John Edward & Ida Mae (Barnes) Laughlin Family
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John Edward was born on December 3, 1856 in Rush County, Indiana to John Laughlin and Catherine Mahoney from County Kerry, Ireland. He died on May 31, 1942 in Rush County, Indiana. Ida Mae was born on February 2, 1867 in Rush County, Indiana to James Mason Barnes and Margaret Conrey. She died on April 4, 1948 in Rush County, Indiana. Both of them are interred in East Hill Mausoleum in Rushville, Rush County, Indiana.
They were married on October 13, 1886 in Rush County, Indiana. They spent most of their married life running the family farm, where they raised their fifteen children. In later years, they retired from farming and moved to a large house in Rushville, Rush County, Indiana.
The Laughlin children attended school in Rush County and also helped to work the farm. While the sons worked in the fields along side John Edward, the daughters helped Ida Mae maintain the family home, cooking large meals to feed the entire family as well as hired farm hands. They kept the home clean, maintained a small kitchen garden and fed the livestock. The older daughters helped Ida Mae care for their younger siblings.
Family Trees
- Barnes Family Tree
- Kamenish Family Tree
- Laughlin Family Tree
- Tapscott Family Tree
Family Stories
Over the years, many family stories have been handed down through the generations. Here are a few to share.
Their Fifteen Children
John Edward and Ida Mae had fifteen children. All were born at home in Rush County, Indiana.
- Mae E. Laughlin
- Mark Laughlin
- Charles Bernard Laughlin
- Margaret Laughlin
- Donel Laughlin
- John Raymond Laughlin
- Ruth Laughlin
- Robert Leonard Laughlin
- Lawrence Aaron Laughlin
- Catherine Dell Laughlin
- Joseph Alton Laughlin
- Ida Pauline Laughlin
- Bertha Louise Laughlin
- Howard Ernest Laughlin
- Helen Maxine Laughlin
Their Twenty-four Grandchildren
The children of John Edward and Ida Mae presented their parents with twenty-four grandchildren. Eleven of their grandchildren were boys and thirteen of them were girls.
- James Theodore Laughlin
- Charles Bernard Laughlin
- William Edward Laughlin
- Elizabeth Eileen Laughlin
- Clara Lou Laughlin
- Sharon Lee Laughlin
- Karen Ann Laughlin
- Dana Lou Laughlin
- Steven Roy Laughlin
- Edward Ellsworth Laughlin
- Francis Scott Laughlin
- June Alice Laughlin
- Ellen Jane Martin
- Patricia Ann Laughlin
- Marilyn Ruth Laughlin
- Jack Burton Laughlin
- Jerry Joe Laughlin
- Roger Whitcomb Jr.
- Naomi Rebecca Whitcomb
- Connie Kay Conover
- Timothy Ray Laughlin
- Melanie Jayne Morgan
- Raymond Charles Morgan
- Lisa Morgan