Family Portraits : 1823 - 1839

Jane Campbell - Australia

Born 20th August 1825 at Strathhaven, Lanarkshire to Colin Campbell and Martha Craig, She married James Baird at New Cumnock on 7th June 1852, and died 3rd March 1912, Learmonth Victoria.

James Baird - Australia

Born 17th April 1824, New Cumnock, Ayrshire to John Baird and Penelope Black, immigrated to Ballarat, Australia with Jane, where he became active in local politics, James died June 1887. contact: Kerry

General Absalom Baird - USA

Born Washington, Pennsylvania, Aug 20, 1824. After a long military career, he achieved the rank of Major General. he married Cornelia Wyntue Smith b at Oxford, NY, May 31, 1828, Absalom d June 14, 1905

Spencer F. Baird - USA

Spencer Fullarton was born Reading, Pennsylvania 1823 to Samuel Baird and Lydia Biddle, he married Mary Churchill 1846 and by 1872 he had full responsibility for the US National Museum. he died in 1887.

Mary Helen Churchill - USA

Born to Brigadier General Sylvester Churchill, she married Spencer in 1846 and they had one child Lucy Hunter Baird named after her grandfather, Judge of Probate and a US Congressman, 1817-1819.

James Baird - Canada

Born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire Nov 30th, 1828, he married Anne Boyd of St. John's N Foundland Canada in 1857, and started the firm James Baird Ltd, they had two sons and a daughter. He died 30 May 1915.

Zebulon Baird Vance - USA

Born Buncombe Co, N. Carolina in 1830, to David Vance and Mira Baird. He was congressman, U.S. senator and Governor of North Carolina. Married 1853 to Harriet Espy, then married Florence Steele Martin 1880. he died 1894.

James Baird Weaver - USA

Born on June 12, 1833 Dayton, Ohio, and was elected district attorney in 1866 then became active in politics. After 1895 he served as mayor of Colfax, Iowa 1901-1903. He died Feb 6, 1912.

Augusta Mary Baird - USA

Daughter of Thomas Baird and Eliza Carey. Born 17 Apr 1834 Magnolia Plantation Philadelphia, died 11 Jun 1918. Married Andrew Halberstadt, 25th May 1854. contact: George

Edward Carey Baird - USA

Son of Thomas James Baird and Eliza(beth) Catherine Carey, born on 3 Apr 1836 Pottsville, PA. Died 14 Nov 1874. Married Emily J. Thompson, on the 10th Oct 1866. contact: George

Janet Wallace - Glassingall

Was born 1836 to John Weir, Dunbeath, Lanarkshire, and Janet Baird, eldest of the Bairds of Gartsherrie. Janet married David Wallace of Glassingall, Dunblane. She died in 1902.

Julia Ann Baird - USA

Daughter of Samuel Baird and Matilda Rutledge, born on 21 Apr 1839 in Hamburg, Alabama. On Dec 1860 she married Silas Gaines in Doniphan, Kansas. Julia d on 9 Aug 1901, Idaho.