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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 
