Formal studio portrait of Elizabeth Therese Baird wearing a long, black dress. View the original here. 

Elizabeth Therese Baird was born in Prairie du Chien, settled with her mother in Mackinac in 1812. After marrying Henry S. Baird in 1824, she acted as an interpreter for his French clientele and, because of her wide knowledge of the area and its inhabitants, contributed greatly to his success in law and politics. A woman of great personal charm and intelligence, her home was a center of Green Bay society for many years. Their reminiscences and memoirs have provided a rich source of knowledge of early Wisconsin history. The Wisconsin Historical Society possesses manuscripts of Henry Baird. 

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[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography]