Joseph Alvin Baird

M, b. 23 August 1830, d. 10 October 1906
Joseph Alvin Baird|b. 23 Aug 1830\nd. 10 Oct 1906|p57.htm|James Ithamar Baird|b. c 1797\nd. 10 Oct 1848|p545.htm|Susan McAllister|b. 17 May 1807\nd. 1877|p550.htm|Isham H. Baird|b. c 1771\nd. a 1839|p546.htm|Clarissa Bushnell|b. 9 Oct 1775\nd. a 1830|p547.htm|||||||
     Joseph Alvin Baird was born 23 August 1830 in Perry County, Tennessee.1,2,3 He was the son of James Ithamar Baird and Susan McAllister. On the census of 1840 in Conway County, Arkansas, Joseph Alvin was probably a male of 10 and under 15 years of age residing with James Baird.4 The census of 1 June 1850 enumerated on 17 October 1850 in Dallas County, Arkansas, listed Joseph "Baid" as a 19-year-old residing with Susan Baid.5 He married Elizabeth Ann Campbell on 10 August 1854 in Dallas County, Arkansas..1
In 1860 Joseph Alvin Baird patented 160 acres of land in Dallas County, Arkansas.
".... the West half of the South East quarter and the South East quarter of the South East quarter of Section thirty-five and the South West quarter of the South West quarter of Section thirty Six, in Township ten South, of Range fourteen West in the district of lands subject to Sale at Little Rock Arkansas, Containing One hundred and Sixty Acres."6

The census of 1 June 1860 enumerated in 1860 in the Stover post office area of Jackson Township, Dallas County, Arkansas, listed the following:
Joseph Baird, 30-year-old head of household, a farmer.7
Elizabeth "Baird", 27-year-old.7
Susan J. "Baird", 4-year-old.7
Robt. "Baird", 2-year-old.7
He began military service in 1860 in Dallas County, Arkansas; in Company F, 12th Arkansas Infantry of the Confederate Army.1 His wife, Elizabeth Ann Baird, died on 29 May 1863 in Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas.1,3 Joseph Alvin Baird married Mary Ann Elizabeth Hipp, daughter of Samuel Leonidas Hipp Sr. and Meeky East, on 8 June 1864 in Pike County, Arkansas..1,8
The census of 1 June 1870 enumerated on 5 August 1870 in the Huddleston post office area of Missouri Township, Pike County, Arkansas, listed the following:
Joseph A. Baird, 39-year-old head of household, a farmer.9
Mary "Baird", 26-year-old.9
Laura J. "Baird", 13-year-old.9
Robert A. "Baird", 11-year-old.9
Susan "Baird", 8-year-old.9
Forest E. "Baird", 5-year-old.9
Macky M. "Baird", 2-year-old.9

The census of 1 June 1880 enumerated on 15 June 1880 in Boughton Township, Nevada County, Arkansas, listed the following:
J. A. Baird, 49-year-old male head of household, a farmer.10
M. E. "Baird", 38-year-old wife.10
M. E. "Baird", 11-year-old daughter.10
J. W. "Baird", 10-year-old son.10
M. C. "Baird", 8-year-old daughter.10
B. A. "Baird", 4-month-old daughter.10

On 9 September 1882 Joseph Alvin Baird homesteaded eighty acres in Township 10 South, Range 23 West, Section 23, Nevada County, Arkansas,
"... the north half of the north east quarter of section twenty three in township ten south of range twenty three west of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Arkansas containing eighty acres."11
He married Margarett Delila Montgomery on 19 December 1894 in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas..12
The census of 1 June 1900 enumerated in June 1900 in Missouri Township, Nevada County, Arkansas, listed the following:
Joseph A. Baird, 69-year-old head of household, a farmer, married 6 years.13
Margarett D. "Baird", 63-year-old wife, married 6 years with 5 children of whom 3 were still living.13
His wife, Margarett Delila Baird, died on 9 July 1900 in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas. Joseph Alvin Baird married Susan E. (__?__) Swan on 25 January 1901 in Prescott, Nevada County, Arkansas..12 Joseph Alvin Baird applied for a military pension on 24 August 1901 in Arkansas; as a veteran of Compan F, Arkansas Infantry from 1861 to 1865.14 He died on 10 October 1906 in Waldo, Columbia County, Arkansas.1,2,3,15 He was buried in the Holly Springs Cemetery located 3 miles northwest of Willisville, Nevada County, Arkansas, . His tombstone reads: "Baird, J. A. Co. F- 12 Ark. Inf.- CSA."16,17 Susan E. __?__ applied fora military pension as the widow of Joseph Alvin Baird on 13 August 1907 in Arkansas.14

Children of Joseph Alvin Baird and Elizabeth Ann Campbell

Children of Joseph Alvin Baird and Mary Ann Elizabeth Hipp

Citations

  1. [S185] Baird-Farish Family Records.
  2. [S210] Ancestors of Laura Jane Baird by Sylvia and Guy Shannon, Loose sheet manuscript.
  3. [S212] Baird Family Bible.
  4. [S274] 1840 U.S. Census, Conway County, Arkansas, page 54 line 28.
  5. [S275] 1850 U.S. Census, Dallas County, Arkansas, page 14 line 32 dwelling 195 family 195.
  6. [S1427] Bureau of Land Management, Certificate Number 8629.
  7. [S276] 1860 U.S. Census, Dallas County, Arkansas, page 1058 line 15 dwelling 703 family 703.
  8. [S213] History of Southern Arkansas by Goodspeed.
  9. [S227] 1870 U.S. Census, Pike County, Alabama, page 214 line 27 dwelling 33 family 27.
  10. [S262] 1880 U.S. Census, Nevada County, Arkansas, ED 211 Sh 15 line 11 dwelling ? family 219 page 440 A.
  11. [S1427] Bureau of Land Management, Homestead Certificate Number 2120.
  12. [S204] Nevada, AR Marriage Records.
  13. [S264] 1900 U.S. Census, Nevada County, Arkansas, ED 83 Sh 04 BA line 48 dwelling 75 family 77 page 226 B.
  14. [S1446] Arkansas CSA, Pension Aps by Frances T. Ingmire, number 7976.
  15. [S858] Research of Mary K. Sullivan.
  16. [S1883] J. A. Baird tombstone inscription.
  17. [S4451] FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 8426717.
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