The following written work is a biographical sketch written by Silver Rose Parnell, who loans it to findagrave.com for limited personal use of its members. It is copyrighted and may not be used elsewhere for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of the author.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
John W. McLaughlin, my 3rd great grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania in 1823 and was, according to family history, of Irish extraction. At this point, we know little of his ancestry.
On October 13, 1848, he married my 3rd great grandmother, Frances Ann Riddle.
NEW INFORMATION: Frances was purported to be the daughter of John and Mary Ann "Polly" (Hightower) Riddle but, through DNA evidence, it has been discovered that she was not related to either the Riddles or the Hightowers from whom she supposedly descended. It is possible she was an emancipated slave or an adopted child. Research is now being conducted. (I have discovered North African ancestry, which may have come from this ancestor, my 3rd great grandmother.)
She was only 15 at the time of her marriage, and permission had to be obtained from her father, who was also a Pennsylvania man. John was 10 years older than his new bride, and I suppose the bride's father assumed that he would be able to care for her.
In 1850 we learn from the Brown County Illinois census records that John is a cabinet maker, a fine profession for a Pennsylvania man.
In 1853, their first child, Mary Frances, is born. Originally, the story was that she lived but one year, but a gravestone has been found for her that indicates she lived 9 years. In 1854, daughter Henrietta is born, and she is the only child of theirs that lives to maturity because John volunteers in the Civil War very early, and he is also killed quite early, in the battle at Fort Donelson in Stewart County, Tennessee.
There are many unknown soldiers buried at the Fort Donelson cemetery that was first established in 1863 to handle the large number of men who had died on that ground. It was a huried burial and cleanup of the battlefield, coming so early in the war between the states.
According to the official website for Fort Donelson: In about 1867, "670 Union soldiers were reinterred here. These soldiers (which included 512 unknowns) had been buried on the battlefield, in local cemeteries, in hospital cemeteries, and in nearby towns. These totals include five known and nine unknown soldiers from the United States Colored Troops. The high percentage of unknown soldiers can be attributed to the haste in cleaning up the battlefield and the fact that civil war soldiers did not carry government-issued identification." SEE: http://www.nps.gov/fodo/planyourvisit/fortdonelsonnationalcemetery.htm
Although family history claims that John joined the Confederate side, research indicates otherwise. His Civil War record, as far as I have been able to research, is as follows:
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
PRIVATE
COMPANY I
20TH IL US INF
JOINED APRIL 22, 1861
JOINED AT MIDDLEPORT IL
JOINED BY CPT WALSER
MUSTERED IN JUN 13, 1861 AT JOLIET, IL
KILLED IN ACTION AT FORT DONELSON TENN, FEB 15, 1862
After his death, John's wife travelled to California with her brother and shortly remarried. Their daughter, Henrietta McLaughlin, married prominent California pioneer and jurist, John Whitcomb Pierpont Laird and had three children by him.
Descendants of John W. McLaughlin people several of the western states and are numerous.
Biography Copyright (c) 2010,
Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
Written permission required to use copyrighted material for any purpose.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
John W. McLaughlin, my 3rd great grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania in 1823 and was, according to family history, of Irish extraction. At this point, we know little of his ancestry.
On October 13, 1848, he married my 3rd great grandmother, Frances Ann Riddle.
NEW INFORMATION: Frances was purported to be the daughter of John and Mary Ann "Polly" (Hightower) Riddle but, through DNA evidence, it has been discovered that she was not related to either the Riddles or the Hightowers from whom she supposedly descended. It is possible she was an emancipated slave or an adopted child. Research is now being conducted. (I have discovered North African ancestry, which may have come from this ancestor, my 3rd great grandmother.)
She was only 15 at the time of her marriage, and permission had to be obtained from her father, who was also a Pennsylvania man. John was 10 years older than his new bride, and I suppose the bride's father assumed that he would be able to care for her.
In 1850 we learn from the Brown County Illinois census records that John is a cabinet maker, a fine profession for a Pennsylvania man.
