Biographical Sketch of Hannah (Broyles) Baird, Johnson County, Missouri, Warrensburg Township >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Mrs. Hannah (Broyles) Baird, a pioneer woman of Missouri, was born March 6, 1827, in Campbell county, Tennessee. She is the descendant of a fine, old colonial family, prominent in the early days in the South, ancestors noted for great longevity. One lived to be 105 years of age and another, to the age of 103 years. In Tennessee, Mrs. Baird was reared, educated and married. December 25, 1845, Louis Baird and Hannah Broyles were united in marriage at Jellico, Tenn. Louis Baird was born October 14, 1824, in Campbell county, Tenn. To them were born fifteen children: Tasy and Nancy, twins; Louis and Hannah, twins, both of whom died seven weeks after birth; Mrs. Elizabeth McKinney, born November 29, 1848 and is now deceased; Mrs. Keisiah Benefield, born October 18, 1850, and died April 13, 1897; Mrs. Martha J. McKinney, born August 12, 1852 and is now residing at Elston, Missouri; Mrs. Sam- antha Smith, born April 24, 1854 and now resides at Nile, Missouri; Mrs. Eliza Emaline Cook, born December 25, 1857 and is now residing at Yeiser, Colorado; Mrs. Margaret Y. Birlew, born December 4, 1859, and is deceased; Mrs. Rebecca Demaries Gilmore, born October 29, 1861, re- sides at Hugo, Oklahoma; Mrs. Mary Faulkner Lemons, born December 12, 1863 and now resides at Birchtree, Missouri; Lawson Bell Wallace, born September 26, 1867 and now resides at Mountaingrove, Mo.; John Bowman, a skilled marble and granite cutter as there is in the state, of the firm of Baird & Townsend, Warrensburg, Mo.; and one child, born August 22, 1873, who died in infancy. Mrs. Hannah (Broyles) Baird has fifty- four grandchildren, fifty great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren, having probably more descendants than any other living person in Johnson county, or perhaps the state. Louis Baird came to Missouri from Jellico, in the eastern part of Tenn., and located on a farm in Cole county, prior to the Civil War. Later, he moved with his family from Cole county to Raymondville, Texas county, where he was residing at the time of his death, May 2, 1903. Burial was made in the cemetery at Old Lebanon church. Mr. Baird was a capable, industrious, highly esteemed citizen, a man of genial, kindly manners, possessing countless friends. Mrs. Baird makes her home with her son, John B., in Warrensburg. She is now, in 1917, in her 91st year and until the last year has been as active as one much younger than she. For the past year, Mrs. Baird has been blind, but, with marvelous fortitude and strength of spirit, she is bravely and cheerfully bearing the afflic- tion that has blighted the closing years of a good, pure, useful life. There is no one in Johnson county more worthy of great respect and honor than Mrs. Hannah Baird. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny Harrell ====================================================================