Alma Louise Sylvester and Hugh Eugene Laughridge

HUGH EUGENE LAUGHRIDGE was born September 6, 1879 in Hicksville, Indiana,⁸⁸²⁹ and died December 12, 1957 in Green County, Wisconsin.⁸⁸²⁹ He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

He married ALMA LOUISE SYLVESTER on August 22, 1905 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois,⁸⁸²⁹ daughter of EMILY BELL KINNEY and MOSES WOOD SYLVESTER. She was born June 3, 1882 in Wisconsin,⁴⁵⁶ and died August 5, 1958 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Alma L. Sylvester)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Alma L. Sylvester)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Alma L. Sylvester)

Children of ALMA LOUISE SYLVESTER and HUGH EUGENE LAUGHRIDGE:

1. RACHEL EMMELINE LAUGHRIDGE, b. December 27, 1906;⁵⁶ m. TILMAN EDWARD NIPPLE on August 27, 1926 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin¹²²³⁵; d. July 6, 1970, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.^{5365, 456}
2. BLANCHE ANNA LAUGHRIDGE, b. May 7, 1908, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;⁸⁸³⁰ m. WALTER ANTONE MEYERS on March 22, 1928 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois⁸⁸³⁰; d. January 31, 1955, Brodhead, Rock, Wisconsin.⁸⁸³⁰
3. EMILY BELLE LAUGHRIDGE, b. May 27, 1909, Brodhead, Rock, Wisconsin;⁴⁵³² m. (1) FRANCIS JOHN MCGRATH on May 26, 1932 in St. Victor's Catholic Church, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin⁸⁸³⁴, m. (2) PAUL XAVIER MUELLER on February 8, 1968 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Argyle, Lafayette, Wisconsin^{456, 8834}; d. June 22, 1998, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin.^{4532, 8834}
4. FRANKLIN WENDELL LAUGHRIDGE, b. October 2, 1910, Green County, Wisconsin;⁴⁵⁶ d. January 12, 1922, Green County, Wisconsin;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Hillcrest Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
5. IVA L. LAUGHRIDGE, b. September 12, 1914, Cadiz, Green, Wisconsin;⁸⁸³¹ m. JOSEPH CYRIL BRIGGS on April 16, 1939 in Wisconsin⁸⁸³¹; d. October 8, 2005.⁸⁸³¹
6. LETHA MARIAN LAUGHRIDGE, b. February 11, 1916, Browntown, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁵³² m. CLARENCE L. ZWEIFEL on April 28, 1937 in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa^{7649, 12239}; d. July 31, 1989, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.^{4532, 8838}
7. DONALD ELMER LAUGHRIDGE, b. January 29, 1919, Albany, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁵³² m. MARGARET E. NIPPLE on March 3, 1951 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin⁸⁸³⁹; d. July 1, 2002.⁴⁵³²
8. RUBY LILY LAUGHRIDGE, b. January 29, 1920, Albany, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁵⁶ m. HERBERT JAMES BERNSTEIN on April 9, 1939 in Methodist Parsonage, Albany, Green, Wisconsin⁸⁸³²; d. July 8, 2009, Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
9. MOSES SYLVESTER LAUGHRIDGE, b. April 1, 1922, Albany, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁵³² d. June 20, 2002.⁴⁵³²
10. Son
11. GEORGE EUGENE LAUGHRIDGE, b. February 22, 1928, Albany Township, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁵³² m. CAROLINE MARIE BEMIS on February 14, 1948 in FootvilleChurch of Christ, Rock County, Wisconsin¹²²⁴³; d. April 4, 2006.⁴⁵³²

Work History

Marriage Announcements and News

Monroe Evening Times, August 17, 1955¹²²³⁸

Laughridge Couple To Hold Open House For 50th Anniversary

ALBANY (Times Special) — Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Laughridge will observe their golden wedding anniversary Sunday with an open house at their farm home, south of town, from 2 to 5 p. m.

Mrs. Herbert Bernstein, Evansville, will have charge of the guest book; Mrs. Tilman Nipple, Albany, will serve the cake and Mrs. Francis McGrath, Argyle, and Mrs. Clarence Zweiful, Brooklyn, will pour.