In 1853, their first child, Mary Frances, is born. Originally, the story was that she lived but one year, but a gravestone has been found for her that indicates she lived 9 years. In 1854, daughter Henrietta is born, and she is the only child of theirs that lives to maturity because John volunteers in the Civil War very early, and he is also killed quite early, in the battle at Fort Donelson in Stewart County, Tennessee.
There are many unknown soldiers buried at the Fort Donelson cemetery that was first established in 1863 to handle the large number of men who had died on that ground. It was a huried burial and cleanup of the battlefield, coming so early in the war between the states.
According to the official website for Fort Donelson: In about 1867, "670 Union soldiers were reinterred here. These soldiers (which included 512 unknowns) had been buried on the battlefield, in local cemeteries, in hospital cemeteries, and in nearby towns. These totals include five known and nine unknown soldiers from the United States Colored Troops. The high percentage of unknown soldiers can be attributed to the haste in cleaning up the battlefield and the fact that civil war soldiers did not carry government-issued identification." SEE: http://www.nps.gov/fodo/planyourvisit/fortdonelsonnationalcemetery.htm
Although family history claims that John joined the Confederate side, research indicates otherwise. His Civil War record, as far as I have been able to research, is as follows:
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
PRIVATE
COMPANY I
20TH IL US INF
JOINED APRIL 22, 1861
JOINED AT MIDDLEPORT IL
JOINED BY CPT WALSER
MUSTERED IN JUN 13, 1861 AT JOLIET, IL
KILLED IN ACTION AT FORT DONELSON TENN, FEB 15, 1862
After his death, John's wife travelled to California with her brother and shortly remarried. Their daughter, Henrietta McLaughlin, married prominent California pioneer and jurist, John Whitcomb Pierpont Laird and had three children by him.
Descendants of John W. McLaughlin people several of the western states and are numerous.
Biography Copyright (c) 2010,
Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
Written permission required to use copyrighted material for any purpose.
The following written work is a biographical sketch written by Silver Rose Parnell, who loans it to findagrave.com for limited personal use of its members. It is copyrighted and may not be used elsewhere for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of the author.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
John W. McLaughlin, my 3rd great grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania in 1823 and was, according to family history, of Irish extraction. At this point, we know little of his ancestry.
On October 13, 1848, he married my 3rd great grandmother, Frances Ann Riddle.
NEW INFORMATION: Frances was purported to be the daughter of John and Mary Ann "Polly" (Hightower) Riddle but, through DNA evidence, it has been discovered that she was not related to either the Riddles or the Hightowers from whom she supposedly descended. It is possible she was an emancipated slave or an adopted child. Research is now being conducted. (I have discovered North African ancestry, which may have come from this ancestor, my 3rd great grandmother.)
She was only 15 at the time of her marriage, and permission had to be obtained from her father, who was also a Pennsylvania man. John was 10 years older than his new bride, and I suppose the bride's father assumed that he would be able to care for her.
In 1850 we learn from the Brown County Illinois census records that John is a cabinet maker, a fine profession for a Pennsylvania man.
In 1853, their first child, Mary Frances, is born. Originally, the story was that she lived but one year, but a gravestone has been found for her that indicates she lived 9 years. In 1854, daughter Henrietta is born, and she is the only child of theirs that lives to maturity because John volunteers in the Civil War very early, and he is also killed quite early, in the battle at Fort Donelson in Stewart County, Tennessee.
There are many unknown soldiers buried at the Fort Donelson cemetery that was first established in 1863 to handle the large number of men who had died on that ground. It was a huried burial and cleanup of the battlefield, coming so early in the war between the states.
