------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:15:18 -0800 (PST) From: jbrown70@san.rr.com To: <LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: {not a subscriber} LAIRD Elim LAIRD, born 1820 in MS? First found in the 1850 Census of Newton Co., MS, with wife, Sarah___?, born 1821 in___? Children listed in the Newton Co.1850 Census: Elisha LAIRD, born 1841; Robert LAIRD, born 1843; Ervin Elim LAIRD, born 1846; Sarah LAIRD, born 1850. I don't know how many children Sarah and Elim had, before she died, but Elim marries again to a Melissa (JENNINGS) JONES. She was a neighbor married to James Isham JONES and was daughter of Samuel JENNINGS and his wife, Bethany/Bethenia BAILY or HALEY from TN, also nearby neighbors. There were more children after Melissa and Elim married and one daughter, Elmyra LAIRD says she was born in Hinds Co., MS on their way to TX. The family is found in Davis (which became Dass Co., TX) in the 1870 census. By 1880, Melissa is apparently widowed and living in Kaufman Co., TX with some of the remaining children and next to one of her sons from her first marriage, Isham JONES, his wife ansd small daughter named Melissa. I've l! ost some of my computer data and am replacing it slowly, so I will add to this later. My GGrandmother is Cornelia LAIRD, daughter of Sarah and Elim LAIRD, born1854 or 1856. JBrown