Pitt County, NC - Edward S. Laughinghouse Bible EDWARD S. LAUGHINGHOUSE BIBLE NOTE: There is a Marriage Contract on a page in the Bible that has most elegant artwork. Rachel Frances married first John M. Pridgen and she had no children. The original Bible is in the hand of the Kavitz family of Virginia. Mrs. Kavitz is a descendant of William Augustus Pugh and his wife Lydia Mewborn. A scanned copy was sent by Mark Mahler This Certifies That The Marriage Contract between Edward S. Laughinghouse of Pitt County, State of North Carolina and Rachel Francis Pridgen of Pitt County, State of North Carolina was duly solemnized by me at M. J. Laughinghouse's on this the 26 day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy. Witnesses Present S. W. Kennerly S. S. Rasberry Rector H. C. Parrot BIRTHS Edward Stoughton Laughinghouse, Son of William John Laaughinghouse (sic) and Ann his wife Was born the 14th day of February 1846. Rachel Francis, wife of Edward S. Laughinghouse, and daughter of Lewis Bryan Pugh, and Margaret Jane his wife, was born the 17th of January 1847. NOTE: There is another Birth Page and a Marriage Page with no entries. DEATHS Edward Stoughton Laughinghouse son of William John Laughinghouse and Ann his wife Died Dec. 26, 1908 Age 62 years Rachel Francis Laughinghouse, wife of Edward S. Laughinghouse, and daughter of Margaret Jane and Lewis Bryan Pugh died Feb. 28 - 1935. Age 89 years. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mark Mahler - laughnhouse@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________