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James Baird (civil engineer)
James Baird (May 18, 1873〔Most sources list Baird's birth year as 1873. However, in a passport application dated November 29, 1911, Baird listed his date of birth as May 18, 1875.〕 – May 16, 1953) was an American civil engineer, football player and coach. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1892 to 1895 and was captain of the 1894 team. He was also an assistant football coach at Michigan from 1897 to 1898. He worked for the George A. Fuller Co. for 23 years and eventually became its president. He later formed his own construction company called the James Baird Company. Baird directed the construction of many important buildings, including the Flatiron Building, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
==Early years==
Baird was born in Vanceburg, Kentucky and attended high schools in Chicago, Illinois and Ann Arbor, Michigan. His father, Lyman Beecher Baird (September 6, 1833 - October 24, 1907), was an Ohio native who worked as a farmer and merchant. In the 1880 United States Census, Lyman Baird was identified as a grocer in Vanceburg.〔〔Census entry for Lenion Baird. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Census Place: Vanceburg, Lewis, Kentucky; Roll: 428; Family History Film: 1254428; Page: 60C; Enumeration District: 57; Image: 0358.〕 He also operated a hardware store in Vanceburg that burned in the 1880s.〔Lewis County By William M. Talley, Paula Franke, p. 18.〕 His mother was Frances Amelia (Halbert) Baird, and he had an older brother Charles A. Baird (born c. 1869).〔
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