James Laird

James Laird

Birth
Fowlerville, Livingston County, New York, USA
Death 17 Aug 1889 (aged 40)
Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, USA
Memorial ID 7262385 · View Source
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U.S. Congressman. Moving to Michigan, he attended Adrian College and served with the 16th Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Union Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War. After the war, he graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan, in 1871, was admitted to the bar, relocated to Hastings, Nebraska, in 1872 and practiced law. In 1883, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until his death.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  1. Memorials
  2. Region
  3. North America
  4. USA
  5. Nebraska
  6. Adams County
  7. Hastings
  8. Parkview Cemetery
  9. James Laird
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  • Added: 14 Mar 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial 7262385
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for James Laird (20 Jun 1849–17 Aug 1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. 7262385, citing Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .