Matthew Laflin
| Matthew Laflin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 16, 1803 Southwick Hampden County, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 21, 1897 (aged 93) Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Occupation | Businessmen, Philanthropist, and a pioneer of Chicago, Illinois |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Armenia Hinman Catherine King |
| Children | George Hinman Laflin Georgina Laflin Lycurgis Laflin |
Matthew Laflin (December 16, 1803 – May 21, 1897) was an American manufacturer of gunpowder, businessman, philanthropist, and an early pioneer of Chicago, Illinois.
He was born on December 16, 1803, an American of Ulster Scots and early New England ancestry, at the Laflin-Phelps Homestead in Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts; and died at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois on May 21, 1897. He was the son of Matthew Laflin, a gunpowder manufacturer and Lydia Rising, the daughter of Amos Rising. He was the grandson of Matthew Laflin and Lucy Loomis and his great grandfather, Charles Laflin, came to this country in 1740 from Ulster, Ireland settling at Oxford Worcester County, Massachusetts. Charles Laflin and his family were living at Oxford, Massachusetts, when he purchased land in 1749 in the Southern (South-) village (-wick) part the town of Westfield, Massachusetts. After manufacturing saltpeter for the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War, he built a powder mill in Southwick, Massachusetts, and the family successfully entered the explosives business.
He married in 1827 at Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, Henrietta Armenia Hinman, the daughter of Ransom Hinman and Mary Battele. She was born in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on June 20, 1805 and died on February 12, 1834 in Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut. Matthew and Henrietta were the parents of three children. He married secondly, before 1837, Catherine King of Westfield, Massachusetts. She died in Chicago, Illinois in 1891.
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