Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Vaughan, James H., 1937 

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JAMES HENRY VAUGHAN

JAMES HENRY VAUGHAN, CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES AT THE AGE OF 93

His Death Leaves But One Remaining Veteran in Southampton County

   James Henry Vaughan, 93, a lifelong resident of Southampton County and last 
but one of the Confederate veterans in the county, died on Thursday night of 
last week at the home of his son, J.T. Vaughan, in the Franklin community. 
George H.* Barnes of Franklin, a native of North Carolina but resident of this 
town for many years, is now the sole surviving veteran of the War Between the 
States in Southampton County.  L.L. Manry of Courtland for many years a 
prominent veteran, and at the time of his death Commander of the Urquhart-
Gillette Camp, United Confederate Veterans, died last summer.

   Mr. Vaughan entered the Army of the Confederacy in the fall of 1863 in the 
Heavy Artillery, Company "A" 18th Virginia Battalion.  On April 6, 1865, the 
young soldier, only 19, was taken prisoner in a battle near Petersburg and 
carried to Newport News, then a straggling settlement of only a few houses, 
where he was confined in a Federal prison until July 3 of the same year.  On 
his release he was rowed across Hampton Roads and up the Nansemond River of 
Suffolk, from which point he walked back to his home near Franklin.

   Mr. Vaughan had maintained an active interest in the work of the Urquhart-
Gillette Camp and in the State and Southern organizations of the U.C.V.  He 
was honored during recent years by appointment as Colonel and Quartermaster-
General of the First Brigade, Virginia Division, U.C.V.

   He is survived by two sons, J.T. and H. Lee Vaughan of Franklin; a 
daughter, Mrs. Addie Blythe; a sister, Mrs. Addie E. Harcum, all of Franklin, 
and by 14 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted from the Franklin Baptist Church, in which 
the deceased held membership, last Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock by his 
pastor, Rev. R.D. Stephenson, assisted by Rev. F.P. Davis of Courtland. 
Burial followed in Poplar Spring Cemetery here.  Pallbearers were Frank 
Edwards, J. Edward Moyler, Geo. H. Parker, Jesse McClenny, Hunter Darden, W.L. 
Taylor, Walter Beale, Jr., and F.A. Holloman.

-The newspaper included a photo of the decedent. 

James Henry VAUGHAN, next-to-last Confederate veteran in Southampton Co., 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
d. 4 Nov 1937, at son's home, Franklin, age 93, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 24**), Franklin, 
   6 Nov 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 12, 1937, p. 1 

**Unmarked; added to his sons' plot. Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

As he was unmarked, he was not included on the list of Confederate veterans 
   buried in Poplar Spring, although he is on his unit's roster: 
   Daniel T. Balfour.  "Franklin and Southampton County in the Civil War" 
   (1st ed).  Appomattox: H.E. Howard, 2002. pp. 90 & 93 

Additional information: 

James H. Vaughan, 29, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Hillory & Margaret Vaughan, Farmer 
Masuria A. [Missouri Ann] Joyner, 21*, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Elisha and Jane Joyner [*already 21 in 1860 Census {p. 75 #13}] 
m.lic. 4 Nov 1874, by Dep. clerk Jas. Tyler; 
   cert. signed by James H. Vaughan
m. 5th Nov 1874, Southampton County, Virginia, by [Ro.H.] Holland 
(Southampton Co. MB2:330) 

His brother Richard Thomas VAUGHAN (1852-1933) is buried in a VAUGHAN 
   family cemetery, just off South Quay Rd. (Hwy 189). 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

*Middle initial should be W - George Washington BARNES. 
   His obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 23, 1938, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652g1ob.txt 


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