A will in the name of Henry Harrison Laughlin was filed in Taney County Probate Court January 4, 1887, indicating Henry's recent death. The administrator of the estate named in the will, hand written in 1881, was Calvin Casey, Henry's wife's nephew. The document not only directed the property he owned along Beaver Creek be bequeathed to his wife, Sarah, but also stipulated he be buried in the Casey Cemetery where many of his wife's relatives were interred.
Henry Laughlin was in Taney County by 1840, arriving in the first wave of pioneers out of trans-Appalachia. He was part of an extended family, including his father, William, and a brother, James Madison "Mat," who homesteaded near the White River on the west side of Beaver Creek south of today's Beaver Creek Recreation Use Area at Old Kissee Mills.
Just south of the farm was a very tall and majestic gray bluff atop which sheep were grazed. It was also the location of several encounters with packs of wild wolves that roamed Taney County in profusion during that time.
Henry married Rachel Reed January 14, 1838 in Ripley County just prior to arriving in Taney County. The Laughlins became prosperous stock owners by the time the Civil War began.
Like most Taney Countians, the war decimated the fortunes of Henry, his family and that of his brother. In a manuscript published in the Harrison, Arkansas Times and later republished in the Taney County Republican (May 11, 1905), the writer S.C. Turnbo recounted how Rachel Laughlin was shot during the war years by bushwackers after she killed one of the marauders with a chopping ax who had obviously intended to murder her husband. Mrs. Laughlin lingered for several hours before dying. The couple had three children: William Henry, Clifford, & Mary Phoebe Ann.
Henry enlisted with the Taney County Militia and served six months in the post war military government until elections were organized in the fall of 1865 in which he was elected Associate Judge of the Taney County Court for one term. Following his first wife's death, Henry married Sarah, the daughter of Levi and Mary Polly (Haggard) Casey, and the couple had four children: John, Rachel Ida, Belvritta and James.
Tragedy again struck the extended Laughlin family in 1877 when Henry's brother, James and wife, Lucy, and 16 year old son, Thomas Jefferson, died within a five week period. Within four months, Henry's nephew and namesake, Henry Alexander, another son of James and Lucy, died at the age of 19. Descendants say an oral tradition in the family indicates the three earlier deaths were the result of influenza.
Henry's wife outlived him nearly 30 years and it is assumed she was buried beside her husband. Their graves are not marked.
Henry Laughlin was in Taney County by 1840, arriving in the first wave of pioneers out of trans-Appalachia. He was part of an extended family, including his father, William, and a brother, James Madison "Mat," who homesteaded near the White River on the west side of Beaver Creek south of today's Beaver Creek Recreation Use Area at Old Kissee Mills.
Just south of the farm was a very tall and majestic gray bluff atop which sheep were grazed. It was also the location of several encounters with packs of wild wolves that roamed Taney County in profusion during that time.
Henry married Rachel Reed January 14, 1838 in Ripley County just prior to arriving in Taney County. The Laughlins became prosperous stock owners by the time the Civil War began.
Like most Taney Countians, the war decimated the fortunes of Henry, his family and that of his brother. In a manuscript published in the Harrison, Arkansas Times and later republished in the Taney County Republican (May 11, 1905), the writer S.C. Turnbo recounted how Rachel Laughlin was shot during the war years by bushwackers after she killed one of the marauders with a chopping ax who had obviously intended to murder her husband. Mrs. Laughlin lingered for several hours before dying. The couple had three children: William Henry, Clifford, & Mary Phoebe Ann.
Henry enlisted with the Taney County Militia and served six months in the post war military government until elections were organized in the fall of 1865 in which he was elected Associate Judge of the Taney County Court for one term. Following his first wife's death, Henry married Sarah, the daughter of Levi and Mary Polly (Haggard) Casey, and the couple had four children: John, Rachel Ida, Belvritta and James.
Tragedy again struck the extended Laughlin family in 1877 when Henry's brother, James and wife, Lucy, and 16 year old son, Thomas Jefferson, died within a five week period. Within four months, Henry's nephew and namesake, Henry Alexander, another son of James and Lucy, died at the age of 19. Descendants say an oral tradition in the family indicates the three earlier deaths were the result of influenza.
Henry's wife outlived him nearly 30 years and it is assumed she was buried beside her husband. Their graves are not marked.
