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I. N. LAUGHLIN, saddler, Elizabeth, is a son of Adam and Rebecca Laughlin, of Fayette county, Pa., where he (Adam) was born, and Rebecca was one of the “Jersey settlers” of that county. Adam was a shipbuilder, and was one of the first settlers of this borough. He was married in 1811, and in 1832 moved to Ohio, where he lived until 1868, and then moved to Iowa, where he spent the remainder of his life, and died Feb. 26, 1873. He joined the M. E. Church in 1827, and was a devout worker in the interests of religion. His widow survived himabout a year, and died in 1874. They reared a family of ten children, seven of whom are still living, namely: Sarah (Mrs. Israel Thompson), William, Susan (Mrs. John Davis), Rebecca A. (Mrs. John Moody), David F. and Adam, all living in Iowa, and our subject, who is the fourth son, and was born July 19, 1821, in this borough, where he has always resided. At an early age he learned the saddler’s trade, which he has since followed. In 1843 he was married to Mary, daughter of James and Jane Penny, of Versailles township, who died in 1848, leaving one child — Charles A., of Canton, Ohio. Mr. Laughlin next married, in 1851, Jane, daughter of William and Lydia Robinson, of Westmoreland county. They have two children — Eva (Mrs. George Weddell, of Elizabeth township), and Joseph A., who is now in Colorado. Mr. Laughlin has held many offices within the gift of the people of the borough, and has been an active worker in the cause of temperance, being a member of the Sons of Temperance. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Laughlin was a member of the Old Monongahela Lodge, No. 209, I. O. O. F.