This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laird Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4g.2ADE/1765.1 Message Board Post: 1870 census, Oxford township, Henry Co, IL John Laird, 53 farmer b. PA Mary, 49, keeps house, b. PA Allen, 29, farm laborer, b. PA John, 9, b. IL Andrew Byers, 16 farm laborer b. IL Right next door is a Joseph Laird, 55, b. PA. Wife Charlotte, 43 b. CT., children Minerva, 25 and Samuel, 22, both b. PA. Joseph likely a brother to John. 1880 census, Galesburg, Knox, IL John Laird, 63, grocer b. PA, father b. IRE, mother b. VA Mary, 59 PA PA PA John, 18, clerk, IL PA PA Anna, 13, PA PA PA The actual image shows this home was on West St in Galesburg. Although Anna is not on the 1870 census she is listed as daughter in 1880.