Linden Laughlin

    Linden Laughlin is a native of Owen County, Indiana, was born May 9, 1832, and is directly descended from William and Nancy (Mackindley) Laughlin, natives respectively of Tennessee and Indiana, and of Irish extraction. They were parents of four children, namely: Mary J., John, Matilda and Lincoln.

    The subject of this sketch, Linden Laughlin, married, January 11, 1856, in this county, Miss Mary, daughter of William and Sarah Sraver, and a native of this county, born October 25, 1835. This union was endeared and cemented by the blessing of two children -Francis M. and Margaret J., both of whom are deceased. Mr. Laughlin is a well-known and much respected citizen.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.