ARKANSAS - GEORGE VAUGHN AND FAMILY - Bio Submitted by: Trudy Marlow [jmarlow@texoma.net] ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ====================================================================== GEORGE VAUGHN AND FAMILY The Vaughn family begins in Ireland with George Vaughn. Very little is known about George. He had a son George Washington Vaughn born supposedly in Arkansas in 1843. However, the 1900 Chickasaw Nation Indian Territory census has a birth date for George W. Vaughn on March of 1839 in Indiana. In addition, the birth place for both parents is also listed as Indiana. There are no confirmed dates or locations known about George. ====================================================================== George W. Vaughn George Vaughn's son, George Washington Vaughn is born in Arkansas on March 7, 1843. However, the 1900 Chickasaw Nation Indian Territory census has a birth date for George W. Vaughn on March of 1839 in Indiana. In addition, the birth place for both parents is also listed as Indiana. The census also lists his wife Mattie E. and six of their children at the time. In 1861, the Civil War broke out between the North and the South. According to family sources, in 1863 or 1864, George served in the Confederate Calvary Company B, in Sulphur Rock, Arkansas. George's officers were a Charlie Watson and a Captain Knight. Documentation of George's service in the war has not been found. There are unconfirmed reports that George went AWOL during the war for three years. George was home on leave when the war officially ended in 1864. During the middle 1860's George W. Vaughn married his first wife Mexico in Arkansas. Mexico is rumored to have been an Indian Chief's daughter. Mexico did not speak any English and the actual spelling of her name is not known. It is believed that George owned land between the Black and White River in Arkansas. Research leads me to believe that the land presumed owned would be in Independence County, Arkansas. However, land records do not have a George listed in Independence county in the 1860's. George and Mexico move to Oklahoma and have their first child sometime between 1863 and 1865. The reason for George and Mexico's move to Oklahoma is not known for certain. However, The Homestead Act went into effect on January 1, 1863, which was a major incentive for many individuals to settle in the West. The Homestead Act stated that the individual staking the claim had to be either the head of a family, 21 years old, or a veteran of 14 days of active service in the U.S. armed forces. Also, the homesteader had to be a citizen or had to have filed a declaration of intent to become a citizen before acquiring a tract of land in the public domain not exceeding 160 acres. To acquire a title to the land the homesteader, was obliged to settle on or cultivate the homestead for five years. In 1865, they are living in Woodville, Oklahoma in Marshall County where their second child, James Monroe Vaughn is born. In 1869, their third child, Charley Vaughn is born location unknown. However, by 1874 they have moved to Missouri where their last child, William Alford Vaughn is born. In 1881, George is back in Woodville, Oklahoma where he marries his second wife, Martha Ellen Webb. Unfortunately, it is not known what happened to Mexico. George married Martha also known as Mattie Ellen Webb on New Year's Day in 1881. She is believed to have been one quarter Cherokee Indian. Mattie was born in 1859 location unknown. Mattie's father, John Webb passed away in Missouri the exact date is unknown. In which case, Mattie may have been from Missouri. George and Mattie had nine children. Their first child, Minnie Caro was born the day after their first anniversary in 1882. Two years and one month later their second child, George Bennet is born location unknown. According to family members, George went by his middle name of Bennet. In 1886 in Preston Bend, Texas, which is now under Lake Texoma their third child, Walter Edmond is born. In 1888, their fourth child, Hattie Ellen is born location unknown. However, two years later, the fifth child, John Thomas, also known as Johnnie is born and the children are attending school in Kenefic, Oklahoma. Jessie Lee is born in 1893 and William Jasper, also known as Jack is born in 1895 locations unknown. In Aylesworth , Oklahoma in 1898 the eighth child, Lula Pearl is born. In July of 1900, George and Mattie along with six of the children are living with May Caro and her husband Kilgore in Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. In 1906, at the age of forty-five Mattie gives birth to her last child, Arlen Paul supposedly in Missouri. Fourteen years later, a couple of weeks before his seventy-seventh birthday in 1920 George passed away in Madill, Oklahoma in Marshall County. The funeral arrangements were done by Watts Funeral Home in Madill, Oklahoma. He is buried in Cumberland Cove Cemetery. The reason is not known but sometime between 1920 and 1931, Mattie is presumed to have been living