Earl Orlando BAIRD

1884 - 1974  (90 years)

• Name	Earl Orlando BAIRD  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	11 Mar 1884	Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1910	, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
  ED 218, pg 7A
  Wolf Creek Township Earl O Baird ?tab?Head ?tab?M ?tab?26 ?tab?Iowa m. 4 yrs. Ellen A Baird ?tab?Wife ?tab?F ?tab?25 ?tab?Iowa 3/3 children The children aren't listed with them.
  Military	12 Sep 1918	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
  	draft
  	Earl Olando Baird, age 33, born 11 Mar 1884, lives at 429 State Street in Sterling and is a grocery clerk for C O Boggs, also in Sterling. His nearest relative is Ella Baird of his address. He is tall with a medium build, blue eyes and gray hair.
  Census	1920	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
  ED 191, pg 3A
  Ward 3 Earl O Baird Head M 35 Iowa Ella A Baird Wife F 34 Iowa Bernice Baird Dau F 11 Iowa Carol Baird Dau F 10 Iowa Earl is a delivery man for Union Delivery Co.
  Census	1930	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
  ED 50, pg 5A
  Precinct 28 Earle Baird Head M 46 Iowa Ella Baird Wife F 44 Iowa Earle D Baird Son M 9 Colorado Keith Baird Son M 7 Colorado Moss Erickson B-in-l M 38 Iowa Earl is a mail carrier.
  Census	1940	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
  ED 38-17, pg 13B
  Ward 3, 413 Phelps Street Earl Baird Head M 56 Nebraska Ella Baird Wife F 54 Iowa Earl Dean Baird Son M 18 Colorado Keith Baird Son M 17 Colorado Earl is a construction laborer and Earl is a delivery boy for a grocery store.
  Military	27 Apr 1942	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
  	draft
  	Earl Olando Baird, age 58, born 11 Mar 1884, Vinton, Iowa, works for the US Post Office in Sterling. His contact is Mrs E O Baird. He lives at 431 Phelps Street in Sterling. He is 5'10-1/2" tall, 153 pounds with a ruddy complexion, blue eyes and gray hair.
  Died	4 Nov 1974	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA   [6]
  Buried	7 Nov 1974	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
  	Address: Riverside Cemetery Logan County Logan County, Colorado
  Obituary	5 Nov 1975	Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
  newspaper
  [see image] Earl Baird Rites Thursday Funeral Services for Earl O Baird, 90, will be conducted from the Walters-Chaney Funeral Home, the Rev. C. N. Van Dyke officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Baird, a retired postal employe [sic], died Monday in a Sterling hospital. He was born March 11, 1884, in Iowa the son of Douglas and Alma Foley Baird. He moved to Butler, Mo., the to Moville, Iowa where he married Ella Erickson and the couple moved to Sterling in 1912. Mr. Baird farmed for a brief time, then operated the Union Delivery and Warehouse in Sterling, returned to ranching and farming until 1940 when he went to work for the Postal department, retiring in 1954. Mr. Baird was a member of the First Christian Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella Baird of Sterling; a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Ashby of Commerce City; a son, Dean Baird of Northglenn; a sister, Mrs. Leatha Murphy of Los Angeles, Calif.; two brothers, Delbert Baird of Gardena, Calif.; and Wayland Baird of Hawthrone, Calif. [sic]; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Walters-Chaney Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
  Person ID	I4824	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Douglas Philander BAIRD,   b. 11 May 1858, , LaPorte, Indiana, USA ,   d. 5 Nov 1920, , , Iowa, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Alma Louisa FOWLIE,   b. 27 Jul 1862, , La Salle, Illinois, USA ,   d. 17 Dec 1942, , Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1881	, Benton, Iowa, USA   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F2117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella A ERICKSON,   b. 19 Apr 1885, Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1985, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA  (Age 99 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1905	Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA   [9]
  Children	1. Frankie BAIRD,   b. 7 Dec 1906, , , Iowa, USA ,   d. 23 Apr 1916, , , Colorado, USA  (Age 9 years)   2. Bernice BAIRD,   b. 31 Mar 1908, Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 2006, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA  (Age 98 years)   3. Carol BAIRD,   b. 4 Aug 1909, , Woodbury, Iowa, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1950, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA  (Age 40 years)   4. Infant BAIRD,   b. 1911,   d. Abt 1911  (Age 0 years)   5. Irvin BAIRD,   b. 14 Aug 1912, , , Colorado, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1912, , , Colorado, USA  (Age 0 years)   6. Melvin Paul BAIRD,   b. 26 Jun 1918,   d. 17 Oct 1918, , , Colorado, USA  (Age 0 years)   7. Earl Dean BAIRD,   b. 24 Jun 1920, , Logan, Colorado, USA ,   d. 9 Mar 2013, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, USA  (Age 92 years)   8. Keith Dwight BAIRD,   b. 25 Jun 1922, , , Colorado, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1973, , , Michigan, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F1152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SS Cards were issued in Colorado for Earl, Cato, and Delbert. Both of Earl's draft registrations give his middle name as Olando, Carol's birth record gives Orlando. (Research):BAIRD, Earl (picture 1) Entered service at Hudson, Wis., July 23, 1918. Trained at Camp Grant, Ill., and Waco, Tex., with Co. K, 4th Battalion, Replacement and Training Co. 18169046 BAIRD EARL O 8763 05 NOV 1942 PVT 8 AC 20 5 0 73 16 1 6 471 2 6 0287 3.9 This says he enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private on 11/05/1942, for the duration of the war plus 6 months. He was from Kansas, born in 1916, had two years of college and was a "jeweler or watch or clock maker" in civilian life. He was married. Obviously this is not our Earl but who is he? BAIRD, Norman J. (picture 2) Entered service at River Falls, Wis., Oct. 7, 1918, where he trained with the S.A.T.C. I don't know who this is, either. Neosho Co, Kansas

  
  

• Sources

  [S364] International Genealogy Index, (FamilySearch.org), Earl Orlando Baird. [S566] Thompson, L Elaine Ashby, Earl Baird. [S805] 1900 Woodbury, IA, ED 151, pg 1B. Earl Baird [S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Baird, Earl. 11 Mar 1884 [S805] 1900 Woodbury, IA, ED 151, pg 1B. age 16, Mar 1884, Iowa [S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Baird, Earl. Nov 1974, last residence, Sterling [S805] 1900 Woodbury, IA, ED 151, pg 1B. married 19 years [S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Baird, D P. to Alma L Foulie, 1 Jan 1881, Benton County [S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Baird, Earl O. to Ella Erickson, 20 Dec 1905, Woodbury County