Brief Life History of Richard Alexander
When Richard Alexander Baird was born on 21 November 1833, in Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States, his father, Samuel Baird, was 32 and his mother, Matilda Rutledge, was 20. He married Emma Linda Hiskey on 21 March 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 20 April 1882, in Greeley Township, Saline, Kansas, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States.
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- R A Baird in household of Samuel Baird, "United States Census, 1850"
- Richard Alexander Baird, "Find A Grave Index"
- R A Beard in entry for F P Campbell and Isabella H Betlack, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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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Life story from Judy Cossel Rice originally shared on 25 Jun 2014
• "Richard Alexander Baird (1833-1882) Judy Cossel Rice originally shared this on 25 Jun 2014 By Guy L. Black. Derived from the records of Gertrude L. Baird; the life story of Margaret Henrietta Camp …
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