Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Baird, C. L. 1861 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley

   C. L. Baird, cashier of the State Bank of Bentley, Sedgwick county, Kan., was
born July 5, 1861, in Perry county, Ohio. His parents were Robert H. and
Isabella (Lyons) Baird, both natives of Ohio. On the maternal side the family
traces its ancestors to Scotland. Robert H. Baird, the father, moved from Ohio
to Kansas in 1884 and resided a short time in Wichita, and then in Sunnyside,
Kan., until 1901. He had the advantage of a common-school and academic
education, and taught school several years of his life. He was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church for sixty years, and during nearly all that
time officiated as elder. Mr. Baird was an upright citizen, who aspired to give
his children all the advantages he could. For the greater part of his life he
was engaged in farming in a small way. He was born October 28, 1825, and died
April 15, 1906. His wife was born April 15, 1831, and now resides in Pawnee,
Okla. Mr. Baird and his wife were the parents of three children, viz.: Calvin
L., Sidney E. and Mary H., all of whom are now living. Calvin L. Baird obtained
his education in the common schools of Perry county, Ohio, the Madison Academy
at Mt. Perry, Ohio, and a business education in a college at Wichita. He began
his career as a school teacher and followed that occupation for twenty years,
teaching three years in Ohio and seventeen in Kansas. He continued as a teacher
until 1902, when he bought the interest of Mr. Jorgenson, now cashier of the
First National Bank of Mt. Hope, Kan., and accepted the position of cashier in
the State Bank of Bentley, which position he now holds. Mr. Baird is a member of
two banking associations. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Fraternal Mystic Circle at
Wichita. He owns a valuable farm near Bentley. Mr. Baird was married on May 24,
1903, to Miss Avis Smith, a daughter of Thomas J. Smith, of Bentley. One child
has been born of this union: Amzie, born March 11, 1904, and now attending
school. Mrs. Baird is a highly educated woman, taught school for several years,
and is prominent in the Rebekah Lodge and Maccabees. She and her husband are
members of the United Brethren church in Bentley.

Additional Comments:
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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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