According to the official website for Fort Donelson: In about 1867, "670 Union soldiers were reinterred here. These soldiers (which included 512 unknowns) had been buried on the battlefield, in local cemeteries, in hospital cemeteries, and in nearby towns. These totals include five known and nine unknown soldiers from the United States Colored Troops. The high percentage of unknown soldiers can be attributed to the haste in cleaning up the battlefield and the fact that civil war soldiers did not carry government-issued identification." SEE: http://www.nps.gov/fodo/planyourvisit/fortdonelsonnationalcemetery.htm
Although family history claims that John joined the Confederate side, research indicates otherwise. His Civil War record, as far as I have been able to research, is as follows:
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
PRIVATE
COMPANY I
20TH IL US INF
JOINED APRIL 22, 1861
JOINED AT MIDDLEPORT IL
JOINED BY CPT WALSER
MUSTERED IN JUN 13, 1861 AT JOLIET, IL
KILLED IN ACTION AT FORT DONELSON TENN, FEB 15, 1862
After his death, John's wife travelled to California with her brother and shortly remarried. Their daughter, Henrietta McLaughlin, married prominent California pioneer and jurist, John Whitcomb Pierpont Laird and had three children by him.
Descendants of John W. McLaughlin people several of the western states and are numerous.
Biography Copyright (c) 2010,
Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
Written permission required to use copyrighted material for any purpose.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
John W. McLaughlin, my 3rd great grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania in 1823 and was, according to family history, of Irish extraction. At this point, we know little of his ancestry.
On October 13, 1848, he married my 3rd great grandmother, Frances Ann Riddle.
NEW INFORMATION: Frances was purported to be the daughter of John and Mary Ann "Polly" (Hightower) Riddle but, through DNA evidence, it has been discovered that she was not related to either the Riddles or the Hightowers from whom she supposedly descended. It is possible she was an emancipated slave or an adopted child. Research is now being conducted. (I have discovered North African ancestry, which may have come from this ancestor, my 3rd great grandmother.)
She was only 15 at the time of her marriage, and permission had to be obtained from her father, who was also a Pennsylvania man. John was 10 years older than his new bride, and I suppose the bride's father assumed that he would be able to care for her.
In 1850 we learn from the Brown County Illinois census records that John is a cabinet maker, a fine profession for a Pennsylvania man.
In 1853, their first child, Mary Frances, is born. Originally, the story was that she lived but one year, but a gravestone has been found for her that indicates she lived 9 years. In 1854, daughter Henrietta is born, and she is the only child of theirs that lives to maturity because John volunteers in the Civil War very early, and he is also killed quite early, in the battle at Fort Donelson in Stewart County, Tennessee.
There are many unknown soldiers buried at the Fort Donelson cemetery that was first established in 1863 to handle the large number of men who had died on that ground. It was a huried burial and cleanup of the battlefield, coming so early in the war between the states.
According to the official website for Fort Donelson: In about 1867, "670 Union soldiers were reinterred here. These soldiers (which included 512 unknowns) had been buried on the battlefield, in local cemeteries, in hospital cemeteries, and in nearby towns. These totals include five known and nine unknown soldiers from the United States Colored Troops. The high percentage of unknown soldiers can be attributed to the haste in cleaning up the battlefield and the fact that civil war soldiers did not carry government-issued identification." SEE: http://www.nps.gov/fodo/planyourvisit/fortdonelsonnationalcemetery.htm
Although family history claims that John joined the Confederate side, research indicates otherwise. His Civil War record, as far as I have been able to research, is as follows:
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
PRIVATE
COMPANY I
20TH IL US INF
JOINED APRIL 22, 1861
JOINED AT MIDDLEPORT IL
JOINED BY CPT WALSER
MUSTERED IN JUN 13, 1861 AT JOLIET, IL
KILLED IN ACTION AT FORT DONELSON TENN, FEB 15, 1862
After his death, John's wife travelled to California with her brother and shortly remarried. Their daughter, Henrietta McLaughlin, married prominent California pioneer and jurist, John Whitcomb Pierpont Laird and had three children by him.
Descendants of John W. McLaughlin people several of the western states and are numerous.
Biography Copyright (c) 2010,
Silver Rose Parnell
All rights reserved.
Written permission required to use copyrighted material for any purpose.
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