Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-12
EARLY SETTLER
is DEAD IN WEST
Charles A. Mclaughlin, Who
Came Here in 1850, Passes
in Los Angeles.
PIONEER IN RAILROAD WORK
Organized Company in Civil War
Life ali Active One-BuriaI in
California.

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A telegram was received yesterday
afternoon by Cyrus D. Mclaughlin of
Milan, telling of the sudden death of
/ his uncle, Charles A. Mclaughlin, at
Los Angeles, Calf No particulars re-
/ garding his death were conveyed in
the message. The last letter from Mr.
Mclaughlin to relatives here was re
Ceived May %
Charles A. Mclaughlin was born in
Blairsville, Indiana county, Pa, Feb. 81,
1888. He received a common school
education in his home town. When he
was IA years of age he made his first
journey from home, travelling across
-he Allegheny mountains on horseback
and located in Center county Penusyl-
yania. He made his home with his
brother. Randall Mclaughlin and while
! there learned the trade of a cabinet
maker. In the spring of 1850, together
with his fathers and brothers families
he came west and settled in Rock Is
land. In the fall of the same year he
changed his residence to Moline, where
he was employed at the Dimock &c
/ Gould factory. In the fall of 1856 he
was appointed deputy circuit clerk,
and soon finding that the office work
was too combining, accepted a position
a. deputy sheriff. In the fall of 1862
he was elected sheriff of Rock Island
and held this position during the civil
war.
Organized I'm
At the time of the first call for troops
for the war he was absent from the
city, but Immediately upon his return
organized a company and then offered /.
his services to his country through .
the governor of the state. The offer /.
was rejected. however, and so the com f.
bany was disbanded However, the I.
company acted as a guard of the city, f.
and SO rendered some service for
their country.
Early Railroad Man.
In the spring of 1866 Mr.. McLaugh- /.
In entered the service of the Western
Union Railroad Co as agent at the To- /.
cal Office. Four years later he became
an employee of the Rockford Rock
Island & St. Louis road. and aided in
Beardstown to Rock Island Later he /
cn'ered the employ of other roads and
f)r some time was absent from Rock
Island
Mr.. Mclaughlin was married to Miss |
Sarah Lngle Berry of Davenport, Sept |
%. 1866. Mrs Mclaughlin died rouI |
Esars later In 1875 he was married 10 !
Mrs Harriet CrandaI of Galesburg. In I
1899 the family moved to Los Angeles I
and Mr. Mclaughlin has made his .
home there since that time. He is .
s1rvived by four children. L. Paul Nc
I1s,ushlin and Mrs. J. J. TunneCliff OF .
GaIesburg: Walter Bruce Mclaughlin .
and Mrs R. Booth of Los Angeles and .
two step children. Miss Marian Gran .
dell and George \. Crandall OF Los .
Angeles
Nj Mclaughlin was the last of his .
family. His only brother and his five .
sisters all lived in this city for many
years.
The remains will be inferred at Los
Angeles.
Mrs. }. \. PnuIcy.
Mrs. J. \. Pauiey. 1876 Fifth avenue.
Moline. passed away last evening at
7:3u at the Moline city hospital after
having an operation for gail stones and .
other complications. Her illness dates
back to May 80 wnen she was suddenly
;aleu seriously i'll.
Deceased was born in New Jersey,
Arrii 80. 1880. She came west TO Hi
nois with her parents and settled in
FL Paso. H. Later she removed to
Lawrence. Kan. She was united in
marriage at Lawrence, Kan. to J. 4.
Pmgley September %. 1883. of which
union one son was born, Archer DeIOss
who is al home. Nh and Mrs. Pauley
came to Moline in 1892 and had made
their home there ever since. She join
ed the Methodist Episcopal chUTcn in
her childhood. Upon coming TO Moline
size joined the first Methodist church
of that city under the pastOrate of
Rev a. NJ Stocking She was one of
the four who organized the Sunday
school that developed into the Spencer
Memorial church of this CITY and uDOu