A will in the name of Henry Harrison Laughlin was filed in Taney County Probate Court January 4, 1887, indicating Henry's recent death. The administrator of the estate named in the will, hand written in 1881, was Calvin Casey, Henry's wife's nephew. The document not only directed the property he owned along Beaver Creek be bequeathed to his wife, Sarah, but also stipulated he be buried in the Casey Cemetery where many of his wife's relatives were interred.
Henry Laughlin was in Taney County by 1840, arriving in the first wave of pioneers out of trans-Appalachia. He was part of an extended family, including his father, William, and a brother, James Madison "Mat," who homesteaded near the White River on the west side of Beaver Creek south of today's Beaver Creek Recreation Use Area at Old Kissee Mills.
Just south of the farm was a very tall and majestic gray bluff atop which sheep were grazed. It was also the location of several encounters with packs of wild wolves that roamed Taney County in profusion during that time.
Henry married Rachel Reed January 14, 1838 in Ripley County just prior to arriving in Taney County. The Laughlins became prosperous stock owners by the time the Civil War began.
Like most Taney Countians, the war decimated the fortunes of Henry, his family and that of his brother. In a manuscript published in the Harrison, Arkansas Times and later republished in the Taney County Republican (May 11, 1905), the writer S.C. Turnbo recounted how Rachel Laughlin was shot during the war years by bushwackers after she killed one of the marauders with a chopping ax who had obviously intended to murder her husband. Mrs. Laughlin lingered for several hours before dying. The couple had three children: William Henry, Clifford, & Mary Phoebe Ann.
Henry enlisted with the Taney County Militia and served six months in the post war military government until elections were organized in the fall of 1865 in which he was elected Associate Judge of the Taney County Court for one term. Following his first wife's death, Henry married Sarah, the daughter of Levi and Mary Polly (Haggard) Casey, and the couple had four children: John, Rachel Ida, Belvritta and James.
Tragedy again struck the extended Laughlin family in 1877 when Henry's brother, James and wife, Lucy, and 16 year old son, Thomas Jefferson, died within a five week period. Within four months, Henry's nephew and namesake, Henry Alexander, another son of James and Lucy, died at the age of 19. Descendants say an oral tradition in the family indicates the three earlier deaths were the result of influenza.
Henry's wife outlived him nearly 30 years and it is assumed she was buried beside her husband. Their graves are not marked.
Henry Laughlin was in Taney County by 1840, arriving in the first wave of pioneers out of trans-Appalachia. He was part of an extended family, including his father, William, and a brother, James Madison "Mat," who homesteaded near the White River on the west side of Beaver Creek south of today's Beaver Creek Recreation Use Area at Old Kissee Mills.
Just south of the farm was a very tall and majestic gray bluff atop which sheep were grazed. It was also the location of several encounters with packs of wild wolves that roamed Taney County in profusion during that time.
Henry married Rachel Reed January 14, 1838 in Ripley County just prior to arriving in Taney County. The Laughlins became prosperous stock owners by the time the Civil War began.
Like most Taney Countians, the war decimated the fortunes of Henry, his family and that of his brother. In a manuscript published in the Harrison, Arkansas Times and later republished in the Taney County Republican (May 11, 1905), the writer S.C. Turnbo recounted how Rachel Laughlin was shot during the war years by bushwackers after she killed one of the marauders with a chopping ax who had obviously intended to murder her husband. Mrs. Laughlin lingered for several hours before dying. The couple had three children: William Henry, Clifford, & Mary Phoebe Ann.
Henry enlisted with the Taney County Militia and served six months in the post war military government until elections were organized in the fall of 1865 in which he was elected Associate Judge of the Taney County Court for one term. Following his first wife's death, Henry married Sarah, the daughter of Levi and Mary Polly (Haggard) Casey, and the couple had four children: John, Rachel Ida, Belvritta and James.
Tragedy again struck the extended Laughlin family in 1877 when Henry's brother, James and wife, Lucy, and 16 year old son, Thomas Jefferson, died within a five week period. Within four months, Henry's nephew and namesake, Henry Alexander, another son of James and Lucy, died at the age of 19. Descendants say an oral tradition in the family indicates the three earlier deaths were the result of influenza.
Henry's wife outlived him nearly 30 years and it is assumed she was buried beside her husband. Their graves are not marked.
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