Reverend William Ramsey Laird

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Reverend William Ramsey Laird

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Of Montgomery, Fayette, West Virginia
Death: July 18, 1918 (58-67)
West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Calvin Laird and Susan Mary/ Mary Susan Mckee
Husband of Mary Ella Laird
Father of Daniel Allen Penick Laird; James Moore Laird; Paul McNeel Laird; William Ruffner Laird and Elizabeth McNeel Laird
Brother of John Harvey Laird; Charles Edward Laird; Samuel Mckee Laird; Henry Ruffer Laird; Agnes Jane Moore and 3 others

Managed by: Judith "Judi" Elaine (McKee) Burns
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About Reverend William Ramsey Laird

8 Rev. William Ramsey Laird, D. D., b on Kerr's Creek, in Rockbridge Co., Va, Sept. 30, 1855 =Mary Ella Penick, daughter of Rev. Daniel A. Penick and E. L. McNeel. He was educated at Hampden Sidney College, and Washington and Lee University, and Union Theological Seminary, Va, graduating from the last named institution in 1881. He was ordained as a minister of the Gospel in the Presbyterian Church, by the Presbytery of Memphis, Nov. 1881; was pastor of Mason, Center and Tabernacle churches, Tenn., 1881-83, of Millersburg church, Ky, 1883-87, of Nicholaville church, Ky, 1887-91, of First Presbyterian Church, Bristol, Tenn., 1891-96, and is now the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Danville, Va. He is an attractive and popular speaker, an eminently pious man, and an active, industrious pastor.

  • [a] Daniel Allen Penick Laird, b April 22, 1883.
  • [b] James Moore Laird, b Oct. 30, 1885.
  • [c] Paul McNeel Laird, July 2, 1887.
  • [d] William Ruffner Laird, b June 28, 1890.
  • [e] Elizabeth McNeel Laird, b Nov. 21, 1892 ...... - - - III John Calvin Laird - pgs. 212-218 The Paxtons Their Origin in Scotland, and Their Migrations through England and Ireland, to the Colony of Pennsylvania, whence they moved South and West, and Found Homes in Many States and Territories: We Are One By W. M. PAXT0N, of PLATTE CITY, MO.,LANDMARK PRINT Platte City, Missouri 1903
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Reverend William Ramsey Laird's Timeline

1855
1855
Of Montgomery, Fayette, West Virginia
1883
April 22, 1883
1885
October 30, 1885
Of W Va
1887
1887
1890
June 28, 1890
Tennessee, USA
1892
November 21, 1892
Tn
1918
July 18, 1918
Age 63
West Virginia, United States