San Joaquin County
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EDWARD ELLSWORTH BAIRD
E. E. BAIRD, Principal of the
Franklin School, Stockton, is a native of California, born in San Joaquin
County, May 23, 1861, his parents being B. P. and Julia (Guernsey) Baird; both
were natives of New York. The father came to California from Elgin, Illinois,
in 1853, and was for a time in San Joaquin County. From here he went to San
Jose in 1854, and later to the mountains, where he followed mining. From there
he came to Stockton, and was in business here in 1859 and a portion of 1860. In
the latter year he moved to the vicinity of Lockeford,
where he now resides. From 1876 to 1883 he lived with his family in Stockton,
during which time he served as Deputy County Assessor, and one term as City
Assessor.
The subject of this sketch,
E. E. Baird, received his education in Stockton, and was graduated at the high
school in the class of 1881. For over a year following he was engaged in
historical work in Washington Territory and Oregon. In 1884 he commenced
teaching, and taught a considerable portion of the time in the county schools
until 1888, when he was elected principal of the Franklin School, assuming the
duties of the position on the 10th of August of that year.
Mr. Baird is a member of
Stockton Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Lebanon (Rebekah
Degree) Lodge. He is a member of the Stockton Guard, Company A, Sixth Regiment,
N. G. C. Mr. Baird is one of the most energetic of Stockton’s superior corps of
educators, and under his principalship the Franklin
stands in the front rank of city schools.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 468. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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