Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Laughlin, Lee 1833 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Laughlin, Lee. Son of Nancy and Thomas Laughlin, was born in Louden county,
Tennessee, January 28, 1833.   His father having a large family to support, four
boys and six girls, young Lee left home early in 1854 and arrived in California
on June 1st of the same year, having taken steamer by way of Cape Horn. He first
proceeded to Nevada and engaged in mining, but not being satisfied with that
section, he came to Russian river township in April, 1855. He was engaged in
various enterprises until 1858, when in March of that year he purchased a farm,
and was married on the 3d of May following to Mary A. Shinn. In 1862 he was
seized with the Salmon river excitement, over the stories of whose fabulous
wealth the whole country went wild, and with a company of four or five hundred
men he proceeded to that place, but met many disappointed men on their way back,
who reported the diggings a failure. After traveling over a great part of
Oregon, he returned to his family on Russian river. In 1865 he visited the home
of his childhood in Old Tennessee, from which he returned the following year. In
1873 he bought the place known as the old Hewlett farm, where he has since
resided. This farm comprises three hundred and seventy-five acres, and is one of
the best on Russian river. Mr. Laughlin is a large producer of corn and
potatoes, having also an extra good orchard and fine vineyard, with a
first-class press and apparatus for making wine. His family is composed of three
girls—Josie, Ella, and Cynthia—and four boys —Albert, Robert, Burton, and Ernest.

Additional Comments:
Russian River Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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