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Robert taught SS +1916-1920+. All four of the Baird sons served in WWII, losing at least one of them.
TIG 1948-2-16: "Robert Baird, one of Indiana's highly respect residents, and a friend of many, passed away at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 14th at his late home. He was born in [[Scotland]] on May 10, 1881, son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baird of Scotland. Mr. Baird came to Ernest from his Scotland home, and had been a coal inspector at Lucerne mines for a number of years, after having been employed at that mine. He was coal inspector of the Mountain Fuel Co., up to the time of his illness. From 1910 when he arrived here until 1912 he resided in Ernest, moving to Indiana that year. He was a member of the Gospel Hall Church here. Surviving are his wife, Kathryn (Brown) Baird; three sons, Fred (Niagara Falls), Roy (Ind.), and Robert Jr. (Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa.). One son Thomas preceded him in death. One brother and two sisters living in Scotland also survive. Friends are being received at the Bell Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, by Rev. Albert Klabunda. Interment will follow in Greenwood cemetery."
TIG 1945-3-26: Pfc. Thomas Baird Drowned, Holland: "Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baird from the War Department of the death by drowning, of their son Private Thomas C. Baird, March 21st, somewhere in Holland. Private Baird was born in Indiana on July 15, 1920 and was graduated from the Indiana High School in 1938, and was active in high school athletics. Before entering the United States Army, he had been employed for three years by the Wilbur and Watson Associates Electrical Engineering Firm, Cleveland, Ohio. He entered the Army on Aug. 28, 1944 and received his basic training at Camp Croft, S.C. He left from Ft. Meade, Md., for overseas duty on Jan. 29, 1945. He arrived in England and had only been attached to the 79th Division about three weeks. Private Baird was a member of the Gospel Hall Church, corner of Fifth and Locust streets, Indiana. He was a young man of fine character and held the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He is survived by his parents, Robert and Kathryn (Brown) Baird of 553 South Seventh street, and three brothers, 2nd Lieut. Fred Baird, Hampton Roads, Port of Embarkation, Virginia; Private Roy Baird, Third Marine Division, South Pacific and Private Robt. Baird, Jr., serving with the Seventh Army in Germany." There is a picture of Thomas at [https://www.newspapers.com/image/539939141 TIG 1945-3-26], p. 1.
TIG 1949-1-27: "Funeral services for Pvt. Thomas C. Baird, who was killed in World War II in Holland, March 12, 1945, while attached to the 79th Division, will be held at the Bell Funeral Home, Saturday, January 29, at 2:00 p.m. Rev. George Duncan of Clearfield will officiate. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery, where military rites will be in charge of Indiana Posts of American Legion and V.F.W. ... Pvt. Baird is survived by his mothers, Mrs. Robert Baird, 553 S. Seventh street, and three brothers, Frederic T. of Cleveland, O., David Roy of Indiana, and Robert Jr. of the U.S. Army."
* Robert Baird '''1912?/+1916-1948''' (b. 1881 Scot. - d. 1948 Ind., PA), son of Robert Baird. * Kathryn Brown Baird
** Pfc. Thomas C. Baird '''1920-1945''' (b. 1920 Ind., PA - d. 1945 Holland).
** 2nd Lt. Frederic T. Baird - 1945 @ Hampton Roads, Port of Embarkation, VA; 1948 @ Niagara Falls; 1949 @ Cleveland, OH; ** Pfc. David Roy Baird - 1945 @ 3rd Marine Div., South Pacific; +1948-1949+ @ Ind., PA;** Pfc. Robert Baird - 1945 @ 7th Army, Germany; 1948 @ Valley Forge Gen. Hospital, Phoenixville, PA; 1949 @ U.S. Army;
==Craig family==
TIG 19461950-1211-3013: "Mrs. Elizabeth Park William Craig , of 624 South Aveavenue, died Sat., IndianaNov. 11, died Saturday afternoon at 5:50 o'clock 30 a.m., in her late the homeof his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klabunda, on South avenue. She was a daughter of David & Annie Walker Park and was born May 3Born on April 9, 1875, 1878 in [[Galston, Scotland]]. Before coming to Indiana 28 years ago, the deceased had lived in [[Michigan]] son of James and eight years in PittsburghMary Craig. She He was a member the husband of the Gospel Halllate Elizabeth Park Craig, Indianawho passed away in 1946. She is survived by her husband, William Craig; Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Albert (Anna) Klabunda, of Indiana; five siblings: John Parkone grand-daughter, Mary Ellen Klabunda; and one brother, James Craig, of Scotland. He spent his early life in Scotland, and some years in Pittsburgh, and two brothers is a retired employee of McCreary Tire and three sisters, all in ScotlandRubber Co. One granddaughterMr. Craig has spent the past 27 years in Indiana, Mary Ellen Klabunda also survivesand was a member of the Gospel Hall, Indiana. Friends are being received in the at Robinson Funeral Home 's, Indiana, where funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon conducted Tues., Nov. 14, at 1:30 o'clockp.m. Mr. John Govan of Detroit, Mich., Fannan will officiate. Interment will follow , with interment in the Greenwood cemeteryCemetery."
