FIRST SETTLER IN HOOD RIVER

WILLIAM C. LAUGHLIN

He was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky,
December 27, 1814; married in Quincy, Ill., to Mary
Yeargain, April 8, 1840; died in The Dalles, Oregon,
September 7, 1864.

Photograph is courtesy of William Miltonberger

WIFE OF FIRST SETTLER IN HOOD RIVER

MRS. MARY YEARGAIN LAUGHLIN

Was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, January 28, 1818.
Died, January 17, 1898, at The Dalles, Oregon. Mr. and
Mrs. Laughlin had three children - Elizabeth, James and
B.F. Laughlin - all born in Scotland, Missouri. James was
drowned at Hood River in 1864; Elizabeth Lord and B.F.
Laughlin reside in The Dalles.

Photograph is courtesy of William Miltonberger