Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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JAMES LAING

James LAING entered the grocery business at the Village of Persia, in the spring of 1883, and still deals in groceries and notions.

November 24, 1885, he was appointed Postmaster at that point, serving until July 1, 1889. In 1888 he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, and is now holding his second term.

He was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, November 18, 1831, and May 12, 1854, he sailed for America, and came on from the coast to Whiteside, County, Ill., where he arrived July 9, his mother coming with him. He farmed and taught school in Illinois until 1880, when he came to Shelby County, Iowa, and engaged in farming until he came to Persia.

He was married in his native land, April 28, 1854, to Miss Grace STARK, by whom seven children have been born -- Margaret T., George W., David, Sophia J., Elizabeth C., Barbara C., and James A.

The wife of our subject died in Whiteside County, Ill., August 9, 1873, and June 18, 1882, he married Miss Mary A. ROUNDY, of Shelby County, Iowa, and they are the parents of four children -- Kenneth, Vesta, Verna, and Lora.

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