VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
NOVEMBER 1985
EDITOR: Verna Baker Banes
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CHARLSIE, VAUGHN EMMONS , 3330 Ribeirp Ln., Arcata, CA hopes to find proof of
parantage of WILLIAM WASHINGTON VAUGH(A)N, b 1855 in Scott Co AR. His father was
STEPHEN H. VAUGHAN(A)N, s/0 OBADIAH S NANCY (nee VAUGHAN) VAUGH(A)N.
She thinks Stephen was b in 1833 in MO. He joined the Confederate Army in 1862 at Waldron,
Scott Co AR was killed in the Battle of Chicamauga in GA in 1863. Stephen's siblings were
ELISHA, SALLY, PHOEBE, REBECCA, WILLIAM R. (who ml SUSAN XANDELL,
m2 LUVICX JAMES JONES, m3 NANCY E. ROGERS JONES), JOHN, RUEBEN,
BENJAMIN, ELIZA, IRENE, S OBADIAH. Was Stephen Vaughn married and divorced from
MARTHA J? MARTHA J. was living with and had children by CHARLES WRIGHT on 1870
Polk Co AR Census. Her oldest child by Charles Wright shows to be MABX FRANCES b 1862.
Can anyone help her straighten out all these facts?
DONIS, FELGHUM, R>R> 2, Box 775, Independence, M0 64050 descends from JOSEPH G.
VAUGHAN (b 1839 in KY or VA, d 1918) and BELL HARRIS who were married in Jackson Co
HO and are buried at Oak Grove, MO. They had five children. One son was WALTER M. (b 1874,
d 1914) m HETTIE KIRBY in 1894 in Jackson Co MO. A cousin was ARY VAUGHAN.
FAITH, HENDERSON, 10 South, 10th St, Pell City, Al 35125 sent more material on her family-
(See p. 10, April 1984 Newsletter). Her oldest proven Vaughan ancestor was WILLIAM (m BARBARY)
who received land grants from King George III. His brother was probably JOEL VAUGHAN (Rev.
War soldier), who was listed with his son JAMES in 1790 census of Pendleton District, SC, William and
Barbary's son was JOHN I, b cl780, d 1848, and m ROTHA ____. Their Children were; BARBARY.
b 1800, m. SOLOMON GALASPY; JOHN II, b 1803, a. NANCY WILSON; SARA, m JOHN B.
SMITH; JOEL LEVOY, b 1811, B. SARA,- ELIZABETH m. ? MARTIN; CATHERINE, m.? KNIGHT.
More on the descendants of these families in another issue. Write her if these match your family names; or
send me a SASE plus a couple of stamps (to cover copying cost) and I will send you her data.
LINDA HILL 103.0. Millard Dr^ Kacpgdpches, TX 75961 is working on the family of WYATT B.
VAUGHN. According to the 1860 Rusk Co TX Census, he was b cl820 in VA. A family Bible entry
says he was born in Alexander (prob Alexandria) VA. He died serving in the CSA and was buried
around Galveston, TX. His military records are lost, but Linda has CSA widow's pension papers for his
wife Eliza. She has traced him back to Taliaferro and Greene Cos in GA. He is listed in a will of ROBERT
ASTIN, his step-father, which also names his mother NANCY VAUGHN ASTIN and his half-sister
REBECCA ASTIN. In 1847 he married ELIZA J. PARKER in Greene Co GA. His half-sister Rebecca
m Eliza's brother EDWIN S. PARKER. About 1852 the Parker and Vaughn families moved to Texas
where they bought land near Mt. Enterprise, Rusk Co. Descendants still own and live on this land.
Children of WYATT & Eliza were;
JOHN M. , SUSAN E, VINCENT THORNTON, OLENZA BURMAH, NANCY JANE, WILLIAM
THOMAS, MARSHALL, S JABEZ C. (JABE).
Iiinda seeks name of father of Wyatt. Did he Have other siblings?
ALICE JONES 1410 Westminster, Richardson TX 75081 is gr-daughter of MARY ELIZABETH
VAUGHAN who was orphaned at age 3 and reared by an unrelated family. She always said that her
mother was ATHENA GOSS from MS. According to 1850/60 Lawrence Co AR census Theny or
Thany, was b ca 1821 in AL. She and her husband WILLIAM VAUGHN apparently lived in MS
during the 1840's, arriving in AR in 1847. A DR. LOWS, relationship unknown, was with them, but
died before 1849. Mary Elisabeth's known siblings were JULIA, WILLIAM, ALBERT, JOSEPHINE,
& JAMES. Alice wonders if ATHENA GOSS was IRENA GOSS BERNARD, as a WILLIAM
VAUGHN & IRENA BERNARD were married in Lowndes Co MS in 1837. They were still there
in 1840 but gone by 1850. EVERITT LOW, who was in Choctaw Co MS in 1840, is the most likely
person that she has found to have been the "DR. LOW." Can you help Alice find her family?
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