King Hiram Baird

Brief Life History of King Hiram

When King Hiram Baird was born on 11 August 1811, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, P. William Baird, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Pullen, was 27. He married Minerva Killen in 1832, in Lyles, Hickman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hickman, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Tennessee, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1844. He died in July 1897, in Lyles, Hickman, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Free Cemetery, Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

King Hiram Baird
1811–1897
Minerva Killen
1815–1893
Marriage: 1832
Jerome Bonaparte Baird
1837–1884
DeWitt Clinton Baird
1842–1914
Victoria Baird
1845–1911
Queen Isabella Baird
1847–1929
William K Baird
1853–1925

Sources (51)

  • Heywood Baird, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Tennessee. History Records 1673–1932, Military Histories
  • Hiram Baird in entry for Isabella Biggs, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

Scottish:

from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.

occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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