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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lawrence County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Theodore D. Vaughn, farmer and native of the county in which he resides, was born in 1840, son of Thomas and Mary A. Vaughn, who were Tennesseans by birth and died in 1863 and 1862, respectively. Our subject was reared on his parents’ farm, and resided with them until 1861, when he entered the Confederate service and participated in the battle of Fort Donelson. He was there captured and taken to Camp Douglas, where he was retained six months and was then taken to Vicksburg and exchanged. Here the company reorganized and took an active part in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou and was in several other engagements, the most noted of which was Murfreesboro. On Hood’s retirement from Tennessee Mr. Vaughn gave up army life and has since been a tiller of the soil. In 1876 he purchased his farm of 100 acres, on which he raises principally corn and cotton. In 1866 Araminta T. Hail became his wife; she was born in Tennessee in 1847, and is a daughter of John A. and Martha Hail. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and in politics Mr. Vaughn has always favored Democratic principles.
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This family biography is one of 79 biographies included in The History of Lawrence County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lawrence County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee
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