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Children of Ann McKinney and "40 Acres" McLaughlin
7. John McLaughlin Sr. (1854-1934)

John McLaughlin, who years later became known as John McLaughlin Sr., was the seventh of eleven children of James "40 Acres" McLaughlin and his wife Ann McKinney.

John McLaughlin was a partner in the McLaughlin Brothers teasel firm. He also was mayor of Skaneateles in 1903. He and James McLaughlin Jr. and Dennis McLaughlin arranged for the installation of electrical power at the Glenside Woolen Mills in Skaneateles Falls. Dennis was the engineer in charge at Glenside. At the same time John McLaughlin arranged for installation of transmittal lines to supply electrical power to the village of Skaneateles, which led to the formation of the Skaneateles Municipal Power Company.

John McLaughlin and Elizabeth "Libby" Kerwin (1857-1939) were married December 11, 1878. They had two children, Frank J. McLaughlin and John J. McLaughlin Jr.:

1. Frank J. McLaughlin (1880-1960) m. Mabel Slattery (1884-1967)
Frank McLaughin grew up in Skaneateles, attended Skaneateles schools and with his brother, John, started in the teasel business in 1924 and became prominent in it. Though there were several teasel growers in Skaneateles, all of whom sooner or later went out of business here as machinery replaced the teasels, the McLaughlins were the last to go, adding their name to the industry which once flourished here and which lent a new significance to the name of Skaneateles as being one of the few places in the world where teasels were successfully grown as a commercial proposition. Finally, in 1954, the McLaughlins joined other teasel marketers who quit the business, finding no further market for their product.

But the teasel business was not Fred McLaughlin’s only business. In 1907, he and Leslie Barber operated a mail boat and passenger service on Skaneateles Lake. Their boat carried 50 passengers and plied between Skaneateles and the Glen Haven Hotel and sanitarium, a famous health resort of the time. McLaughlin and Barber operated the boat line until 1933.

Mabel Slattery McLaughlin was born in Auburn, but her family moved to Skaneateles when she was a toddler. For 27 years she was organist at St. Mary’s of the Lake Church. She also was a member of the Skaneateles Garden Club.

Frank and Mabel McLaughlin had four children:

1. Virginia E. McLaughlin (1910-1957) worked in the Treasury Department in Washington, DC.

2. Mabel McLaughlin (1912-2000) m. Dr. Paul Brandly (19??-1979). Born in Skaneateles, she was a graduate of Syracuse University and a retired Navy WAVE verteran who for several years lived in Washington, DC, where she was a medical librarian for the Veterans Administration. She and her husband, Dr. Paul Brandly also lived in The Bahamas and Kenya, Africa.

3. Gladys McLaughlin (1916-1967) m. Ernest Pitman (19??-1992). They had four children (listed below).

Marcellus Weekly Observer, November 30, 1967
Mrs. Gladys McLaughlin Pitman, of 91 Jordan St., Skaneateles, died Monday, Nov. 27, in Auburn Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

The daughter of Frank J. and Mabel Slattery McLaughlin, she was born in Skaneateles 52 years ago and was graduated from Skaneateles High School. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s of the Lake Church.

Surviving are her husband, Ernest L. Pitman; two sons, D. Christopher of Skaneateles and Eric J. Pitman of Syracuse; a daughter, Miss Monica S. Pitman of Skaneateles; a sister, Mrs. Paul Brandly of Abaco, Bahamas; a brother, Vincent F. McLaughlin of New York City; and two grandchildren.

Services were Thursday at the Bernie J. O’Neill & Son Funeral Home and in St. Mary’s of the Lake Church where a high Mass of requiem was celebrated. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Skaneateles.

Here is an unusual sports item; unusual because it involves a basketball game that resulted in a shutout:

Skaneateles Press, January 14, 1932
Gladys McLaughlin and Jane Powell scored ten points each to lead Skaneateles High School girls team to a 32-0 win over Elbridge.

 

David O. Pitman
Eric Pitman m. Janice Sumida
Christopher Pitman
Monica Slattery Pitman (1956- ) m. ?? Atkins

4. Vincent F. McLaughlin (1915- )

2. John J. McLaughlin Jr. (1882-1961) m. Twila Haynes (1891-1941). They had one son:

John Haynes McLaughlin (1920-2008) m. Patricia Scott. John Haynes McLaughlin was born in Cortland, NY, but grew up in Skaneateles and graduated from Skaneateles High School. He theh graduated from Central City Business School in Syracuse and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. After leaving the service, he attended Syracuse University and graduated from Fredonia State University. He earned his master’s degree from Syracuse and did further graduate work at Teachers College, Columbia University.

He taught in Fulton, NY, and then served as an assistant principal there. He was a principal in New City, NY, for more than 20 years. Later he taught at Hawthorne College in New Hampshire for 25 years. John and his wife, Patricia, also ran an antiques business.
Kathleen McLaughlin
Carolyn McLaughlin

 
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