Obit: Baird, Margaret Samantha #2 (1859 - 1943)

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Surnames: Baird, Fradette

----Source: The Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 25 Nov. 1943

Baird, Margaret Samantha (14 Aug. 1859 - 1943)

[There could be more at the beginning of this obituary, as a portion was cut off. ] - Margaret Samantha Fradette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augstus Fradette, she was born August, 14, 1859, at Worham, Canada, and was named Margaret Samantha. She moved with her parents to Michigan in 1868, and to Unity, Wis., in 1875. In 1876 she married Octavous Hastings Baird, and to this union seven children were born. Her husband and four children preceded her in death. She is survived by three children, two half sisters, two half brothers, 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. James Fradette of Neillsville is a half brother.

Funeral services were held at Grace Methodist Church, and interment was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.