Elmer Laird ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: LK9Z-343.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Bolivar Township, Benton, IN. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded George Laird, farmer, 37, living with wife Christina, 36; Oley Ann, 13; Lenard, 12; Clarinda, 8; Ida, 6; and twins Elmer and Elmira, 1. Everyone was born in Indiana. George's real estate is valued at $1400 and personal estate $400. Next door is Christina's brother, William Beeker, farmer, 39, with his family living on an real estate valued at $10,000. The post office was Pond Grove.

2. Census in 1880 in Bolivar Township, Benton, IN. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded Christenia Laird, 46, living with daughter Orlean, 23; Leonard, farming, 21; Clarinda, 18; Ida, 16; Elmer, 11; and Frank, 7. Christenia was born in Indiana and her parents in North Carolina. Orlean and Leonard were born in Ilinois, their father in Ohio and mother in Indiana. Clarina, Ida, Elmer and Frank and their mother were born in Indiana, their father in Ohio.

3. Census in 1900 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded Elmer Laird, drayman, 31, born Aug 1868, living with wife Eva, 40, Mar 1860; daughter Coy Laird, 7, Apr 1893, and stepson William VanTress, 14, Apr 1886. The census columns record Elmer and Eva were married for 7 years and she had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1900. Elmer, his parents, Eva, her mother, and her children were born in Indiana. Eva's father was born in Ohio.
Next door is Frank Laird, drayman, 27, Aug 1872, with wife Adelle, 26, Jul 1873. They were married for 6 years and she had birthed 0 children by 1900.

4. Census in 1910 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded renting a home: Elmer Laird, hardware salesman, 41, living with wife Eva, 45; daughter Coy, 17; and Dean, 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Eva's father in Virginia.

5. Residence: on 11 Jun 1923 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. ¹⁰

6. Residence: on 19 Dec 1945 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. ¹¹

7. Residence: on 23 May 1947 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. ⁵

8. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Elmer Laird on 19 Jan 1951 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴ OTTERBEIN, Jan. 19 -- Elmer (Doc) Laird, 82, died in St. Elizabeth hospital, Lafayette, at 7 p. m. Thursday. He had been in failing health a year. Born in Otterbein, he had spent his entire life in this community; he married Eva May Vencill, who survives.
He was a former marshal of Otterbein and in his early years was a member of the former National Horsethief Detective association here. He was a member of the Otterbein Methodist church.

Elmer married Eva May Vencill in 1892.¹ (Eva May Vencill was born on 19 Mar 1860 in , Tippecanoe, IN,¹² died on 6 Mar 1951 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN ^{1 12} and was buried on 8 Mar 1951 in Otterbein: Pond Grove Cemetery, Warren, IN ^{1 12}.)