Obituary for Napoleon A. Vaughn, Hamilton County, Illinois

NAPOLEON A. VAUGHN,  son of Captain Thomas B.  and Mariam 
Lois Vaughn, was born in Hamilton County, Illinois, on 
November 5, 1856, and departed this life at his home in 
Hamilton County on October 26, 1930.  Poley Vaughn, as he 
was so familiarly known to his many friends, was a descendant 
of one of the old, substantial and patriotic families that
made up the pioneering citizenship that builded the southern 
section of Illinois.  His father served as a captain in the 
late Civil War, where he won for himself the confidence and 
respect of those who knew him.  Mr. Vaughn received his early 
education and training in the home of his respected parents 
and from the rural schools of the community in which he grew 
to manhood.  In his early manhood, he developed those business
characteristics that enabled him to become one of the 
substantial farmers and business men of the community in 
which he resided.  For a number of years, he conducted a 
general merchandise store at Olga, in Hamilton County, 
Illinois, and during the same time looked after his large 
farming interests as well.

In November, 1888, he was married to Charity Webb, the 
beautiful daughter of the late John S. and Nancy Payne Webb 
of Webb's Hill, in Franklin County, Illinois.  This marriage 
united the family of Vaughn with the prominent and substantial 
family of Webbs, whose interests and activities were connected 
with many of the progressive business and religious movements 
of this section of the State.  This wife who survives him, and 
who through the years of his afflictions, has been his constant 
companion, and has done much to make his life pleasant and his
afflictions bearable.  She has shown during these years the 
Christian virtues of patience and fortitude.

To this union the following children have been born, namely:  
Thomas B. Vaughn of McLeansboro; John S. Vaughn of Marshall, 
Mo.; Ruby Cleo Harrison of Chicago; Napoleon A. Vaughn, Jr., 
of Chicago; Hallie Vaughn, now deceased; Pauline Charity 
Lockwood, of Chicago; Charles Vaughn, and Miriam Lois Barker 
of McLeansboro, all of whom, with the exception of Hallie, 
he lived to see reach man and womanhood.

A brother of the deceased passed on many years ago, but he 
leaves one sister, Eliza Braden, who with his immediate family,
mourn his departure.

Some sixteen years since, he professed faith in the Christian
religion.  To him, death was but a transition.

SOURCE: McLEANSBORO TIMES LEADER


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