Baird, William B.

Flourished: Springfield, Illinois

William B. Baird was active in Springfield as a land and general agent between at least 1853 and 1855, with an office on the downtown square. He was also affiliated in 1854 with the Weekly Capitol Enterprise, a short-lived Springfield newspaper.

Illinois State Register (Springfield), 20 December 1853, 2:4; 20 January 1854, 2:4; Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 11 October 1854, 3:1; Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), 6 May 1854, 4:5; The Minnesota Democrat (St. Paul), 16 August 1854, 3:1; Daily Illinois State Register (Springfield), 11 April 1855, 1:6.