Laird, Thomas S.

Born: 1800-1810

Died: 1847-XX-XX

Flourished: Menard County, Illinois

As early as 1830, Laird was the head of a household in Menard County, Illinois, where in 1841, he married Ann Carter. Laird served as deputy clerk for the Menard County Circuit Court from 1842 to 1846, where he encountered several cases involving Abraham Lincoln.

U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Sangamon County, IL, 137; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Menard County, 19 October 1841, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Barnett v. Cogdal, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=135038; Miles & McCoy v. Merrill, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=135132; Scott v. Busher, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=135074; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 25 March 1847, 3:6.