VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
November 1986
EDITOR: Verna Baker Banes
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DOBA ROBINSON. 2237 Flair Dr, Oklahoma City, Ok 73159 continues to hunt for more
information on her POLL? VAUGHN, b 1310 in SC, and m LEMUEL FORTNER. Children
and birthdates WILLIAM 1832, ELDRIDGE 1834, HANNAH 1880 (m. W.P. PRUIBTT),
JANE 1840, JOHN 1842, ANDY 1343, DAVID 1845, CHARLES 1847, EMALINE
1848, ELIZABETH 1349. These birthdates were taken from the 1350 Jackson Co AL census.
Polly and Lemuel died in Stoddard Co MO.
LOUELLA SMALL, 1324 NB 196 Ave, Portland, OR 97330-7755 shares information taken
from tha CHICAGO GENEALOGIST PUBLICATION/Summar 1986, submitted by Carol
Wilson. It ia tha family record of E. D. VAUGHN, b 1854 OH, S CLARA A. SMITH, b. 1859
NX, who m. 7 Nov 1877 at Chicago. Their children weroi HATTIE A., EDDIE D, ALBERT
D., FRANK D., ETHEL M. (n RALPH SHOTWELL), EDNA I. (m. WALTER MOE),
CHESTER A., MIRTLE C. (m. JOHN LUOMA). An uncle J. J. VAUGHN, who d 1950 in
Elyria, OH was also listed. A note from tha "Aahland Daily Prasa" Who's Who Edition, 1919
read, "When Mr, Vaughn came to Ashlaad he was engineer on the Lake Shore railroad for a
few years, then worked for the Old Wisconsin Central railroad in the same capacity for a
number of years." Louella also seeks anyone who can add information on her ancestor ROBERT
VAUGHN who is said to have come from Wales with two brothers JOHN & THOMAS. They
separated, Robert settling in Tell Twp., Huntingdon Co VA by 1735. He m. CATHERINE
MORROW, dau of THOMAS, and had 12 children; THOMAS (m. JEMIMA GARDNER),
JANE b 1791; MARY; SARAH,- NICHOLAS (m. MARY ROBINSON); ELIZABETH;
MARGARET; ROBERT (m. ELIZABETH BARTOM; ELONER; JAMES MORROW
(m. MARY HINER); 2 unknown.
CRAIG M. SMITH, 718 S. Olive, Seguio, TX 78155, through a tip from me, found some information
about his ancestor BECKHAM VAUGHAN and gr-aunt MAGGIE VAUGHAN NEWBERRY
in Lewis' HISTORY OF MCLENNAN, FALLS, BELL & CORYELL COUNTIES, TEXAS,
published 1893. With that data, he was able to locate the graves and other records of Maggie and
husband James Newberry in Falls County. Has anyone seen a cemetery listing in the central Texas
area for Beckham Vaughan? See also, p. 15, of January 1986 newsletter.
FLO SPRUANCE, 5450 Harrison Rd, Paradise, CA 95969 is searching for MANERVA VAUGHN
who was born in KY and moved to IL about 1834. Her death certificate says she was born in
Harrisburg, but Flo can only find a Harrodsburg in Mercer Co KY, She may have been the dau of
ALLEN who was on the 1810, 1820, & 1830 census records in Mercer county, she married LEWIS J. CLAWSON and lived in Alton, Madison Co IL. Children; EMMA. ROSE ELLEN, LOUISA, &
LEWIS J. HELP!!!
BILL VANCE, 7298 DeFrame Court, Arvada, CO 80005 wrote that his gr-father was MAUD
HUSTON VAUGHN who was born in Cabin Creek, AR. His gr gr-father was THEOPOLIS
VAUGHN who was born in VA. Those given names should be unique enough that someone will
recognize them and help Bill establish his family lineage.
DENNIS R. VAUGHN, 3168 Birmingham, Ft. Collins, CO 80526 requests information related
to JOHN VAUGHN who was living in Owens Co IN by 1850 with wife Silvia. His family has a
newsletter and a genealogical tree established by VIC STALCUP. RR#4, Box 464, Anderson,
IN 46011. Dennis has done indepth research of the origins of the word "Vaughan." He says that
Mr. Dellquest's analysis as indicated in the April 1984 issue of the Newsletter, is completely wrong.
Vaughan is the English spelling of the ancient Celtic word "Fychan" meaning little or small and was
also used to indicate a child of a father, much as we use "Junior" today. The German "Von" has
the same Celtic roots and means "son of" in German. "Fychan" is a Welsh name but a Celtic word
which has an origin in Pre-Roman times in England/Wales. This would make the name at least 2000
years old as the Romans were in England at the time of Christ. The Vaughan spelling first appears
in the l3th & 14th centuries. He further states that the "Vaughn" spelling appears to be a more recent
Anglizing of the old "Vaughan" spelling. Thanks to Dennis for this further study into our special family
surname!
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