Elizabeth J. Berry and Erastus H. "Ras" Laird

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Elizabeth J. Berry4 (John3, John2, John1), daughter of John Jackson Berry and Alisie Miles, born January 25, 1842, and died January 23, 1903, burial in Mountain Creek Cemetery, Rankin Co Mississippi

She married Erastus H. "Ras" Laird.  The son of Samuel M. Laird and Sarah M. Dear, he was born November 25, 1837, and died January 22, 1924.  He served in the Civil War, as Private in Co A, 18 Miss Infantry.

Both are buried in Mountain Creek Cemetery, Rankin Co Mississippi

1870 Rankin Co Mississippi Steens Creek PO
Enumerated 04 July 1870 by Geo N. ____
Page 26 #191 / 191 Farmer $400/350

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Erastus H. Laird 32 MS
Elizabeth J. Laird 27 MS
Flavilia Laird 6 MS
Robert Laird 4 MS
Walter E. Laird 2 MS
Mollie L. Dear 17 MS

1880 Steens Creek, Rankin Co Mississippi
Page 293a / From Family Search Organization

Erastus Laird 42 MS
Elizabeth Laird 37 MS
Flavelia Laird 15 MS
Robert Laird 13 MS
Walter Laird 11 MS
John Laird 9 MS
Jane Laird 8 MS
Oscar Laird 6 MS
Florence Laird 4 MS

I do not have the 1900 census

1910 Rankin Co Mississippi
Beat 1 - Steens Creek SD 8 ED 42
Series: T624 Roll: 758 Page: 27
Enumerated May 13, 1910 by H. H. Bullock
#507/509

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Laird, Erastus H. head 72 widower MS GA NC farmer
Stucky, Carl E.? s-i-l 37 md 12 yrs MS  MS  MS  farmer 
Stucky, Florence dau 34 5 born / 5 living MS MS MS home
Stucky, ____? dau 8 single MS MS MS home
Stucky, Berry son 6 single MS MS MS home
Stucky, ____? son 4 single MS MS MS home
Stucky, Ira son 2 single MS MS MS home
Stucky, Johnie L. son 10 mo single MS MS MS home

Ann notes: The census taker mistakenly listed Johnie L. as a son, probably because of the name. I believe Johnie to be a daughter.

Children of Elizabeth Berry and Ras Laird are:

 223 i.
Flavilia Laird5 born August 03, 1864 in Rankin Co Mississippi, and died June 06, 1894, burial in Mountain Creek Cemetery, Rankin Co Mississippi.
She married J.D. Walker, M.D. After Flavelia died, J.D. married Emma Beulah Walker, daughter of Little Berry Walker and Lavinia A. Slater, on October 21, 1894 in Simpson Co Mississippi.
+224 ii.

Robert Montgomery Laird born November 08, 1866, and died November 28, 1931, burial in Steens Creek Cemetery, Florence, Rankin Co Mississippi
 225 iii.  

Walter E. Laird born c1868 in Mississippi
He married Emma R. _____. She was born in 1874, and died in 1946, burial in Steens Creek Cemetery, Florence, Rankin Co Mississippi.

They had one child, who died in infancy: "Laird, Infant, Aug 27 1896 - Aug 27 1896, Son of W.E. and Emma Laird", Mountain Creek Cemetery, Rankin Co Mississippi

1910 Rankin Co. Census, Beat 1 - Steens Creek SD8 ED 42
Series: T624 Roll: 758 Page: 26 #49?/495
Enumerated May 13, 1910 by H. H. Bullock

Laird, Walter E. head 42 married 15 yrs MS MS MS Merchant and Farmer
Laird, Emma wife 35 1 child/0 living MS MS MS housekeeping
 226 iv.

John Sam Laird born in 1870, and died in 1939.
He married Agnes Dear, who was born in 1880 and died in 1944. Both are buried in Mountain Creek Cemetery.

John is listed in the 1910 census of Rankin Co Mississippi, but it is illegible.
 227 v.
Alice Jane Laird born March 09, 1872, and died July 29, 1884, burial in Mountain Creek Cemetery, Rankin Co Mississippi
+228 vi.
Oscar Finley Laird born December 26, 1874 and died July 24, 1959, burial in Mountain Creek Cemetery, Florence, Rankin Co Mississippi
+229 vii. M. Florence Laird born April 07, 1876 in Rankin Co Mississippi, and died July 29, 1968, burial in Mountain Creek Cemetery, Florence, Rankin Co Mississippi
 230 viii.

Lee Cleveland Laird born November 09, 1889, and died April 05, 1890, burial in Mountain Creek Cemetery, Rankin Co Mississippi