Mary Ann Baird

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Baird was born on 11 June 1815, in Tennessee, United States, her father, P. William Baird, was 31 and her mother, Nancy Pullen, was 31. She married Madison Crittenden about 1842, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bois Brule Township, Perry, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Mitchie, Monroe, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 13 March 1895, in Renault, Monroe, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Madison Crittenden
1823–1878
Mary Ann Baird
1815–1895
Marriage: about 1842
Emily Crittendon
1843–
Zacharia T Crittendon
1847–
Jane Crittendon
1851–
Adela Crittendon
1855–1899
Oliver Crittenden
1856–
Elizabeth Crittenden
1858–
Alice M Crittenden
1865–1898

Sources (6)

  • Mary Crittenden in household of Nicholas Kauth, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Ann Baird Crittenden, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary Baird in entry for Henry Kittmann and Alice Crittenden, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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