JOHN G. BAIRD
ELLINGTON: Congregational Clergyman
Rev. John G. Baird was born in Milford, Conn., November 27, 1826. He was educated at the Milford High school, graduated at Yale College in 1852, and at the Andover Theological Seminary. His life has been spent in ministerial and educational work. He taught in Ellington from ‘52 to ‘54; was a student at Andover from ‘54 to ‘57; was pastor of the Second Congregational church in Saybrook from ‘59 to ‘65 was in educational work in New Haven from ‘65 to ‘78; resided in Hartford, in same occupation, from ‘78 to ‘83; resigned his position in the office of the state board of education in ‘83, and removed to Ellington in 1884, where he has since resided. His wife was Miss Eliza Hall of Ellington. They have no children. Mr. Baird is a republican, but has never held any elective office. He is a member of the First church in Hartford.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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