Biography
James Shelly Vaughn
Submitted by Misty Flannigan
SOURCE: History of White Co 1883
James Shelley Vaughn, born in Grayville, Sept.29, 1855, is a
son of James F. and Mary (Griffith) Vaughn. He was educated
at Evansville, and graduated from the High School of that city
in 1873. He was deputy under his father during his period as
City Clerk, and afterward went to keeping books in a wholesale
saddlery house for two years. In 1877 he went to Louisville. Ky.,
and engaged as salesman in a wholesale saddlery house,
remaining there a year. He then returned to Evansville, and
remained about a year. Sept.29, 1879, he came to Grayville,
and engaged with W. W. Gray in the grain buisness, and
remained with him a short time. Jan.28, 1880, he entered into
a co-partnership with John M Blood in a saw-mill, under the
firm name of Blood & Vaughn. This mill is situated on the site
where his grandfather, Abel Vanghn, built a warehouse in
1839, and carried on an extensive forwarding and shipping
business.
He was married
April 20,1881, to Callie Cook, of Carmi, a
daughter of
Dr. Charles Cook, an old physician of the county.
They have one
daughter-Ella, born Feb.19, 1882.