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Wife Sarah is at http://community.ancestry.com/profile.aspx?cba=chipette
Linn Kansas could be an error, he was from Linn, Osage, Missouri.
1870 census in Benton, Osage, Mo. 1900 census in Waterford, CA, 1910 census in Oakdale, CA.
Enlisted in the Civil War, Union pension records. Sgt in Capt McKnight's Company D, Missouri Osage County Co Home Guuard Infantry Regiment. A few of his sisters married McKnights, his father is buried in McKnight Cemetery.
His wife is Johanne Matilda Holm b 16 Jan 1878 in Copenhagen, Denmark, d 02 Feb 1966, Oakdale, CA.
According to Rev John J Watts Journals, courtesy of rootsweb.com"
His children, all born above Kerr's Mill.
1st Lola May Laughlin, born Apr 6th 1888.
2d Nora Elfie Laughlin, born Nov. 5th 1889.
3d Lida Lavena Laughlin, born Aug. 3d 1891.
4th Monta Laughlin, born Sept. 7th 1892, died Sept. 10th 1892 aged 3 days.
5th Francis Orval Laughlin, born Aug. 28th 1893.
6th Claud Monroe Laughlin, born June 1st 1897. Died near Cedar Hill Cemetery, Jan'y 17th 1912 aged 14 ys. 7 ms. & 16 ds.
7th Clyde Jennings Laughlin, born June 26th 1901.
8th Roy Earl Laughlin, born July 26th 1903.
We have Roy's family picture, no idea where or when it was taken. It was in the possession of Betty Ichord, her mother's mother was Effie, Roy's sister. Children Dolly, James, Louise, Mary Kathrine, Maxine, Shirley and Claude.
Immigration to America by John Laughlin, added by Davis Peters clan on 17 Jun 2008
Source: Descendants of John Laughlin from Atlantic to Pacific by Eva Laughlin LeBlanc The Gregath Co. Cullen AL 1985
Our John Laughlin came from Dervock, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
"Most everyone seems to agree that our immigrant ancestor was John Laughlin and that he came to America from Ireland in the mid 1700's, landed at Philadelphia, and then went to Big Spring, Cumberland Co Pennsylvania. Most agree that he married Mary White in PA." (the date is estimated in the 1750's). They had seven children, moved to South Carolina circa 1771 and John died there in 1773/4"
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the four counties comprising the greater Harrisburg metropolitan area. As of 2004, the population was estimated at 221,397.
Cumberland County was created on January 27, 1750 and named after Cumberland, England. Its county seat is Carlisle[1]. The county also lies within the Cumberland Valley adjoining the Susquehanna River at its eastern border, stretching approximately 42 miles from the borough of Shippensburg on the west to the Susquehanna River in east Cumberland County. The oldest towns in the county are Shippensburg and Carlisle, and although both were settled in the 18th century, they each have their own unique history.
from ancestry.com
According to a bio of his son Lee, in the book, Record of the Williamette Valley: " He [Samuel] remained on the paternal farm until his 22nd year. About 1814 he began to have pioneering inclinations, and saddling his horse, started forth on a journey to what is now the great city of St. Louis. Arriving at the then small town, and then a French settlement, he was offered five acres of land in the heart of what is now the busiest section of the city, for his horse, but he refused the offer as inadequate. In Franklin Co. he purchased a farm."
Missouri Territorial Militia Rolls For The War of 1812: He served in Capt. Keging's Company of Mounted Militia. Samuel Laughlin served 30 days. April 11 to May 10, 1815 and was paid $6.58. He received $12.00 for his horse, and .74 travel and subsistance.
From ancestry re: Samuel's brother, James 1801-1878:
James Laughlin, the paternal grandfather of Lee, was born in SouthCarolina, and participated in the Revolutionary war at the battle of Cowpens. He was a farmer by occupation, and when a man of middle age, with his family, removed to Hopkins county, Ky., where his death occurred. He married Rachel Dalrymple, who died in Missouri at the age of seventy-five years. Of the large family of children born into the family of James Laughlin, Samuel, the father of Lee, was the oldest, and was born in the Pendleton district, South Carolina,December 2, 1791.
James (the son) was ten years of age when the family fortunes were shifted to Kentucky, and he remained on the paternal farm in Hopkins county until histwenty-second year. About 1814 he began to have pioneering inclinations, and, saddling his horse, started forth on a journey to what is now the great city of St. Louis. Arriving at the then small town, then a French settlement, he was offered five acres of land in the heart of the now busiest section of the city for his horse, but refused the offer as inadequate. In Franklin county he purchased a farm, but a high-water washout induced him to move north into Lincoln county. Reports from the journal of Patrick Gass, who accompanied Lewis and Clark, filled him with the fever of unrest, and he disposed of his Missouri farm, and joined the largest train that, up to that time, had ever braved the dangers of the plains. There were twenty-nine wagons under Capt. Joseph Magone,and besides Samuel and his brother, James, there were eleven Laughlins in the party. No braver or more determined band ever carried the flag of civilization before them, nor did any have more typical and varied pioneering experiences.Starting on their way April 19, 1847, they arrived at Wapato lake November 1, of the same year. In January 1848, Mr. Laughlin took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres, three miles north of Yamhill, and there engaged in general farming and stock-raising until his death, June 22, 1869. A former Democrat, he left his party on account of its slavery attitude, and died firm in the faith of Republicanism. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Source : Descendants of John Laughlin from Atlantic to Pacific by Eva Laughlin LeBlanc The Gregath Co. Cullen AL 1985 (page 64)" Fortunately for us James' wife Rachel, applied for a pension in 1846 (note: She died in 1847), which she hoped to be entitled to because of James service in the Revolutionary War. I was able to get a copy and this gave me so much of the information I am using on Jesse and his family. Rachels Declaration before a Justice of the Peace was made 5 May 1846. This pension law was passed 7 July 1838 entitled, "An Act Granting Half Pay and Pensions To Certain Widows."
According to Rev John J Watts journals, courtesy of rootsweb.com, John was born in Boon Co., MO April 14th 1818, came to Pulaski Co., MO and settled where his Jon died below Kerr's mill and married Miss Catherine Ballard July 15th 1850 and she was born in Huntington Co., Indiana, April 30th 1831 (a sister of Bland N. Ballard and Mrs. Bran. Vaughan). and she died near Kerr's Mill, Jan'y 21st 1875 aged 56 ys. 8 ms. & 7 days. Their children all born on the home farm. His records do not include the daughter Catherine.