Dr. William B. Laughlin
Dec. 17, 1778 - - Jan. 1, 1837
To the honor of the man who may be called the first and most prominent citizen of Rushville, Rush County, Indiana.
He helped create the County in the Legislature. He surveyed and named it. He built the first house. He located and named the town. He gave the land for the town. He built and taught the first school. He built the Academy and the first mill. He gave $2,000.00 for the first church (Presbyterian).
Marker is on East 2nd Street east of Main Street (Indiana Road 3), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
