Tag: missouri
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Marion Jesse “Jim” Laughlin (1916-2009)
Marion Jesse “Jim” Laughlin was born to Jesse W. Laughlin and Cora Belle Filtingberger on March 28, 1916, in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. He was the third of five children in the family. Jim provided an autobiographical essay for “Descendants of John Laughlin and Tabitha Trimble”, a family history book he co-authored with his wife,…
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Jesse Ward Laughlin (1887-1968)
Jesse LAUGHLIN, born September 2, 1887 in Martin City, Jackson County, Missouri, was the son of John Breckenridge LAUGHLIN and Annie MORTON. This was near the town of New Santa Fe, the first stop for travelers from Independence, Missouri, on their western migration. When Jesse was about three years old, the family moved across the…