The former Alma Sylvester and Eugene Laughridge were married at the Freeport Methodist parsonage Aug. 22, 1905. They have lived in the town of Sylvester, near Browntown, Woodford and Brodhead and the past 39 years near Albany. Mr. Laughridge is a native of Ohio and came to Green County at the age of 21. Mrs. Laughridge was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses Sylvester, early settlers of Sylvester Township.

The Laughridges are the parents of 11 children, five sons and six daughters. A son, Franklin, died at the age of 11, and a daughter, Mrs. Blanche Meyer died last January. They have 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Obituaries

Janesville Daily Gazette, December 12, 1957⁸⁸²⁹

Eugene Laughridge

ALBANY—Eugene Laughridge, 78, died in his home a mile south of Albany at 11 o'clock this morning. He had been ill three weeks.

The son of William and Rachel Shambaugh Laughridge, he was born in Hicksville, Ind., Sept. 6, 1879. He came to Wisconsin in 1900 and was married to Alma Sylvester, town of Sylvester, Green County, Aug. 22, 1905, in Freeport. They lived in the Browntown area for a time and 41 years ago moved to the farm where he died.

Survivors are his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Tilman Nipple, Albany, Mrs. Francis McGrath, Argyle, Mrs. Cyrill Briggs and Mrs. Clarence Zweifel, Brooklyn, Mrs. Herbert Bernstein, Evansville; five sons, Donald and Ray, Albany, George, Edgerton, and Moses, Coloma, Calif. A daughter, Mrs. Walter Meyer, died in 1955 and a son, Franklin, in 1922.

Funeral arrangements are being made at the Sharer Funeral Home.

Capital Times, August 6, 1958⁸⁸³⁷

Mrs. Alma Laughridge

ALBANY — Mrs. Alma Laughridge, 78, widow of a retired farmer, died Monday at her farm home 2 miles south of Albany after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Sharer Funeral Home, Albany.

The former Alma Sylvester was the daughter of a pioneer Albany area family. Before her 1905 marriage to Eugene Laughridge, she taught for several years in rural area schools.

Her husband farmed and was a Green County road employe for 20 years. They observed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1955. Mr. Laughridge died in 1957.

Surviving Mrs. Laughridge are five daughters, Mrs. Tilman Nipple and Mrs. Cyril Briggs, both of Albany; Mrs.Clarence Zweifel, Brooklyn; Mrs. Francis McGrath, Argyle; and Mrs. Herbert Bernstein, Evansville.

Four sons, Donald and Ray, both of Albany; George, Edgerton; and Moses, Coloma, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Purinton, Monticello; and Mrs. John Tobler, Monmouth, Ore.; two brothers, Maurice, Shell Lake; and Walter, Brownsville, Tex.; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the funeral home until time of services.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 22, 19007153	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney Alma Louise Sylvester Katie Sylvester Eleanor Rust Sylvester Bertha Sylvester
May 13, 19107154	Cadiz, Green, Wisconsin	Hugh Eugene Laughridge Alma Louise Sylvester Rachel Emmeline Laughridge Blanche Anna Laughridge Emily Belle Laughridge
January 17, 19207155	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Hugh Eugene Laughridge Alma Louise Sylvester Rachel Emmeline Laughridge Blanche Anna Laughridge Emily Belle Laughridge Franklin Wendell Laughridge Iva L. Laughridge Letha Marian Laughridge Donald Elmer Laughridge
April 23, 19307715	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Hugh Eugene Laughridge Alma Louise Sylvester Emily Belle Laughridge Iva L. Laughridge Letha Marian Laughridge Donald Elmer Laughridge Ruby Lily Laughridge Moses Sylvester Laughridge Son George Eugene Laughridge
April 22, 19407715	Albany, Green, Wisconsin	Hugh Eugene Laughridge Alma Louise Sylvester Donald Elmer Laughridge Moses Sylvester Laughridge Son George Eugene Laughridge