in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Eleven years after George's death in 1931, Mattie applied for a Confederate Widow's pension. Only two years later in 1933, Mattie passed away in Rush Springs, Oklahoma in Grady County. Of the nine known children born to Mattie E. Webb and George Washington Vaughn all nine are believed to have reached adulthood. ====================================================================== William Alfred Vaughn and Samantha L. York William A. Vaughn, aka Alfred Vaughn, is the son of George W. Vaughn and Mexico. He was born in Arkansas or Missouri. May of 1874 or 1878. In October of 1892, William A. Vaughn married Samantha Lucinda York in Atoka, Oklahoma in Atoka County. Samantha was said to be coming from Missouri to visit her sister in Atoka, when she met William Alford and they got married. Samantha was born in Missouri in December of 1872. Samantha is also believed to have been Irish. Her father was born in Missouri and her mother was born in Tennesse. They had six children. Eaden Vaughn, who married Albert Fisher. William Carol, who was born in Aylesworth, Oklahoma in Marshall County in 1903. He married Annie Glover, Lillie Brooks and Murty L. Phipps. Pictured to the left is William and Murty. Photo taken April 1955 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Jewel, who married Wiley Carsen. Charles Monroe, who married Anna Wickwire. Marvin Jesse Louis Vaughn, who was born in the little town of Lynn, east of Madill in November of 1911. The town of Lynn no longer exists. Marvin marred Elizabeth Blanton. The last known child was Ora Vaughn. William A. Vaughn died on November 4, 1938 in Ardmore, Oklahoma in Carter County. Samantha L. York died in 1940 in Ardmore, Oklahoma in Carter County. ====================================================================== Charley Vaughn and Mary Belle Wilder Charley born December 25, 1869, location unknown. Charley was the son of George W. Vaughn and Mexico. Mary born in 1887, location unknown, daughter of William L. Wilder. Charley and Mary were married on February 26, 1906 in Johnston County.William Henry Vaughn, They had five children, Zet, Jerold B., Cora Ethel, Nithel, and born January 23, 1882. They supposedly grew up in the Woodville, Oklahoma area. Their son William Henry Vaughn supposedly owned land in the Marietta area and sold some land that became part of Lake Texoma. Charley is supposed to have had another wife and had two children by her who died around 1949 in OK. Funeral Announcement: Vaughn Funeral Rites Saturday Funeral services for Charley Vaughn, 79, will be held in Apostolitic church in Ardmore Saturday at 3:30 p.m. He died Tuesday in his home in Ardmore. He had lived there for the past four years. Bro. Laborn Teague will conduct the services. Burial will be at the Rosehill cemetery, Ardmore. Watts Funeral Home of Madill are in charge of arrangements. Mr. Vaughn had been an invalid for the past nine years. He lived in Marshall county, near Aylesworth most of his life. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Ethel Dudley, Ardmore; two sons, Zet, who lives in California and J.B., Camp Hood, Tex., 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (7-15-1949) Newspaper Source: ? ====================================================================== James Monroe Vaughn and Mary Belle Wilder Madill, Marshall County Madill Record January 18, 1941 J.M. VAUGHN DIES AT HOME IN MADILL John W. PIGG, minister of the Church of Christ, conducted funeral services at the Linn school house Sunday afternoon for James Monroe VAUGHN, 75, who died at the family residence on Saturday. Mr. VAUGHN is survived by his wife Myrtle VAUGHN; one daughter; Mrs. Mary KNIGHT, Madill; four brothers, Charley and Johnnie of Aylesworth, Walter of Bennington, and Bennett of Chickasha; and three sisters, Mrs. Minnie ADAMS, Rush Springs; Mrs. Hattie FAULKNER, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Pearl WRIGHT, Texarkana, Tex. Interment was at Linn cemetery with Watts Funeral home in charge. Notes: J.M. was born December 27, 1865 in Woodville, Oklahoma in Marshall County. His parents were George W. VAUGHN and Mexico. Most of the brothers and sisters listed were from James' fathers second marriage to Martha Ellen WEBB. James married Mrytle DAUGHTRY. Mrytle was a blind woman. She is supposed to be Choctaw. She was adopted at the age of nine, her biological parents were Joe RIDDLE and Mary Louisa MOORE. James and Mrytle had one daughter, Mary. ====================================================================== William Carol Vaughn and Murty L. Phipps William C. Vaughn, son of William A. Vaughn and Samantha L. York, was born in 1903 in Aylesworth, Oklahoma in Marshall County. William married Murty L. Phipps on July 5, 1928. William and Murty had several children. William died in 1988 in Ardmore, Oklahoma in Carter County. Murty died on January 30, 1975 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. ======================================================================