From 1835 ro 1843 he was the most part of the time in Europe, striving to revive the Protestant faith in the south of the continent, and to i>romote the cause of temperance in the North. He published a number of valuable works. His son. Professor Henry M. Baird, D.D., LL.D., of Yonkers, professor of Greek in the University of New York, is a distinguished scholar and liistorian. He has published a book of travels entitled, " Modern Greece," and more recently a " History of the Rise of tlie Huguenots of France,'" 2 vols. 8vo., which has taken rank among the more important historical works of the day.

Another son. Rev. Charles W. Baird, D.D., is the author of two cha])ters of this work, the histories of the the towns of Rye and Harrison, and is a distinguished litcrateur. He was born in Princeton, N. J., August 28, 182S. and was graduated at the Tnivei'sity of the

city of New York in 1848 and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1852. He was ordained for the ministry and in 1852-i54 was the American chaplain in Rome, Italy. In 1859-61 he was the minister at the Reformed Dutch Church on Bergen Hill, Brooklyn, N. Y., and since May 9, 1861, has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Rye, N. Y. Dr. Baird has written " Eutaxia : Historical Sketches," New York, 1855 ; " A Book of Public Prayer," New York, 1857; " History of Rye, N. Y.," 1870; "History of Bedford Church," 1882; "History of the Huguenot Immigration to America," 2 vols., 1885.