Marriages, Adair County KY:Benjamin T. VAUGHAN to Elizabeth HELM 23-Dec-1847 Submitted By: Laura Frost Wright Submission Date: 14-Jul-2000 Source: The Adair County News Jamestown 23-Dec-1897: I today attended the golden wedding of an estimable old couple living in the Cherry Grove neighborhood about three miles from Creelsboro, Mr. Benjamin T. VAUGHAN, aged 74, and his wife Elizabeth VAUGHAN (nee HELM ), aged 68. Mr. and Mrs. VAUGHAN are the parents of ten children, all of whom are still living except one, the youngest - Elmer, who died in his fourteenth year. Two of their sons, Logan and William H. are in Texas, two other sons, John and Bart, are citizens of Barren County KY. One daughter Ruth, the wife of Mark DEPEW, lives in Metcalf, and the remaining four daughters are in Russell County, three of them being widows. The youngest daughter, Alice is the wife of Hon. W.T. SHARP, Representative-elect from Casey and Russell. A large crowd of neighbors, relatives and friends collected at the residence to testify their appreciation of the old couple. After the gathering had assembled in the parlor, Mr. VAUGHAN made a touching talk about his marriage and his half-century married life, how God had blessed him in all its varied vicissitudes, and how thankful he was for the good fortune which has attended his every effort. At the conclusion of Mr. VAUGHAN's talk, I conducted some religious exercises after which we repaired to the dining room where a sumptuous repast had been spread, and if I fail to do justice to it on paper, I can assure you I did an ample justice to it then. T.J. WINFREY Surnames: DEPEW, HELM, SHARP, VAUGHAN, WINFREY *********************************************************************** 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. Commercial entities must ask for and receive permission from submittor before downloading. ***********************************************************************