Family:John Laughlin and Annie Morton (1)

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Parents: Robert Laughlin and Rebecca Githens
John Breckenridge Laughlin
b. 26 Mar 1855 Jacksonville, Bourbon County, Kentucky
d. 16 Nov 1919 Aubry, Johnson County, Kansas
Parents: Warren Morton and Rachel Gray
Annie Morton
b. 4 Aug 1861 Cass County, Missouri
d. 15 Apr 1951 Johnson County, Kansas
m. 23 Mar 1879 Jackson County, Missouri
Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] 23 Mar 1879 Jackson County, Missouri
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Jesse Ward Laughlin
2 Sep 1887 New Santa Fe, Washington Township, Jackson County, Missouri
5 Feb 1968 Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas
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John and Annie are found on the 1880 census in Washington Township near New Santa Fe. The first overnite stop on the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails, migration route to the west. The parents of both John and Annie as well as most of their brothers and sisters were all living nearby.

About 1890 the family moved to Johnson Co., KS, just a few miles across the state line. John was a farmer with about 150 acres. As most families in those times, they were self sustaining, the children going to school and growing to adulthood, marrying and starting their own families.

John died in 1919 during the Influenza Epidemic with Pulmonary complication. Annie was left with two sons unmarried, one in the Navy of WW1. She sold the farm and moved into the town of Stanley, supporting herself as long as her health permitted. She died in 1951 at age of 90 of Arteriosclerosis & complications of old age.

References
  1. ↑ Jackson, Missouri, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

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  2. ↑ Johnson, Kansas, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623).
  3. ↑ Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ Find A Grave.
  5. ↑ Missouri, United States. Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920.
  6. ↑ Jackson County, Recorder of Deeds. Marriage Records. (Online: Jackson County, Missouri).
  7. ↑ Missouri, United States. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. (Online database: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007).
  8. ↑ Laughlin/Trimble Book page 31.
  9. ↑ Obituary in Olathe Mirror, November 27, 1919.
  10. ↑ Obituary in Kansas City Star, April 16, 1951.
  11. ↑ Laughlin/Trimble Book page 30.
  12. ↑ Obituary in The Olathe Register, November 20, 1919.
  13. ↑ Laughlin/Trimble Book page Morton 1.
  14. ↑ Laughlin/Trimble Book page Descendants I.
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