Kit# 132018

 

Benjamin B. Vaughan was born May 11, 1811 in Cumberland Co, KY and died July 16, 1890 in Barren Co, KY.

His mother was Susan Vaughan.  Susan (last name unknown) was born about 1772 in VA and died Aug 7, 1860 at age 88 in KY.  Her husband is not listed in the Benjamin B. Vaughan family Bible registry.

Benjamin B. Vaughan was the sheriff of Cumberland Co, KY during the Civil War.

He married Harriet Smith Sep 25, 1834.  Harriet Smith was born Nov 1, 1815 and died Dec 29,1890.  She was the daughter of Alcy Thurman and Nathan Smith.

 

Their son, James Nathaniel Vaughan, was born Mar 31, 1837 in Cumberland Co, KY and died Mar 12,1885 in Barren Co, KY.  He married Frances Belle (Fannie) Norris around 1861.  She was born in 1844 and is not known when she died.

 

Their son, Frank Smith Vaughan, was born Nov 16, 1876, in Hiseville, Barren Co, KY and died June 27, 1938 in Fountain Co, IN.  

He served with the 22nd Infantry from April 30, 1897 to April 29, 1900 and was at the Battle of El Caney in Cuba in July of 1898 and in the Philippines afterward.  He married Wortha Maud Renick in 1905 in the Fountain and Montgomery Co, IN area.  She was born Aug 28,1884 and died May 29, 1918.

 

Their son, Ralph Franklin Vaughan, was born Mar 15, 1912 and died Jan 10, 1995.  He married Viola Ruth Wettschurack May 11, 1940, in Montmorenci, Shelby Twp, Tippecanoe Co, IN.  She was born Apr 26, 1908 and died Aug 31, 1991.  They are buried in Montmorenci Cemetery in Montmorenci, IN.

 

Their son, James Franklin Vaughan was the person tested.

 

 

 

Note:

I currently live in Silver Spring, Maryland and am trying to identify my Vaughan ancestors in Virginia.  My ancestors were probably from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, since I have an exact genetic match with a Thomas Wayne Vaughan whose ancestors were from Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

James Franklin Vaughan.