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| Name |
Samuel Alexander Vaughan |
| Census |
1850 |
Lincoln County, TN  |
| Born |
25 Jan 1850 |
Fayetteville, Lincoln Co, TN |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1860 |
Tishomingo Co., MS |
| Census |
1870 |
Tishomingo Co., MS |
| Died |
5 Jul 1938 |
Sherman, Grayson Co., TX |
| Buried |
Rose Hill Cemetery, Grayson Co TX |
| Notes |
- With the death of Samuel Alexander Vaughan, 88, at his home, 1016 South Montgomery, passed the last of the Confederate veterans living in Sherman, Texas.
It was in 1864 before Mr. Vaughan saw his first service in the civil war as a member of the Bay Springs home guards under Captain Stokes Roberts, Major George, and Colonel Moreland's regiment of reserve scouts. The first skirmish which Mr. Vaughan was in was at Burnt Mills, Mississippi and soon after he was engaged in battle at Freedom Hills, Alabama. He later helped to chase carpetbaggers out of the section. Although he was only l4 years old, he served until the end of the Civil War and was honorably discharged when the regiment disbanded at Iuka Mississippi in May, 1865.
Mr. Vaughan was born January 25, 1850, near Fayetteville, Tennessee, and in 1853 moved with his parents to Iuka, Mississippi. He left his home in November of 1870 and came to Texas, arriving at Kentuckytown on December 15th. He came in a part of two covered wagons drawn by two oxen and a horse. As the educational facilities were poor he attended school in the only Church, the Campbellite, in Kentuckytown and paid $1.50 tuition and 15 cents for building upkeep. The teacher was Jim German.
Mr. Vaughan quit school and went to work driving a herd up the Chisholm Trail to Kansas. In 1871, he helped drive 1,500 steer over the Chisholm Trail, starting from the San Marcos River. He went as far as Fort Gibson in the Indian Territory, but became sick with chills and fever so bad he had to return home. That herd that was taken north was believed to be the last big herd to go through Sherman.
In March, 1872, he was married to Miss Nannie Bell Mathis, daughter of Bill Mathis, who lived on a farm near Kentuckytown, with the exception of nine years in Hunt County, until they moved to Sherman in 1911. It was only last March 25, 1936, that Mr. and Mrs.Vaughan celebrated the sixty sixth anniversary of their marriage.
The couple had nine children: Charlie R., Will F., E.E. (Gene), Callie, G. Ed, H.V. (Vince), Mac N., Estella B. and Samuel Benton.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the pastor, Dr. J.A. Ellis, officiated at his funeral.
Taken from The Sherman Democrat newspaper, July 5, 1938 and notes from Donna Hunt
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| Person ID |
I343 |
Extended Families of Childress |
| Last Modified |
8 Jun 2020 |
| Father |
George Washington Vaughan, b. 15 Jun 1820, Hawkins Co., TN , d. 1901, Tishomingo Co., MS (Age 80 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Jane Brown, b. 22 May 1818, d. 30 Jan 1901, Tishomingo Co., MS (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
25 Jun 1840 |
Hawkins Co., TN |
| Family ID |
F83 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Nannie Isabel Mathis, b. 29 Nov 1855, Kentuckytown, Grayson Co., TX , d. 4 May 1941, Grayson Co., TX (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
Mar 1872 |
Kentuckytown, Grayson Co. TX |
| Children |
| | 1. Samuel Benton Vaughan, b. 21 Jun 1881, Kentuckytown, Grayson Co., TX , d. 30 May 1951, Grayson Co., TX (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. Emory Eugene Vaughan, b. 29 Oct 1882, Tom Green Co., TX , d. 2 Jan 1972, Denison, Grayson Co., TX (Age 89 years) |
| | 3. Mack O Vaughan, b. 5 Dec 1893, d. Sep 1968, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 74 years) |
| | 4. Callie Mae Vaughan, b. 23 Feb 1877, d. 27 Nov 1962 (Age 85 years) |
| | 5. Stella Vaughan, b. 18 Apr 1885, Hunt Co., TX , d. 22 Jul 1964, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX (Age 79 years) |
| | 6. James G Vaughan, b. Sep 1889 |
| | 7. Henry Vincent Vaughan, b. 5 Dec 1887, Bells, Grayson Co., TX , d. 19 Mar 1971, Denison, Grayson Co., TX (Age 83 years) |
| | 8. George Edgar Vaughan, b. 27 Apr 1876, Texas , d. 30 Jan 1930, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX (Age 53 years) |
| | 9. Will F Vaughan, b. Jan 1875, d. 1947 (Age ~ 71 years) |
| | 10. Living |
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| Last Modified |
8 Jun 2020 |
| Family ID |
F137 |
Group Sheet |
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