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Hon. Elisha R. Vaughan, M. D., was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1840 son of Peter R. and Lucy (Quarles) Vaughan, who were born in Virginia, and were early emigrants to Tennessee. Peter Vaughan was a prosperous farmer and a member of the old Presbyterian Church. He was a Whig in politics, and lived in Rutherford County until his death in 1842. Elisha R. lived with his widowed mother after his father’s death. He attended the best schools in Rutherford County, and began reading medicine under Dr. James E. Manson, in 1860, and attended the courses of 1860 and 1861 in the University of Nashville. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the First Tennessee Regiment, and served with the same three years; the last year serving as a scout and watching the immediate movements of Sherman’s army. He then joined the Fourteenth Tennessee Cavalry as a scout, and held the rank of lieutenant. He was at Perryville, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and others. He was wounded at Murfreesboro and was disabled for about one month. After his return home he re-entered the University of Nashville, attending the courses of 1865 and 1866, graduating in the latter year. In the fall of 1866 he moved to Gibson County and located about fourteen miles from Trenton, where he remained until 1871. In 1870 he married Sophronia Bone, daughter of Dr. James T. and Melvina (Harris) Bone. Mrs. Vaughan was born in Gibson County, in 1846, and became the mother of three children. The only one living is Lucy N. Mrs. Vaughan died in 1875. Dr. Vaughan located in Yorkville in 1871 and there has met with flattering success in the practice of his profession. In 1878 he married Huella Bone, sister of his first wife. She was born in Gibson County, in 1854, and their union resulted in the birth of three children: Shelley H., Roger M. and James R. Dr. Vaughan has been mayor of Yorkville three terms, and in 1882 was elected by the Democratic party to represent Gibson County in the lower house of the State Legislature, and was re-elected in 1884. He and wife are church members and he is a Mason and belongs to the I. O. O. F. He is a Democrat. His grandfather, Roger Quarles, was elected to the State Senate from Wilson County, and was a colonel in the State militia during the Seminole war.