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Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin

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William Duncan Connor (1864-1944) — also known as William D. Connor — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born near Stratford, Ontario, March 24, 1864. Republican. Wisconsin Republican state chair, 1904-08; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1907-09. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., November 20, 1944 (age 80 years, 241 days). Interment somewhere in Marshfield, Wis.

		Relatives: Father of Helen Connor (who married Melvin Robert Laird, Sr.); grandfather of Melvin Robert Laird, Jr. (1922-2016); great-grandfather of Jessica Laird (who married James Edward Doyle).
		Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.
		See also Wikipedia article

Melvin Robert Laird, Sr. (d. 1946) — also known as Melvin R. Laird, Sr. — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born near Griggsville, Pike County, Ill. Republican. School teacher and principal; Presbyterian minister; chaplain; member of Wisconsin state senate 24th District, 1941-46; died in office 1946. Presbyterian. Died March 19, 1946. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Married to Helen Connor (daughter of William Duncan Connor (1864-1944)); father of Melvin Robert Laird, Jr..
		Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.

Helen Connor Laird (b. 1891) — also known as Helen Connor; Mrs. Melvin R. Laird, Sr. — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born in Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Wood County, Wis., August 22, 1891. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948. Female. Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Daughter of William Duncan Connor (1864-1944); married to Melvin Robert Laird, Sr.; mother of Melvin Robert Laird, Jr..
		Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.

James Edward Doyle (1915-1987) — also known as James E. Doyle — Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis., July 6, 1915. Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Wisconsin Democratic state chair, 1951-53; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1954; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1965-80; senior judge, 1980-87. Died in Madison, Dane County, Wis., April 1, 1987 (age 71 years, 269 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Married to Ruth Bachhuber Doyle (1916-2006); father of James Edward Doyle.
		Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.
		See also Wikipedia article

Ruth Bachhuber Doyle (1916-2006) — also known as Ruth B. Doyle; Ruth Bachhuber — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., October 14, 1916. Democrat. School teacher; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Dane County 1st District, 1949-52. Female. Died in Madison, Dane County, Wis., May 6, 2006 (age 89 years, 204 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Married to James Edward Doyle (1915-1987); mother of James Edward Doyle (1945-).
		Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.
		See also Wikipedia article

Melvin Robert Laird, Jr. (1922-2016) — also known as Melvin R. Laird — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., September 1, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin state senate 24th District, 1947-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948 (alternate), 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1956 (speaker), 1960, 1964; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1953-69; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1969-73. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Freemasons; Elks; United Commercial Travelers; Purple Heart. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1974. Died in Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla., November 16, 2016 (age 94 years, 76 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

		Relatives: Son of Melvin Robert Laird, Sr. and Helen Connor Laird; married, October 15, 1945, to Barbara Masters; uncle of Jessica Laird (who married James Edward Doyle); grandson of William Duncan Connor (1864-1944).
		Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.
		Epitaph: "Purple Heart. Father. Friend. Statesman."
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Books about Melvin Laird: Dale Van Atta, With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics
		Image source: Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

James Edward Doyle (b. 1945) — also known as James E. Doyle; Jim Doyle — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1945. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Peace Corps; Dane County District Attorney, 1977-82; Wisconsin state attorney general, 1991-2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; Governor of Wisconsin, 2003-11. Catholic. Still living as of 2014.

		Relatives: Son of James Edward Doyle and Ruth Bachhuber Doyle; married to Jessica Laird (niece of Melvin Robert Laird, Jr.; great-granddaughter of William Duncan Connor (1864-1944)).
		Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.
		See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

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