John Edward & Ida Mae (Barnes) Laughlin Family
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John Edward Laughlin 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 Barnes 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 Edward 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 Grandchildren
The children of John Edward and Ida Mae presented their parents with nineteen grandchildren. Ten of their grandchildren are boys and ten of them are girls.
- James Theodore Laughlin
- Edward Ellsworth Laughlin
- Francis Scott Laughlin
- Charles Bernard Laughlin
- Ellen Jane Martin
- William Edward Laughlin
- June Alice Laughlin
- Elizabeth Eileen Laughlin
- Clara Lou Laughlin
- Patricia Ann Laughlin
- Marilyn Ruth Laughlin
- Connie Kay Conover
- Jack Burton Laughlin
- Melanie Jayne Morgan
- Roger Whitcomb Jr.
- Jerry Joe Laughlin
- Naomi Rebecca Whitcomb
- Raymond Charles Morgan
- Timothy Ray Laughlin
- Lisa Laughlin Morgan