Richard Drum Laird and Clara Dalby

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Husband Richard Drum Laird ¹

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           Born: 30 Jun 1872 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Francis Van Buren Laird (1840-      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Hetty D. Welty (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 15 Nov 1904 1

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Wife Clara Dalby ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Drum Laird

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He was educated in the public schools of Greensburg and at Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania, where he graduated. He inherited the military spirit from both his father's and mother's side of the house. He went to the Philippines during the war with Spain as first lieutenant of Company I, Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, the only Pennsylvania regiment that saw service in that war. He was wounded at the battle of Malate during the first engagement with the Spaniards. On the return of his regiment to the United States and the reorganization of the command, he was elected captain of Company I. At the breaking out of the Spanish war he was a law student and ready to be admitted to the bar. At a special session of court he was admitted to the practice of law before going to the Philip­pines. While on the ocean, returning to the states, he was appointed and com­missioned a lieutenant in the regular army. The commission was awaiting him on the arrival of the transport at San Francisco. However, at the earn­est request of his parents, he declined the honor and at once entered upon the practice of his chosen profession.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 463.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 120.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 462.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 736.