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EDWARD W. VAUGHAN was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1833, and is a son of Grandison Vaughan and Elizabeth W. Vaughan, nee Nevill. His father was a native of Virginia, removed in early life to Tennessee, married Miss E. W. Nevill, and located permanently in Montgomery County, near Clarksville. He there engaged in the pursuits of agriculture until 1858, at which time he removed to Kentucky, settling in Ballard County. He there established and built a tobacco stemmery and did an extensive business, until 1866, when, with his sons, he removed to Louisville, Ky., and there engaged in the same business until his death, which occurred in 1879; his wife died in Ballard County, about 1866. Edward W. is one of a family of ten children born to these parents, six of whom are now living. Mr. Vaughan was reared under the whole some influence of farm life; received a fair English education, and in 1856 began his experience in the tobacco trade, in Clarksville, Tenn. He removed with his family to Ballard County, Ky., in 1858, thence to Louisville, in 1866; and to Paducah, in 1869, and that year erected his stemmery, which is the largest in western Kentucky, exporting each year large quantities of tobacco for the foreign market. Mr. Vaughan is a member of the Christian Church, of the Masonic fraternity, and is a gentleman of rare social and business qualities. He was married in 1859, in Russellville, Logan Co., Ky., to Miss Mildred McCuddy, who died in 1869, leaving two children: Annie L. and Lucy Vaughan. His second marriage took place in 1871, to Miss Cordelia M. Terrell, daughter of J. H. Terrell. Their union has resulted in the birth of four children: Horace G., Mildred, Edward W. and one unnamed.