Immigrated to Beardstown IL in 1851, where he married Isabella Campbell, who had come over on the same ship. They moved to Muskegon MI in 1863 where he was a merchant. He became City Clerk & read for the law. As an attorney, he became a civic leader, Register of Deeds and, for 15 years a member of the Board of Education. Muskegon has named a school & a street after him. His son, John Russel McLaughlin became a member of the U.S. Congress. Another son, Professor and Pulizer Prize-winning historian Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor MI.
Immigrated to Beardstown IL in 1851, where he married Isabella Campbell, who had come over on the same ship. They moved to Muskegon MI in 1863 where he was a merchant. He became City Clerk & read for the law. As an attorney, he became a civic leader, Register of Deeds and, for 15 years a member of the Board of Education. Muskegon has named a school & a street after him. His son, John Russel McLaughlin became a member of the U.S. Congress. Another son, Professor and Pulizer Prize-winning historian Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor MI.
