Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Ironton:

Roger Laughney, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Reedsburg; son of Patrick and Ann (Darcy) Laughney; was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in February, 1802. Was married, in 1837, to Mary Moore; Mrs. Laughney died one and a half years after her marriage; in 1840, Mr. L. was married to Bridget McDonald; there were seven children born of this marriage- John (a farmer, living at home), Mary (now Mrs. O'Mally-widow; her husband was killed in the iron-ore bed at Ironton, by a fall of a body of ore, Oct. 4, 1872), Patrick J. (married Mary Devlin, residing in Pittsburgh, Penn., where he is engaged in the wholesale dry-goods business), Sarah (now Mrs. Thomas Moran-widow; Mrs. Moran keeps the Grand Central Hotel at Emlenton, Venango Co., Penn.), Ann (now Mrs. John Timlin, widow, living in Kilbourne), Bridget (deceased), Jennie (now Mrs. Thomas J. Flynn, living in Pennsylvania); Mr. F is engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Laughney and family came to the United States in 1864; settled in the town of Ironton, Sauk Co., Wis.; has 160 acres of land situated on Sec. 26.

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