Baird, William S. (1863-1933)

BAIRD

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 12/22/2003 at 05:48:57

William S. Baird
June 3, 1863 - May 12, 1933

source: Iowa Official Register 1927-1928 - Biographies of State Senators - pg. 227

WILLIAM S. BAIRD
Senator from the nineteenth district, composed of Pottawattamie county, was born in Council Bluffs, June 3, 1863. Parents native of Pennsylvania. Father, Rev. Samuel Baird, methodist preacher. Mother, Matilda Hanks (Akers) Baird. Married Anne E. Wood, now deceased, of Logan, Iowa, January 9, 1895, daughter of John W. and Eliza A. Wood. Children, John W. (William S. Jr., deceased), Lucy W. (deceased), Robert M., Donald P. and Margaret (dceased). Graduated from high school, Council Bluffs, 1880. Graduated from Cornell college, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1884. Admitted to practice law, 1887. Trustee free public library, Council Bluffs. Member of Masonic order and Knights of Pythias. Elected senator, 1920, reelected 1924. A republican in politics.