parents settled there to the present time, "they have not lived one-half mile apart." To them have been born nine children-William S., George N., Robert B. (deceased, who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war of rebellion, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in the attack on Fort McAllister, and subsequently was with Sherman in his grand march to the sea), Lewis W. (who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service until the close of the war, and participated in the attack on Fort McAllister; carried into the ramparts, facing shot and bayonets, the first Union flag), James A., Albert M. Sarah E., Jesse L. and Jane (deceased, who married William B. Carey). Mr. Carey was a soldier in the Union Army, was captured by the rebels in Virginia and thrown into different Southern prisons until he was sent to Andersonville, where he met the fate of starvation. Mr. Baird has also reared three of his grandchildren from infancy-George B., Ella C., Carey (deceased) and William C., son of James A. Baird. Mr. Baird states that since the new house has been built on the homestead, it has never been left a night without an occupant, which is an uncommon occurrence. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which denomination he has acted as Elder for perhaps thirty-nine years. He received from his father eighty acres of land as his inheritance, and by his industry, perseverance and good management had at one time about three hundred acres. He is still hale and hearty, of a pleasant nature and very entertaining.
James Baird, was born in June 1809, in Brown County, Ohio, and received but a limited education. On November 8, 1832, he married Miss Martha Bowen, born November 28, 1813, near Ripley, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Bowen, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Brown County about 1812. After remaining in the neighborhood of Ripley for a short time, they (Mr. Bowen and family) moved into the neighborhood of Pilson's Mill, where they became permanently settled. Mr. Baird claims that from the time his wife's parents settled there to the present time, "they have not lived one-half mile apart." To them have been born nine children-William S., George N., Robert B. (deceased, who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war of rebellion, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in the attack on Fort McAllister, and subsequently was with Sherman in his grand march to the sea), Lewis W. (who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service until the close of the war, and participated in the attack on Fort McAllister; carried into the ramparts, facing shot and bayonets, the first Union flag), James A., Albert M. Sarah E., Jesse L. and Jane (deceased, who married William B. Carey). Mr. Carey was a soldier in the Union Army, was captured by the rebels in Virginia and thrown into different Southern prisons until he was sent to Andersonville, where he met the fate of starvation. Mr. Baird has also reared three of his grandchildren from infancy-George B., Ella C., Carey (deceased) and William C., son of James A. Baird. Mr. Baird states that since the new house has been built on the homestead, it has never been left a night without an occupant, which is an uncommon occurrence. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which denomination he has acted as Elder for perhaps thirty-nine years. He received from his father eighty acres of land as his inheritance, and by his industry, perseverance and good management had at one time about three hundred acres. He is still hale and hearty, of a pleasant nature and very entertaining.
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