“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


JAMES LAING,  farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Cambridge; born in Banffshire, 
Scotland, in April, 1823; born and raised on a farm; received a fair 
education; has always followed farming.  Married, in Scotland, in June, 
1852, Miss Ann Forbes, a native of the same shire; have one child – 
Ellen, now married.  In the autumn of 1854, Mr. Laing and his wife 
came direct from Scotland to Wisconsin; located in Oakland Township, 
where he bought eight acres, to which he has added fifty acres adjoining.  
Owns 130 acres well improved.  Independent in politics.  He and family 
are members of the Cambridge Presbyterian Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel