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BAIRD, Henry Samuel,
lawyer, born in Dublin, Ireland, 16 May, 1800; died in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 28
April, 1875. His father, Thomas Baird, one of the United Irishmen, was
imprisoned for a year in Kilmainham jail, Dublin, and on his release in 1802
came to the United States, whence in 1805 he was followed by his family,
Henry studied law at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, and Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1822 settled in Mackinaw, Michigan,
where he opened a school. In the spring of 1823 a new court was established by
act of congress, and he was admitted to practice.
In September, 1824, he removed to Green
Bay. In 1832 he served as quartermaster-general in the Black Hawk war, in 1836
was elected a member and chosen president of the first legislative council of
the territory of Wisconsin, and the same year was appointed the first
attorney-general of the territory, and subsequently in that year was secretary
of Governor Henry Dodge, United States commissioner to negotiate the treaty with
the Menomenee Indians at Cedar Rapids, when about 4,000,000 acres were ceded to
the United States government.
In 1846 he was a member of the
Constitutional convention, and was chairman of the committee on the organization
and officers of counties and towns, and their powers and duties. He was the last
Whig candidate for governor of Wisconsin. For many years he was a vice-president
of the State historical society, and a contributor to its published collections.
In 1861-'2 he was mayor of Green Bay.
--His brother, Thomas James Baird,
born in Dublin, Ireland, 30 April, 1794; died in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 5
April, 1842; was graduated at, West Point in 1814, served in the war against
Great Britain, and resigned a captain of artillery in 1828.
--The son of the latter, Edward Carey
Baird, born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in April, 1836; died near Ashland,
Virginia 14 November, 1874, served in the civil war for nearly four years, was
assistant adjutant-general to General John F. Reynolds, in command of the left
wing of the Army of the Potomac; and on the first day of the battle of
Gettysburg, that general died in his arms. Baird was promoted to the rank of
major for gallant conduct.
BAIRD, Henry Samuel, lawyer, born in Dublin, Ireland, 16 May, 1800; died in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 28 April, 1875. His father, Thomas Baird, one of the United Irishmen, was imprisoned for a year in Kilmainham jail, Dublin, and on his release in 1802 came to the United States, whence in 1805 he was followed by his family, Henry studied law at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1822 settled in Mackinaw, Michigan, where he opened a school. In the spring of 182.3 a new court was established by act of congress, and he was admitted to practice. In September, 1824, he removed to Green Bay. In 1832 he served as quartermaster-general in the Black Hawk war, in 1836 wag elected a member and chosen president of the first legislative council of the territory of Wisconsin, and the same year was appointed the first attorney-general of the territory, and subsequently in that year was secretary of Governor Henry Dodge, United States commissioner to negotiate the treaty with the Menomenee Indians at Cedar Rapids, when about 4,000,000 acres were ceded to the United States government. In 1846 he was a member of the Constitutional convention, and was chairman of the committee on the organization and officers of counties and towns, and their powers and duties. He was the last Whig candidate for governor of Wisconsin. For many years he was a vice-president of the State historical society, and a contributor to its published collections. In 1861-'2 he was mayor of Green Bay.--His brother, Thomas James, born in Dublin, Ireland, 30 April, 1794; died in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 5 April, 1842" was graduated at, West Point in 1814, served in the war against Great Britain, and resigned a captain of artillery in 1828.--The son of the latter, Edward Carey, b, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in April, 1836; died near Ashland, Virginia 14 November, 1874, served in the civil war for nearly four years, was assistant adjutant-general to General John F. Reynolds, in command of the left wing of the Army of the Potomac; and on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, that general died in his arms. Baird was promoted to the rank of major for gallant conduct.
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