Aaron Baird

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 14 2017, 10:45:23 UTC

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per Evalyn Branning Tygrets history

Wayne Co. PA Deed # 27/570 John D. Branning from Aaron Baird et all sellor 1860 Damascus Twp.

1850 us fed census Damascus Twp., Wayne Co., PA Aaron Baird 26 1824 PA farmer [youngest son of Parks] Emily 26 1824 wf NY Sabia 8 1842 [Delila] Amuz 8 mo [1849 Amos/Amus] Parks 70 1780 Waggonmaker CT [father] [not in Green Co. NY] Cornelius 30 1820 lumberman PA [bros.] Hester 34 1816 PA idiot [Esther 1814 m. Augustus Keesler?]

(They were wagon makers. info from scrapbook of Chester I. Branning)

1870 us fed census Damascus wayne co pa: Aaron Bair 50- 1820 farmer, Jane E. 46 1824 [Emily Jane], Amos 20-1850, farm laborer Perry [Permy?] 18-1852, (dumb) Alanson 14-1856, Esther 54-1816 [sis?] next Augustus Kessler farmer 31 1839 Wirtenburg [poss. son of Gustus A. Keisler m. Esther Baird b. 1814 sis of Aaron Baird next door] Delia 27 1843 pa; (Baird dau of Aaron) Flora 4, Delmeta 2 next Leonard Kuen farmer 31 Baden Teresse 47 Baden Lawrence 19 farm laborer Mary 16, John 14, Rosa 12, Andrew 4 next Frederick Kahlund 53 farmer Bremen/Hanover, Maria 50 Hesse Darmstadt; Otto 16 nj; Maria 14 nj; Doria 12 nj; Anne 9 pa next John Hoevan[Hoover] 67 farmer germ; Anne 49

1880 us fed census Damascus, Wayne, Pa Aaron Baird 60 <1820> - Pa pa CT 1819/1820 farmer Jane 57 York State PA CT [Emily J.] Ester 69 1811 sister pa pa ct

1880 us Fed Census > Pennsylvania > Wayne > Damascus > District 8 Augusta Kessler 41 1839 farmer Wurtenberg, Delilah 38 PA; (Baird) Florence 15 pa, Dillensta 12 pa

(In a New York history, Parks Baird was found, at the age of 70, living with his son Aaron, in Greene Co., NY. )

1900 us Fed Census > Pennsylvania > Wayne > Damascus > District 114 Augustus Kesslar aug 1838 germany farmer [Emilys dau Delilahs husband- son in law] Emily J. Baird boarder wid jan 1824 76 pa housekeeper [Emily Jane Jacobus wid of Aaron Baird 1820-1887 neighbors in 1870 census] Richard James boarder nov 1838 61 single pa farm laborer [Emilys bros] next Henry Steffens oct 1843 56 wid germany farmer Charles son dec 1882 17 ny farm laborer

Aaron Baird Birth: Jul. 24, 1829 Death: Aug. 26, 1887 Note: Left side of stone Emily Jane wife of Aaron Baird born Jan. 24, 1824 Burial: Overlook Cemetery , Wayne County, Pennsylvania, Created by: Patricia White-Bittner Record added: Sep 20, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15827511 (located between Michael Branning TS and the road)

WHO?: Martha Baird b. abt. 1856 Marriage Robert Hugh McCullough Child: Ella McCullough b: 20 Jun 1877 in Sandy Lake,

Delawares first Raft By whom the first raft was run and when where it started from, one man drowned, His body never recovered. from the Binghamton Republican A few weeks ago the item made the rounds of the press in this state, that Daniel Skinner ran the first raft down the Delaware River, but did not give the date of the event. Thursday a representative of the Republican had a pleasant chat with Mrs. Sarah A. Bush, an aged lady of this city, who was brought up along the Delaware, and distinctly remembers the facts as told to her by her parents, related to the running of the first raft. She states that it was rafted about the year 1800 in the spring at Cochecton Falls, a rocky schute midway between Narrowsburg and Cochecton, on the line of the Erie railway, by Daniel Skinner, Cornelius LACHLEY, and a man whose name she cannot remember. The raft was composed of the longest and finest pine timber in the vicinity and was much longer and narrower than the rafts of the present day. The three men set off on what was then a truly perilous trip, for the river bed was filled with boulders and the river was fully 20 feet narrower than it now is. LASHLY fell into the river in atempting to jump from the raft to the shore, near the Narrowsburg whirlpool and was drowned. His body was never recovered. The two remaining adventurers continued on to Philadelphia, which city they reached, not however without meeting with many narrow escapes, sold the raft and returned home. After the pioneer raft went down the river many others followed until rafting became a stupendous industry. At that time the river was bordered along most of its upper course with a solid wall of trees and the Indians roamed in a savage state along its banks.Many desparate encounters, thrilling and hair-breadth escapes were experienced by early settlers of that vicinity. Later AARON BAIRD, of Narrowsburg, brother of Mrs. BUSH, was celebrated as being the champion raft steersman on the river.

1855 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 24/75 Emily Baird et al to Chas. P. Waller Dam.Twp. see Deed # 27/570 [Aaron Bairds wf.?] 1857 Wayne Co. PA Damascus Twp deed 25/63 Aaron Baird to Christopher Kuhn 1860 Wayne Co. PA Dam. Twp. Deed # 27/570 John D. Branning from Aaron Baird et all sellor 1862 Wayne Co. PA Damascus Twp deed 29/202 Aaron Baird et ux to Delilah Keesler [his dau] 1900 Wayne Co. PA Damascus Twp deed 86/160 Amos Baird to Rosa Barkley ________________________________________________________________________

per Morland Branning : Keturah Bairds father Parks Baird Jr. was in the woods at age of 96? and dropped dead cutting down a tree. [poss. misread 96 for 46?] [Parks Baird Jr. b. 1807 - d. 1859 @52 or 1Apr1861 @54 so couldn't have been 96 yrs. old] maybe died 5 Apr 1853 @46]

per Perry Streeter: Aaron died 27Aug1887

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Possible relative?:
1910 US Census Texas, Wayne, Pa no John J Baird 52 1858 pa eng ire hossler locomotive Alice T Baird 53 pa ire pa Elizabeth Baird 24 1886 pa pa pa teacher public school William A Baird 23 pa stationary engineer Abbie M Baird 20 1890 pa bakerman grocery store C Francis Baird 16 1894

1/20/14 Hi, I just found a will for Aaron Baird that May or may not help with the confusion regarding the names of Emily Jacobus' parents' names. The will can be found in Book 4, File #2624, Exec. Delilah Kessler, Dated July 6, 1887. Carol