Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume VII (1876)

              memoir of hon henry s baird by host e h ellis henry s baird was born in dublin ireland on the sixteenth of may in the year 1800 he was the youngest of the four children of very respectable parents henry and ann baird of these chil dren three were sons — robert thomas and henry s and one a daughter eliza the family removed to america in 1805 having been preceded by the father henry baird who came over in the same vessel with thomas addis emmet and other irish patriots in 1802 robert baird was for many years a merchant residing in zanesville ohio where he died in 1833 thomas baird was an officer in the united states army — was stationed at mackinac in 1816 and 1817 and died at pottsville pa in 1842 the daughter married a mr mc lean of wheeling virginia where the}7 resided until 1860 which was the year of her decease the parents lived for many years with their son henry s at his residence in green bay where they died the father in 1847 the mother in 1852 at the advanced ages of eighty-three and eighty four years henry s baird was thus left the sole survivor of the family he attained the age of seventy-four years and nine months and died at his home in green bay on the thirtieth day of april 1875 it is but just to his memory and to the community in which he lived and was so prominent a member that some record of his life and cnaracter should be preserved coming to america when henry was about five years old the family located in the state of pennsylvania and for the greater part of the time resided in pittsburgh where they remained until the close of the year 1814 when they removed to new salem jef