TIG 1946-12-30: "Mrs. Elizabeth Park Craig of 624 South Ave., Indiana, died Saturday afternoon at 5:50 o'clock in her late home. She was a daughter of David & Annie Walker Park and was born May 3, 1878 in [[Scotland]]. Before coming to Indiana 28 years ago, the deceased had lived in [[Michigan]] and eight years in Pittsburgh. She was a member of the Gospel Hall, Indiana. She is survived by her husband, William Craig; one daughter, Mrs. Albert (Anna) Klabunda, Indiana; five siblings: John Park, Pittsburgh, and two brothers and three sisters, all in Scotland. One granddaughter, Mary Ellen Klabunda also survives. Friends are being received in the Robinson Funeral Home where services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Mr. John Govan of Detroit, Mich., will officiate. Interment will follow in the Greenwood cemetery." * William Craig '''1918?-1946+1950'''(b. 1875 Galston, Scot. - d. 1950 Ind., PA), son of James Craig & Mary Craig. * Elizabeth Park Craig '''1918?-1946''' (b. 1878 [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1946 Ind., PA), daughter of David Park & Annie Walker Park. ** Anna Craig Klabunda. '''+1946+''' Husband: Albert Klabunda '''+1946+'''. See '''Klabunda''' family.
==Frederick family==
==Hamilton family==
TIG 1959-2-10: "Alexander Hamilton, aged 93 years, of Homer City, Pa., passed away Tues., Feb. 9, 1959 at 3:20 p.m. in the Indiana Hospital where he had been a patient for the past ten days. Born Dec. 6, 1865 in Scotland, he came to the United States with his parents when a small child. Prior to establishing his home in Homer City in 1925, he resided for some years in Jefferson County and also at Ernest, Pa. Mr. Hamilton was a member of the Indiana Gospel Hall and of Lucerne Local No. 488 of the U.M.W. of A. Before retiring, he had been in the employ of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co., for almost 60 years.
A son of the late James and Janet Muir Hamilton, he is survived by the following children: two sons, David of Homer City and Walter of Ind., Pa., four daughters, Mrs. Janet Pugh, Bogota, N.J.; Mrs. Thomas (Anna) Jones, Homer City; Mrs. Andrew (Jean) Ruddock, Lucerne Mines; Mrs. Delbert (Barbara) Willison, Getty Heights, Ind., Pa., also 5 brothers: David, John, Joseph, James and Richard, all of Reynoldsville, Pa., Mrs. Annie Stockdale, Reynoldsville, Pa., 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received after 7:00 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Robinson-Lytle's, Indiana, where services will be conducted Thu., Feb. 12th at 1:30 p.m. Mr. John Walker will officiate. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana."
* Alexander Hamilton '''+1959''' (b. 1865 Scot. - d. 1959 Ind., PA), son of James Hamilton & Janet Muir Hamilton.
