Minnie Lauretta Baird
1874 - 1950 (75 years)-
Name Minnie Lauretta Baird Born 24 Aug 1874 Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Died 29 Jun 1950 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa [2, 3, 4] Buried 1 Jul 1950 Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa [2, 3, 4] Person ID I391 McKeown Last Modified 8 Feb 2023
Father James Wallace Baird, b. 18 Sep 1847, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 27 Sep 1923, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 76 years) Mother Mary Ann Walkinshaw, b. 19 Mar 1850, Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio , d. 21 Nov 1948, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa (Age 98 years) Married 7 Apr 1871 [3, 5] Family ID F143 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family James Thomas Carithers, b. 4 Oct 1872, Pennsylvania , d. 15 Dec 1943, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa (Age 71 years) Married 1896 [5] Children 1. Mabelle Margaret Carithers, b. 10 Mar 1897, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 7 Mar 1992, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 94 years)+ 2. Mary Elizabeth Carithers, b. 30 Oct 1900, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 1 Oct 1992, Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa (Age 91 years)3. Ellen Rose Carithers, b. 1 Mar 1904, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 28 Jul 1998 (Age 94 years)Last Modified 23 Oct 2017 Family ID F382 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 24 Aug 1874 - Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Died - 29 Jun 1950 - Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Buried - 1 Jul 1950 - Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - MORNING SUN WOMAN DIES LAST THURSDAY
Mrs. Minnie Carithers, 74, a life resident of the Morning Sun community died at the Burlington hospital at 11:45 am Thursday where she was taken June 24 following a fall at her home when her left hip was fractured. She was the former Minnie Baird, daughter of James and Mary Ann Walkinshaw Baird and was born on a farm in the Sharon vicinity August 24, 1875, where she grew up. She was married to James Carithers August 14, 1895, who died in 1943.
She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Clark Sexton, Oakville; Mrs. Lester Kerns Blairstown; Mrs. D. T. Armstrong, Morning Sun; one son, William, Galesburg, Illinois; ten grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Meyers, Ontario, California, Mrs. J. P. Robertson, Morning Sun; four brothers; Ralph and Oscar Baird, Wapello, Dr. Oliver Baird, Tarkio, Missouri; and M. W. Baird, Morning Sun.
Two brothers are dead. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of which she was a member. The Reverend H. C. Patterson officiated and burial was in Elmwood cemetery. [note: this is incorrect, is buried at the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery beside her husband.]
The Wapello Republican, 6 Jul 1950
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