VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
November 1987
EDITOR; Verna Baker Banes
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MARY JANE VADEN. 2438 Memorial Aye, SW, Roanoke, VA 24015 has charge of pedigree
charts for the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 12485, Roanoka, VA 24026.
Their primary research area covers the 29 counties of southwestern VA. Membership is open to
any person. Write for details. And maybe send your pedigree chart to Mary Jane.
ELLIS E. VAUGHN. Rt 12, 5218 Tevey Rd, Longvlew, TX 75605 sent for copies of the
Newsletter, saying that he is interested mostly in Vaughns from northwest Arkansas.Hope he
sends some definite details to include in a 1988 issue.
ROBERT VanDYNE. 1849 Roberts, Salina. KS 67401 shares some of his research: Madison
Co IL 1830 census:
John 12221001-110101
Polly 020211-0010001
Sarah 0022-0000001
Some marriage listings of Madison Co IL;
SALLY VAUGHN -JONAH/JOSIAH JACKSON 1830.
CHARLES G VAU6HN - SUSANNAH YOWELL 1833
JOHNSON VAUGHN - NARCISSA GILLHAM 1846.
WM. JACKSON VAUGHN-MARY A. SCANLAND 1846
ELIZABETH VAUGHN - JOHN M. BROWN 1837.
MARY VAUGHN - WILLIAM L. HARRISON 1837
MARY VAUGHN - WILLIAM JASPER 1821.
VARISSA VAUGHN - GEORGE QUIGLEY 1848
Montgomery Co, IL marriage:
WILLIAM VAUGHN - JANE McKENZIE 1835. .
LOUELLA SMALL. 1324 NE 196 Ave. Portland. OR 97230 continues to share her
family history.She descends from child Lynn.
WILLIAM HINER VAUGHN (1846-1917) m. ARMINDA PRISCILLA DOWNING. 7 children:
HATTIE MABEL (1871-1876). JAMES HINER (1872-1872). FREDDY J. (1875-1875).
LYNN DOWNING (1877-1957) m 1900 MINNIE LOUELLA SMITH. CECIL HOWARD (1885-1951)
m. HAZEL SNOWDEN VANGILDER. LELAH WITTER (1887-1983) m. WILFRED ANDREW
RARICK. HAROLD STROHM (1890-1949) m. JESSIE MYERS.
OPAL SCHMELING, P.O. Box 473, Whitehall WI 54773 sent an interesting page telling about
old wedding customs 1n VA and KY.One part reads: "If simplicity is wanted in a wedding ceremony,
some Indian tribes had the answer. When WILLIAM PATRICK VAUGHN rode into a Cherokee
village in NC 240 years ago (in 1740?) to trade trinkets and cloth, he and Fair-a-Bee Lunah (fair as
the moon), daughter of a sub-chief, fell in love and in a few days were married . The ceremony was
simply a matter of wrapping a blanket around the couple."
A special rememberance of JUDGE ALBERT TATE, JR, US Court of Appeals, New Orleans,
LA, although having no Vaughan/Vaughn connections, shared in 1984 some of his extensive research
which helped SHERRILL BOURN & others locate their ancestors.
SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS
Under the Freedom of Informat1on/PpIvacy Act Hhlch permits the release of data when an
Individual is deceased, records may be obtains •from the Social Security Administration. A death
certificate must accompany the request. Information you Hill receive includes name, names of parents,
date and exact place of birth (usually exact places are given even for a forei9n birth), residence, place
of employment, signature of applicant. Another request can bs made for a computer printout of all the
places of employment, showing years. Contact:Social Security Administration, B .
.From Geneaiogi Office of Central Records Operations
Baltimore, MD 21201 Form SSA-L997
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