Background
Baird, Lucius Olmsted was born on June 15, 1863 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lyman and Elizabeth (Warner) Baird.
minister organization administrator
Baird, Lucius Olmsted was born on June 15, 1863 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lyman and Elizabeth (Warner) Baird.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1885. Student Chicago Law School, 1887-1888. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1890.
Doctor of Divinity, Drury College, 1910.
Doctor of Divinity, Whitman College, 1926.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1890. Pastor Pullman, Washington (as member “Yale Band”), 1890-1894, Ottawa, Illinois, 1895-1905, Saint Mary's Avenue Church, Omaha, Nebraska, 1905-1910. Western secretary American Missionary Association, Chicago, 1910-1917.
Congressional missionary superintendent, Washington, Idaho and Alaska, at Seattle, Washington, 1917-1933.
Superintendent Congressional Extension Society of Seattle, 1929-1936. President Congressional Summer Assembly, 1912-1915.
Member Psi Upsilon.
Married Jeannette Stuart Woods, September 19, 1895. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Frederick A. Burwell), Jean (Mistress Richard L. Frayn), Harriet (deceased).