William McLAUGHLIN

  General Notes:

Tintype: This original tintype provides the likeness of William McLaughlin, 1845-1911, standing between two seated, unidentified friends. The tintype measures only 1 1/2 inches by 1 3/4 inches so is greatly enlarged here.

Original tintype owned by DeeAnna Allum Granston

(This is a repaired version -- its flaws erased -- of the image that originally appeared in this online file.)



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DeeAnna Allum Granston, McLaughlin researcher, 1964-Present



1845 BIRTH of William McLaughlin

1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Point Township (September 13) ("William," age 4, is with his parents) ("Laughlin" in some census indexes)

1860 CENSUS, Iowa, DesMoines County, Franklin Township, P. O. Dodgeville (July 12) ("William," age 14, is with his parents)

1870 CENSUS. Where?

1876 MARRIAGE of William McLaughlin and Mary Ann Counihan on June 8 at St. Joseph Church, Escanaba, Michigan by Father Langer; witnesses were Peter Caton and Mary Deneen, both of Escanaba, Michigan

1878 MOVE from Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan to Des Moines County, Iowa

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township, Dodgeville (June 14) ("William," age 33, "Laborer") (wife "Mary," age 23) (This census incorrectly provides William's location of birth as Pennsylvania) (Two daughters, "Elisabeth," age 3, and "Annie," age 1, are in the household) ("Mc Lauthlin" in census)

1881 DEATH of mother, Elizabeth (McDonald) McLaughlin

1895 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Franklin Township (no date) ("William," age 49, born in "Ireland) ("Mary A.," age 41, born in "Chicago, Illinois")

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township (June 28) ("Wm. Mc Laughlin," age 53, "Day laborer") (wife "Mary," age 44) (Mary is shown as the mother of 11 children, 10 children living in the year 1900, and she and William had been married 24 years) [son Walter Edwin McLaughlin died in February, 1900] (children in the residence are "Lizzie," age 23; "Nellie," age 13; "Agnes," age 11; "Rosa," age 7; and "Joseph," age 2)

1903 DEATH of father, Charles McLaughlin

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Franklin Township, P. O. Sperry (no date) ("Wm. McLaughlin" and "Mary McLaughlin") (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census) (children documented in the residence are "Lizzie," "James," "John," "Wm., Jr.," "Nellie," "Rosa," and "Joseph")

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Franklin Township (May 5) ("William," age 63, "Odd Jobs") (wife "Mary A.," age 53) (Mary is documented as the mother of 11 children, 9 children living in the year 1910; she and William had been married 33 years) [son Walter Edwin McLaughlin died in February, 1900, and son Francis McLaughlin died in October, 1901] (two children are in the residence, "William T.," age 24, and "Joseph C.," age 11)

1911 DEATH of William McLaughlin, at exactly 66 years (born October 31, 1845, died October 31, 1911)

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1915 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Mediapolis Township, P. O. Mediapolis (no date) ("Mary A.," age 60, widow, born in Illinois, resident of Iowa 37 years, completed 9 years of common school education, can read and write, church affiliation, "Catholic," father born in Ireland, mother born in Ireland)

1920 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Burlington Township, Burlington (January 3, 5, 6 & 7) ("Mary A.," age 62, widow, with son "John B.," age 38, "Laborer, Railroad," in her household, along with two lodgers)

1925 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Des Moines County, Burlington (January 1) ("Mary A.," age 69, widow) (in Mary's household is her son "John B.," age 43)

1930 CENSUS, Iowa, Des Moines County, Burlington Township, Burlington (April 3) ("Mary A.," age 72, widow, is head of her own household; in her household are son "John B.," age 48; son "William T.," age 45; daughter "Lucille A.," age 39; son "Joseph C.," age 32) ("McLoughlin" in some census indexes)

1941 DEATH of wife, Mary Ann (Counihan) McLaughlin, at 83 years 7 months 18 days




SIGNATURES (William and Mary Ann): From military record; Mary Ann, however, used an "x"

