Background
Baird, Samuel John was born on September 17, 1817 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Thomas Dickson and Esther (Thompson) Baird.
Baird, Samuel John was born on September 17, 1817 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Thomas Dickson and Esther (Thompson) Baird.
Attended Jefferson College, circa 1837-1838. Graduate Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, circa 1841, Indiana Theological Seminary, New Albany, 1843.
Preached in Baltimore, also Kentucky, 1844-1854. Ordained to ministry. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1854.
Became pastor Presbyterian Church, Muscatine, Iowa, 1854. Pastor church, Woodbury, New Jersey, 1857-1865. Agent American Bible Society, 1865-1875.
Pastor 3d Presbyterian Church, Woodbury, 1875-1884. Pastor, Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1884-1888. Retired, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1888.
Author: (works in fields of church government, church history) The Church of Christ, its Constitution and Order, 1864. The Assembly’s Digest (compilation of decisions of General Assembly of Presbyterian Church), 1854. History of the New School, 1868.
The Great Baptiser; A Bible History Of Baptism, 1882.
Married Jane Wilson, 1840.