James Laird

BARCLAY, LAIRD

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/8/2004 at 21:19:43

James Laird, Madison twp., stone contractor; P.O. Stuart; Mr. Laird owns two good quarries, one in Madison county and one in Dallas county, both near Earlham; from the one in Dallas, the best of dimension rock is obtained, also ruble in large quantity; most of the foundation stone of the new capitol building was obtained from the quarry in Dallas; Mr. Laird was born in 1821, in Beaver county, Pa.; he married in 1842, Miss Nancy Barclay, of Lane county, Ohio; has six children living: George A., Charles L., John A., Ann H., Jane E. and Agnes

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 647