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    David Saunders Laughlin

    David Saunders Laughlin

    Male 1814 - 1856  (42 years)

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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  David Saunders Laughlin was born on 26 Apr 1814 in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire (son of David Laughlin and Sarah Caroline Watkins); died on 05 Dec 1856 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried on 08 Dec 1856 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States.

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      • Census: 1856

      Notes:

      Cedar Fort - A Special History (Cedar Fort's Two Cemeteries) - Ronald S. Cook
      LAUGHLIN
      David Sanders Laughlin26 Apr 181505 Dec 1856 41OLD-24
      Parents:Sarah Caroline Watkins and David Laughlin
      Spouse:Mary Bell Clark
      Spouse:Julia Ann Bercier Rocker
      John (Jon) Alvin Sanders
      Laughlin04 Mar 185217 Jul 1863 11OLD-25
      Paarents:Julia Ann Bercier Rocker and David Sanders Laughlin
      Julia Ann Bercier Rocker Knapp
      Laughlin Cook19 May 182822 Jan 1891 6307-04-04
      Parents:Mary White and Francis Rocker
      Spouse:Martin Knapp
      Spouse:David Sanders Laughlin
      OLD-24NAME:David Sanders Laughlin (Lauchlin)
      BORN: 26 Apr 1815(16) Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire
      DIED:05 Dec 1856, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah
      PARENTS:Sarah Caroline Watkins and David Laughlin
      SPOUSE:Mary Clark (born April 1821 and died July 14, 1845 at Nauvoo, Illinois at the age of 24 years, 2 months, 3 days.
      SPOUSE:Julia Anne Bercier Rocker, Married 11 April 1849, Ohio City, Cuyahoga, Ohio
      CHILDREN:Jacob, Joseph, John Sanders, Julia Anne, Harriet

      REPORT OF DEATH: DIED: In Fort Cedar, Cedar Valley, December 5, 1856, DAVID S. LANKIN, aged 40 years, 7 months and 29 days.
      Elder Lankin embraced the gospel in Kirtland, Ohio; moved to Far West, Missouri, and suffered with the saints in their expulsion from there; cheerfully enlisted in the 'Mormon Battalion,' in obedience to the call; returned to winter Quarters in 1847; proceeded from there on a mission to Ohio, and moved with his family to these valleys in 1852.
      He lived respected and esteemed by those who knew him, and died in full hope of the reward awaiting the faithful. (Deseret News, December 31, 1856)

      Ancestry.com - Database: LDS Military Records, 1840-1847
      THE MORMON BATTALION
      NAME, RANK, RANK DATE, COMPANY, NOTES
      David S. Laughlin Private 16 JUL 46 D

      David married Julia Ann Bercier\Rocker on 11 Apr 1849 in Ohio City, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Julia (daughter of Francois\Franklin Bercier\Rocker and Amable\Mary LeBlanc\White) was born on 19 May 1828 in Saint-Anicet, Huntingdon, Québec, Canada; died on 22 Jan 1891 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried in Jan 1891 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

      Children:
      1. Joseph Laughlin, (Twin) was born on 02 Jan 1851 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; died on 02 Jan 1851 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
      2. Jacob Laughlin, (Twin) was born on 02 Jan 1851 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; died on 02 Jan 1851 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
      3. John Sanders Laughlin was born on 04 Mar 1852 in Iowa; died on 17 Jul 1863 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried in 1864 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States.
      4. Julia Ann Laughlin was born on 19 Sep 1853 in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah; died on 05 Nov 1913 in Gridley, Butte, California; was buried on 07 Nov 1913 in Gridley, Butte, California.
      5. Harriet Ann Laughlin was born on 3 Jul 1855 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 13 Apr 1893.

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  David Laughlin

      David married Sarah Caroline Watkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 3.  Sarah Caroline Watkins
      Children:
      1. 1. David Saunders Laughlin was born on 26 Apr 1814 in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire; died on 05 Dec 1856 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried on 08 Dec 1856 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States.