Samuel D. Laughlin
May 4, 1911; Oregonian, p 6
"Noted Pioneer is Dead"
Mitchell, Or., May 3

   Samuel D. Laughlin, a well known pioneer, died at the home of his son, E. R. Laughlin, near Mitchell, Wheeler County, Oregon, April 22, 1911.  He was born in Lincoln County, Missouri, May 13, 1835.  With his father's family, he crossed the plains with teams to Yamhill County, Oregon, in 1847.  In 1851 he went to the Yreka mines in California, but spent only a few months there.  When he returned to his home in Yamhill County, in January, 1856, he enlisted in Company C, under Captain Ankeny, and served in the Yakima Indian war.  He participated in many battles and hard marches and much scouting.  He was married to Miss Amanda Minter, a native of the State of Iowa, in Washington County, Oregon, in 1858.  She came to Oregon in 1852 and to them six children were born, four of whom are living:  E. B. and Ellis Laughlin, both leading stock-raisers of Wheeler County, and E. E. Laughlin, a wealthy stockman of Crook County, and Mrs. Nellie F. Steers, of Wasco County.  Mr. Laughlin took great interest in all matters pertaining to education.
 
 
May 6, 1911; Oregonian, p 10
   The death of Samuel D. Laughlin, a Yamhill County pioneer of 1847, at the home of his son, E. R. Laughlin, in Wheeler County, on April 22, recalls many gallant deeds of worthy citizens "in the brave days of old."  Mr. Laughlin was one of a company of volunteers enlisted under Captain Levi Ankeny and sent out against Captain Jack and his band, who menaced with extinction the settlers of the border in Oregon and Washington in 1855-56.  His valor as scout and upon the battlefield was often proven, as were also his sterling qualities as a citizen in times of peace.  His life record of more than three quarters of a century is without stain of public or private neglect of duty.