Alexander Barnett Baird

Birth Date

1821-02-12

Death Date

1892-03-20

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer and county judge. Ohio County native. Son of James and Rebecca Barnett Baird. Married Sallie M. Barnett Baird in Ohio County on December 24, 1844. Father of Laura Baird, Clinton T. Baird, Naomi Baird, Prudence Baird, Estell B. Baird, Alexander Baird, and Lillie Baird. Deputy Sheriff of the Ohio County Court in 1843. County assessor of the Ohio County Court in 1847. Farmer in Ohio County in 1850. Magistrate of the Ohio County Court in 1851. County Judge of the Ohio County Court from 1854 to 1862. Hotel keeper in Ohio County in 1860. Postmaster for Hartford in Ohio County from September 5, 1863, to May 29, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 2, p. 55B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 201.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 504A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Ohio County Marriages, Film 001913021.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Ohio County, Kentucky, vol. 28.
J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State,
2nd ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1885), 929-30.
"Alexander Barnett Baird (1821 - 1892)," Find A Grave, Memorial 32065367, accessed September 21, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32065367.

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