DEATH OF COL. LAUGHLIN. —Col. S. H. Laughlin, of Warren county, Tenn., died in Washington city, on the 5th inst., after a protracted illness. He was the founder and for some years editor of the Nashville Union, repeatedly represented his senatorial district in the Tennessee legislature, in which body he was a leading member of his party and was Recorder of the General Land office under Mr. Polk's administration. He was a man of many amiable social qualities, an able lawyer, a politician of shrewdness and untiring industry. —Nash. True Whig.
—The Athens Post (Athens, Tennessee), Friday, May 24, 1850, p. 2.
Samuel Hervey Laughlin was a diarist. His diary included significant details related to his ancestors and near relatives, providing invaluable and irreplaceable family history for descendants of the Laughlin, Duncan, and allied families. See A Diary of Public Events and Notices of My Life and Family . . .. A copy of his diaries which excludes the family history information may be purchased from Amazon at Diaries of S. H. Laughlin, of Tennessee, 1840, 1843. A brief biography of Samuel is included in James K. Polk: A Biographical Companion.
—The Athens Post (Athens, Tennessee), Friday, May 24, 1850, p. 2.
Samuel Hervey Laughlin was a diarist. His diary included significant details related to his ancestors and near relatives, providing invaluable and irreplaceable family history for descendants of the Laughlin, Duncan, and allied families. See A Diary of Public Events and Notices of My Life and Family . . .. A copy of his diaries which excludes the family history information may be purchased from Amazon at Diaries of S. H. Laughlin, of Tennessee, 1840, 1843. A brief biography of Samuel is included in James K. Polk: A Biographical Companion.
DEATH OF COL. LAUGHLIN. —Col. S. H. Laughlin, of Warren county, Tenn., died in Washington city, on the 5th inst., after a protracted illness. He was the founder and for some years editor of the Nashville Union, repeatedly represented his senatorial district in the Tennessee legislature, in which body he was a leading member of his party and was Recorder of the General Land office under Mr. Polk's administration. He was a man of many amiable social qualities, an able lawyer, a politician of shrewdness and untiring industry. —Nash. True Whig.
—The Athens Post (Athens, Tennessee), Friday, May 24, 1850, p. 2.
Samuel Hervey Laughlin was a diarist. His diary included significant details related to his ancestors and near relatives, providing invaluable and irreplaceable family history for descendants of the Laughlin, Duncan, and allied families. See A Diary of Public Events and Notices of My Life and Family . . .. A copy of his diaries which excludes the family history information may be purchased from Amazon at Diaries of S. H. Laughlin, of Tennessee, 1840, 1843. A brief biography of Samuel is included in James K. Polk: A Biographical Companion.
—The Athens Post (Athens, Tennessee), Friday, May 24, 1850, p. 2.
Samuel Hervey Laughlin was a diarist. His diary included significant details related to his ancestors and near relatives, providing invaluable and irreplaceable family history for descendants of the Laughlin, Duncan, and allied families. See A Diary of Public Events and Notices of My Life and Family . . .. A copy of his diaries which excludes the family history information may be purchased from Amazon at Diaries of S. H. Laughlin, of Tennessee, 1840, 1843. A brief biography of Samuel is included in James K. Polk: A Biographical Companion.
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