Laughinghouse, Charles O'Hagan, 1871-1930

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Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse (1871-1930), son of Joseph John and Eliza (O'Hagan) Laughinghouse, was born on the family farm between Grimesland and Greenville. He was the grandson of Dr. Charles James O'Hagan, a prominent Greenville physician. Laughinghouse attended the University of North Carolina and completed his medical training in 1893 at the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the North Carolina State Board of Health for several years beginning in 1911, Dr. Laughinghouse gained respect throughout North Carolina for his innovative ideas to improve the health of North Carolinians. He served as president of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina in 1916 and 1917 and as State Health Officer from 1926 until his death. Laughinghouse maintained a successful practice in Greenville from 1893, when he joined his grandfather's practice, until 1926, with the exception of 1918 and 1919. During this time he served in the United States and France as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He was married to Carrie Virginia Dail (1869-1936) and they had three children: Helen Laughinghouse Stokes, Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse, Jr., and Haywood Dail Laughinghouse. An advocate of public hospitals, he worked to establish Pitt Community Hospital in Greenville. Laughinghouse engaged in a number of business activities, including management of family farming interests and banking.
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referencedIn Maury York Collection, 1920s-1981, undated East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
creatorOf Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse Papers, 1865-1954, undated East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
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memberOf American medical association corporateBody
memberOf Democratic Party (U.S.) corporateBody
employeeOf East Carolina Teachers Training School. corporateBody
associatedWith Grimes family. family
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Horner School (Oxford, N.C.) corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Johns Hopkins University corporateBody
memberOf Kiwanis Club (Greenville, N.C.) corporateBody
memberOf Knights of Pythias corporateBody
memberOf Laughinghouse family. family
memberOf Medical Society of the State of North Carolina corporateBody
memberOf Methodist Church (U.S.) corporateBody
memberOf North Carolina. State Board of Health corporateBody
grandchildOf O'Hagan, Charles J., b. 1821. person
founderOf Pitt Community Hospital. corporateBody
memberOf Southern Medical Association corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Trinity School (Chocowinity, N.C.) corporateBody
memberOf Tri-State Medical Association of the Carolinas and Virginia corporateBody
memberOf United States. Army. Medical Corps corporateBody
memberOf United States. Army. Medical Reserve Corps corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf University of North Carolina (1793-1962) corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf University of Pennsylvania. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Pitt County NC US
High Point NC US
Pitt County NC US
Republic of France 00 FR
Fort Sill OK US
Subject
Family farms
Hospitals
Medicine
Public health
World War, 1914-1918
Occupation
Physicians
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Birth 1871-02-25

Death 1930-08-26

Male

Americans

English

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