John Wilson

John Wilson Laughlin was born in Ohio in 1837 and is credited as the author of Laughlin History Prepared for the Centennial Reunion, Held at Lore City, Ohio, Thursday, August 22, 1907. The book was published in Barnesville, Ohio, in 1907 and centers on the Laughlin family, making his work part genealogy, part local history.

Reliable catalog records identify him as "John Wilson Laughlin, 1837-," and later memorial records place his lifespan at 1837 to 1917. While not much biographical detail is easy to confirm from major literary sources, his surviving book suggests a strong interest in preserving family stories, names, and connections for future generations.

That makes Laughlin an appealing figure in the world of regional and family history writing: not a famous literary name, but a careful recorder of the past whose work was meant to keep memory alive within a community.