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of Professor Spencer F. Baird. The second daughter, 

 Valeria, married Charles Bingham Penrose, who in his 

 early married life practised law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 

 to which place he went from his home in Philadelphia 

 because it was thought that a better opening could be 

 found in a small town than in the city. He afterward 

 entered political life and became Solicitor of the United 

 States Treasury. 



On leaving Washington he returned to Philadelphia, 

 where he practised law until his death, being at the time 

 a member of the State legislature. 



The youngest daughter, Mary, married Major William 

 Blaney, an officer of the Engineer Corps of the Army, 

 who died in North Carolina, while engaged in superin- 

 tending the erection of fortifications at the mouth of 

 the Cape Fear river. After her husband's death Mrs. 

 Blaney with her children removed to Carlisle, where her 

 mother was already established as a resident. She 

 survived her husband many years. 



Both the brothers William and Edward studied law. 

 The former rose to eminence in the Pennsylvania bar, 

 but never held public office. He married a Miss Julia 

 Montgomery. The younger brother Edward married 

 Juliana Watts, of Carlisle. During the Civil War he 

 was Adjutant General of the State of Pennsylvania and 

 was very active in the discharge of the onerous duties 

 of this office. For many years and up to the time of his 

 death he was the treasurer of the Cumberland Valley 

 Railroad Company. 



Miss Lucy Baird's memoranda include the following 

 notes : 



"My greatgrandmother Lydia Spencer Biddle was a 

 woman of great decision and energy of character. After 