** David Hamilton - 1959 @ Homer City, PA
** Walter Hamilton - 1959 @ Homer City, PA
** Janet Hamilton Pugh - 1959 @ Bogota, [[New Jersey|NJ]]
** Anna Hamilton Jones - 1959 @ Homer City, PA. Husband: Thomas Jones.
** Jean Hamilton Ruddock - 1959 @ Lucerne Mines, PA. Husband: Andrew Ruddock.
** Barbara Hamilton Willison - 1959 @ Getty Heights, Ind., PA. Husband: Delbert Willison.
==Hill family==
TID 1938-11-24: Deaths of Past Week: "Frederick Austin Hill, aged 72, a carpenter of 1326 Church street, Indiana, died suddenly at 1 p.m. yesterday while working on the construction of a cabin for Elmer Rising in White township. Death was due to a heart attack, Mr. Hill, born in this county July 23, 1866, a son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Stuller) Hill, was well-known throughout the county. He was a member of the Gospel Hall congregation. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Catherine Hill, and these children: Mrs. C.W. Stewart of Indiana, Ivan Earl Hill of Indiana, R.D.1; Berrelle Shaulis Hill of Indiana; Mrs. Edna May Scott of Westover and Sylvester Hill, at home. Also surviving are 22 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, in charge of the Rev. Mr. Klabunda in the home. Interment followed in Greenwood cemetery."
TIG 1959-11-19: "Mary Catherine Hill, 81, passed away Wed., Nov. 18, in Indiana Hospital. She was born July 5, 1878, in White Twp., and had spent her entire lifetime in this area. She was a member of the Gospel Hall. These children survive: Andrew S. Hill, at home; Mrs. Edna Scott, Ind.; Berrelle S. Hill, Zephyrhills, Fla.; Her husband, Frederick A. Hill, and three children are deceased. Friends will be received at the Bell Funeral Home, S. Seventh St., Indiana, from 7-9 p.m. today and on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Services will be held at the Funeral Home on Sat., Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. with Bro. John Walker of Gospel Hall officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery."
* Frederick Austin Hill '''+1938''' (b. 1866 Chambersville, Indiana, PA - d. Ind., PA), son of Andrew Jackson Hill (b. 1833 Shelocta, Ind., PA) & Elizabeth Stuller Hill (b. 1840? Addison Twp., Somerset, PA ?).
* Mary Catherine Pierce Hill '''+1938+-1959'''(b. 1878 White Twp., Ind., PA - d. 1959 Ind., PA). ** Margaret Elizabeth Hill Byers-Stewart (b. 1898 Westover, Clearfield, PA - d. 1956 Ind., PA); 1st husband: David Byers (b. 1897 Ind. Co., PA - d. 1923 White Twp., Ind., PA), son of John Chapman Byers (b. 1869 Burnside, Clearfield, PA - d. 1945 White Twp., Ind., PA) & Elizabeth A. Mahaffey Byers (b. 1867 New Washington, Clearfield, PA - d. 1939 Ind., PA). 2nd husband: William Clyde Stewart (b. 1901 BoliverBolivar, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1981 White Twp., Ind., PA), son of Mary Belle Stewart Newton-Scheueller (b. 1880 Clearfield Co., PA - d. 1922 Highland Park, Wayne, MI).*** Probably no relation between W.C. Stewart & actor Jimmy Stewart, though Indiana was his hometown. James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (b. 1908 Ind., PA - d. 1997 Beverly Hills, CA), son of Alexander Maitland Stewart (1872-1962 Ind., PA) & Elizabeth Ruth Jackson Stewart (b. 1875 Apollo, Armstrong, PA - d. 1953 Ind., PA). Alexander's father was James Maitland Stewart (b. 1839 West Mahoning Twp., Ind., PA - d. 1932 Ind., PA). Frederick Hill's daughter Margaret's 2nd husband was William Clyde Stewart (b. 1901 Bolivar, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1981 White Twp., Ind., PA), unknown the identity of his father, and with W.C.'s birth in a different county...
** Ivan Earl Hill
** Berrelle Shaulis Hill
** Mrs. Edna May Scott (Westover)
** Sylvester Hill
Probably no relation between William Clyde Stewart & actor Jimmy Stewart, though Indiana was his hometown. James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (b. 1908 Ind., PA - d. 1997 Beverly Hills, CA), son of Alexander Maitland Stewart (1872-1962 Ind., PA) & Elizabeth Ruth Jackson Stewart (b. 1875 Apollo, Armstrong, PA - d. 1953 Ind., PA). Alexander's father was James Maitland Stewart (b. 1839 West Mahoning Twp., Ind., PA - d. 1932 Ind., PA). Frederick Hill's daughter Margaret's 2nd husband was William Clyde Stewart (b. 1901 Bolivar, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1981 White Twp., Ind., PA), unknown the identity of his father, and with W.C.'s birth in a different county...
==Irvin family==
==Klabunda family==
* Albert Klabunda '''+1946+'''
* Anna Craig Klabunda '''+1946+''' (b. 1878 Scot. - d. 1946 Ind., PA), daughter of William Craig '''1918-1946+''' & Elizabeth Park Craig '''1918-1946'''. See '''Craig''' family.
** Mary Ellen Klabunda
==Stewart family==
TIG 1956-4-23: "Mrs. Margaret E. Byers Stewart, 214 South Thirteenth St., Indiana, passed away at her late home Sunday evening at 10:50 o'clock. She was born in Westover on Mar. 13, 1898, a daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Hill of Indiana and the late Frederick A. Hill. Mrs. Stewart is survived by her husband, William of Indiana and the following: her mother, Mrs. Mary Hill, Indiana; five sons: John C., Indiana; Major Frederick Stewart, Germany; Kenneth, Atlanta, Ga.; Robert L., Indiana; and Richard H. with US Navy, Great Lakes; Two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth McClure, Indiana and Geraldine Ruth, at home; one sister, Mrs. Edna Mae Scott, Indiana; two brothers, Berrel, California; Andrew S., Indiana; five grandchildren. A son William preceded her in death in 1930. Mrs. Stewart was a member of the Gospel Hall of Indiana and a lifelong resident of Indiana. Friends will be received at the Sutila Funeral Home, 888 Wayne Ave., after 7:00 p.m. this evening. Services will be held Wed., April 25, at 3 o'clock. Evangelists David L. Roy and George Baldwin will officiate. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery."
* William Clyde Stewart '''+1956+''' (b. 1901 Boliver, Westmoreland, PA - d. 1981 White Twp., Ind., PA), son of Mary Belle Stewart Newton-Scheueller (b. 1880 Clearfield Co., PA - d. 1922 Highland Park, Wayne, MI).
* Margaret Elizabeth Hill Byers-Stewart '''+1956''' (b. 1898 Westover, Clearfield, PA - d. 1956 Ind., PA), daughter of Frederick Austin Hill '''+1938''' (b. 1866 Chambersville, Indiana, PA - d. Ind., PA) & Mary E. Hill '''+1938+'''. See '''Hill''' family. 1st husband: David Byers (b. 1897 Ind. Co., PA - d. 1923 White Twp., Ind., PA), son of John Chapman Byers (b. 1869 Burnside, Clearfield, PA - d. 1945 White Twp., Ind., PA) & Elizabeth A. Mahaffey Byers (b. 1867 New Washington, Clearfield, PA - d. 1939 Ind., PA)
** William Stewart - (d. 1930)
** John C. Stewart - 1956 @ Ind., PA;
** Maj. Frederick Stewart - 1956 @ Germany;
** Kenneth Stewart - 1956 @ Atlanta, GA;
** Robert L. Stewart - 1956 @ Ind., PA; ** Richard H. Stewart - 1956 @ Naval Base Great Lakes, North Chicago, Lake, [[Illinois|IL]]; ** Elizabeth Stewart McClure - 1956 @ Ind., PA;
** Geraldine Ruth Stewart - 1956 @ Ind., PA;
==Walker family==
John Walker officiated many memorial services.
* John Walker '''+1959+'''
==Work family==
* Newspapers.com
** The Indiana Gazette
*** [https://www.newspapers.com/image/534500288 1920-12-13], p. 1; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/534624279 1926-6-22], p. 7; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/519427255 1930-9-10], p. 1; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/534622570 1930-10-6], p. 1; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/539595601 1934-4-2], p. 2; [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indiana-gazette-obituary-for-lott-fr/75167781/ 1947-1-21], p. 1; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/539862032 1946-12-30], p. 2; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/539874558 1948-2-16], p. 2; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/539616848 1949-1-27], p. 2; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/519396078 1950-11-13], p. 2; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/540599604 1956-4-23], p. 6; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/540619900 1959-2-10], p. 4; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/541856943 1959-11-19], p. 12;
** The Indiana Democrat
*** [https://www.newspapers.com/image/994665775 1938-11-24], p. 5;