Philander Castor Baird

Background

Baird, Philander Castor was born on May 7, 1863 in DeWitt, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew Henderson and Isabel W. (Castor) Baird.

Education

Normal School, Paola, Kansas. Bachelor of Arts, Amity College, College Springs, Iowa, 1891, Master of Arts, 1895. Bachelor of Divinity, Xenia (O.) Theological Seminary, 1894.

Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1898.

(Doctor of Divinity, Amity, 1901).

Career

Ordained United Presbyterian ministry, 1898. Pastor 1st Church, Burlington, Iowa, 1898-1900, 1st Church, Fort Dodge, 1900-1907, 1st Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, since 1907(membership increased from 500 to 2,400 and $150,000 building erected). Re publican. Lecturer.

Home: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Achievements

• Philander Castor Baird has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Ida May Pollock, 1892.

Father:

Andrew Henderson Baird

Mother:

Isabel West. (Castor) Baird

Spouse:

Ida May Pollock