In 1817 the 74th Foot was stationed in the County and their commander, Colonel Sir Robert Trench, visited the seminary in search for the student teachers to join his regiment, which sailed for British North America.
In 1818 they were stationed in Fredericton, New Brunswick where he would teach the children of the regiment and the poor and black of the area.
[1] In 1825, Baird became part of Lieutenant Governor George Stracey Smyth's Madras school system which provided education for the poor children of the province.
He was one of the pioneer teachers who helped provide an education to the poor at a time when few such opportunities existed.
[2] He got married on March 30, 1817 with Annie Diggin (1798–1836) of Dublin, and they had two sons and two daughters, including William Teel Baird, military officer and author.