Individual Details
Rueben Ross McLaird
(15 Oct 1850 - 3 May 1931)
Rueben's second wife, Mary, got him to insert the "I" into McLard. She
believed the name sounded too flat like "lard". Rueben and Jane lived in
Eden Township in Lafayette County, Iowa in 1880. Mary remarried to Minus G.
Henson in 1935.
believed the name sounded too flat like "lard". Rueben and Jane lived in
Eden Township in Lafayette County, Iowa in 1880. Mary remarried to Minus G.
Henson in 1935.
Events
| Birth | 15 Oct 1850 | Neely's Landing, Cape Gir. Co, MO | |||
| Marriage | 30 Oct 1871 | Fayette Co, IA - Living | |||
| Divorce | 1881 | Living | |||
| Death | 3 May 1931 | Cape Girardeau Co, MO | |||
| Marriage | __ ABT 1890 | Mary Catherine Sullivan | |||
| Burial | McLain's Chapel Cem, Oriole, MO |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Ernest B McLaird (1872 - 1944) |
| Child | Annette McLaird ( - 1893) |
| Child | George L McLaird ( - 1907) |
| Spouse | Mary Catherine Sullivan (1875 - 1943) |
| Child | Ruddle M McLaird (1892 - 1902) |
| Child | Myrtle Daisy McLaird (1895 - 1963) |
| Child | Clarence Lee McLaird (1898 - 1973) |
| Child | Bennie McLaird (1901 - 1902) |
| Child | Ruby Marie McLaird (1904 - 1977) |
| Child | Paul Augustus McLaird (1912 - 1965) |
| Father | James P McLard (1824 - 1890) |
| Mother | Margret Mowbray ( - ) |
| Sibling | James Monroe Madison McLaird (1849 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth McLard (1854 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Greer Augustus David McLaird (1861 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Simien J McLard (1864 - 1864) |