My Genealogy Hound

Judge George W. Vaughan, the father of our subject, was born in Warren County, Tenn., and was a son of Samuel and Kate (Hands) Vaughan, natives of Virginia, and pioneer settlers of Tennessee. Samuel immigrated from Tennessee to Northeast Missouri, and 1829 he and his brother, Daniel, came to Madison County and located in Vaughan’s Valley, entering large tracts of land and becoming leading men of the county, their vast property descending to their heirs. George W. had but little opportunity to attend school, but was educated largely by his mother while assisting her around the house. In 1833 he married and located upon a farm in Barry County, Mo., but returned to Madison County in a few years and located upon the farm now owned by his son, Mar. C. C. Vaughan owns the farm that he first lived on. He was a slave-holder before the war, but, imbued with a spirit of liberty, immediately joined the Union cause, organizing a company of men of which he was made a captain, and took an active part in the protection of the lives and property of the United States Government, and was one of the leading men in the preservation of law and order. In 1867 he was elected judge of the county court, serving in that capacity faithfully four years. He was at one time an extensive property owner, but has since divided his real estate among his children, and is now living in retirement with our subject, one of the representative men of the pioneer days. He has buried two wives, and is the father of the following five children: Margaret, wife of Catlett Fitch; Christopher C., Addison M., Ada, wife of J. D. Bevens, and Mark A.