+--Peter Laughlin 
      +--John Wilson Laughlin  (29 MAR 1772-17 JAN 1849)
      |  +--Sarah Wilson 
   +--Benjamin Franklin Laughlin  (4 MAR 1806-18 FEB 1888)
   |  |  +--William H. Forsythe 
   |  +--Violette Forsythe  (1775-)
   |     +--Elizabeth Johnson 
+--Dudley C. Laughlin  (APR 1850-)
|  |  +--John Robinson 
|  +--Sarah Robinson  (1 MAR 1809-18 OCT 1898)
|     +--Francis Jett  (1789-)
Edwin F. Laughlin  (1875-)
|        +--Roland Shepherd  (ABT 1776-)
|     +--Peter Hedrick Shepherd  (1 JAN 1800-11 NOV 1878)
|     |  +--Barbara Hedrick 
|  +--John Shepherd  (9 JUN 1825-16 JUL 1893)
|  |  |  +--John Purviance 
|  |  +--Nancy Ferguson Purviance  (1 AUG 1801-2 JUL 1886)
|  |     +--Elizabeth Lisenby 
+--Melissa Shepherd  (1852-)
   +--Susan Webb  (10 AUG 1825-13 MAR 1905)