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.

Events

Birth15 Oct 1850Neely's Landing, Cape Gir. Co, MO
Marriage30 Oct 1871Fayette Co, IA - Living
Divorce1881Living
Death3 May 1931Cape Girardeau Co, MO
Marriage__ ABT 1890Mary Catherine Sullivan
BurialMcLain's Chapel Cem, Oriole, MO

Families

SpouseLiving
ChildErnest B McLaird (1872 - 1944)
ChildAnnette McLaird ( - 1893)
ChildGeorge L McLaird ( - 1907)
SpouseMary Catherine Sullivan (1875 - 1943)
ChildRuddle M McLaird (1892 - 1902)
ChildMyrtle Daisy McLaird (1895 - 1963)
ChildClarence Lee McLaird (1898 - 1973)
ChildBennie McLaird (1901 - 1902)
ChildRuby Marie McLaird (1904 - 1977)
ChildPaul Augustus McLaird (1912 - 1965)
FatherJames P McLard (1824 - 1890)
MotherMargret Mowbray ( - )
SiblingJames Monroe Madison McLaird (1849 - 1898)
SiblingSarah Elizabeth McLard (1854 - 1944)
SiblingLiving
SiblingGreer Augustus David McLaird (1861 - 1930)
SiblingSimien J McLard (1864 - 1864)