DESCRIPTION (William): 5' 8 " tall, light complexion, auburn hair, blue eyes (Civil War pension file)

MILITARY SERVICE: Civil War, Corporal, Company G, 39th Regiment, IOWA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS; served from August 22, 1862 to June 5, 1865. Note: Taken prisoner of war December 29, 1862, released - exchanged in 1863; Note: William McLaughlin was severely wounded in an arm at Allatoona, Georgia on October 5, 1864 and was returned to Keokuk, Iowa where he was in a hospital until the war was over (See "FROM PUBLICATION" below for description of that battle); Note: WILLIAM was just 16 YEARS OLD when he enlisted in the Civil War in August 1862 (he became 17 in October 1862)

LOCATIONS (William): Ireland; Flat Rock, Wayne County, Michigan (about 1876); Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan; Dodgeville, DesMoines County, Iowa (beginning 1878-1879); and Sperry, DesMoines County, Iowa

CHURCH AFFILIATION: Catholic

SOME DOCUMENTS:
Military Pension Record at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., is No. XC26848860 (10 pages)
Certificate of Death from State of Iowa for William McLaughlin (1845-1911)
Certificate of Death from State of Iowa for Mary Ann (Counihan) McLaughlin signed by her daughter, "Agnes McLaughlin"

FROM PUBLICATION:
HISTORICAL TIMES ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CIVIL WAR, Patricia Faust, Editor, Copyright 1986, page 7, as follows:
Allatoona, Ga., eng. at 5 Oct. 1864--In late Sept. 1864, a month after the fall of Atlanta, Confederate Gen. JOHN B. HOOD crossed the Chattahoochee River and marched north to threaten the Western &Atlantic, the railroad that supplied Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN's Federal forces in the captured city. Hood hoped to lure Sherman north, to fight on ground more favorable to the Confederates.
2-6 Oct.--Hood's army struck at the railroad between the Chattahoochee and Etowah rivers, capturing small garrisons and damaging the track. Allatoona Pass, where the railroad pierced the hills south of the Etowah and served a Federal supply base, quickly became the focus. Sherman, by signal flag, ordered Brig. Gen. JOHN M. CORSE from Rome, Ga., to reinforce the 900 men who garrisoned the post; Corse reached Allatoona with about 1,100 men early 5 Oct.
That morning Maj. Gen. SAMUEL G. FRENCH, whose division had been sent by Hood to capture Allatoona, examined the position and decided to attack from the west and north. After Corse refused a demand to surrender, the Confederates assaulted. In several hours of vicious fighting, the Southerners often came close to breaking through the Federal positions, but always the Northerners rallied and held. By early afternoon French concluded that he could not take the position and drew off to rejoin Hood. Federal casualties in the battle were reported at 706; French reported a loss of about 800.
The battle gave rise to several legends, the most famous of which concerned a Federal message sent over the Confederates by signal flag, from Sherman to Corse. This message was quoted by journalists as "Hold the fort; I am coming," and in that form became the basis for the 19th-century revival hymn "Hold the Fort."

PHOTOGRAPHS:
William McLaughlin as a young man with two unidentified friends (original tin-type)
Mary Ann (Counihan) McLaughlin with her daughters, Agnes McLaughlin and Ellen Nelle (McLaughlin) Covert
House that had been occupied by Mary Ann (Counihan) McLaughlin in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
Gravestone at St. Mary's Cemetery, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa inscribed as follows:

McLAUGHLIN
WILLIAM
OCT. 31, 1846 - OCT. 31, 1911
CO. G, 39TH REG. IA. INF. VOLS.

MARY ANN
MAY 5, 1858 - DEC. 26, 1941
MISCELLANEOUS:

MEMORABILIA:
Original Funeral - Prayer cards for William McLaughlin, 1845-1911

William married Mary Ann COUNIHAN, daughter of Patrick COUNIHAN and Deborah BURKE, on June 8, 1876 in Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan. (Mary Ann COUNIHAN was born on May 5, 1856 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, died on December 26, 1941 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa and was buried on December 29, 1941 in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa.)