Thomas Anderson Baird ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1880, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁷ Thomas A. BEARD, Son, Single, Male, White, 17, Iowa, Farm Laborer, Ireland, Ireland

• Iowa State Census, 1885, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁸ (p. 296:) Thomas Baird, age 23, male, single, farmer, born in Des Moines County, Iowa, both parents foreign born.

• Census, 1910, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁹ Thomas A. Baird, head of household, male, white, age 48, married (once) for eleven years, born in Iowa, both parents born in Indiana,. spoke English, occupation farmer, owned farm free of mortgage.

Cora C. Baird, wife, female, white, age 29, married (once) for eleven years, seven children born, six living, born in Iowa, both parents in Ohio, spoke English.

Name illegible (Dorothy), daughter, white, age 11, single, born in Iowa, both parents born in Iowa, spoke English.

Dwight, son, male, white, age 9, single, born in Iowa, both parents born in Iowa, spoke English.

Mary, daughter, white, age 7, single, born in Iowa, both parents born in Iowa, spoke English.

Mildred, daughter, white, age 5, single, born in Iowa, both parents born in Iowa, spoke English.

Freda, daughter, white, age 4, single, born in Iowa, both parents born in Iowa, spoke English.

Opal, daughter, white, age 6/12, single, born in Iowa, both parents born in Iowa, spoke English.

• Gravestone Inscription. ⁶ Thomas Anderson Baird's gravestone is located in Elmwood Cemetery near Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. The inscription on the stone is: "Thomas A. Baird, 1861 - 1929"

Thomas married Cora May Congrove, daughter of John Congrove and Mary Jane Coleman, on March 29, 1900 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa.¹ (Cora May Congrove was born in 1881 in Des Moines County, Iowa,³ died in 1939 ³ and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Research. ¹¹ The marriage date in 1900 may be wrong as daughter Dorothy Mae Baird was born in 1899.