Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 804
E. B. VAUGHN

The American farmer is rapidly realizing the advantages of specializing, to at least a certain extent, in the products of his fields and orchards. The old method was to plant whatever pleased the fancy and to trust to Providence for results, and it was successful because the soil was unexhausted and capable of producing under adverse circumstances. In the older sections of the country fertilization has become necessary to restore the fertility of the soil, while the profits accruing from the production of high-grade stock, fruit, or poultry, are daily becoming more evident.

E. B. VAUGHN is one of those advanced agriculturists who specializes in stock and fruit. Mr. VAUGHN was born in Waupaca county, Wisconsin, on September 3, 1849, the son of Byron E. and Mary (SMITH) VAUGHN. Byron VAUGHN was born in New York state, in 1826. Settling in Wisconsin in the early days of its history, he later drove a team of oxen from Wisconsin to Magnolia township, Harrison county, Iowa, consuming six weeks in the trip. There he bought one hundred and twenty acres of virgin land, which he quickly brought under cultivation. Besides cultivating the land, Byron VAUGHN hauled freight to Council Bluffs.

Retiring in 1884, Byron VAUGHN has since made his home with his children, and is now living in Omaha, Nebraska. His wife died when E. B. VAUGHN was but three years old.

Mr. VAUGHN attended the district schools of Magnolia township and the public schools at Logan. Reared on the farm, he naturally chose to become a farmer, and at the age of twenty-one he rented one hundred and twenty acres of land. In 1882 he had progressed far enough to enable him to buy seventy acres, and he has since accumulated two hundred and thirty-nine acres of fertile and well-improved land. The improvements on the place total the respectable sum of eight thousand dollars, and they include an orchard of two acres of fine fruit trees.

Reminiscent of the early days, Mr. VAUGHN tells of the time when buggies, so common today, were objects of curiosity in this section, as were the automobiles not so many years ago.

In 1879 Mr. VAUGHN married Lottie MCCLURE, who was born in Virginia, July 30, 1862, the daughter of John and Frances (SPRINKLE) MCCLURE, natives of Virginia, the former of whom was born in 1839 and died on April 28, 1874, three months after coming to Logan, and the latter of whom was born in 1840 and died in 1902.

Three daughters and two sons were born to Mr. VAUGHN and his wife, namely: Gertrude, a graduate of both Logan high school and Cedar Falls College, is now at home and teaching a district school in Magnolia township; Carrie, who also was graduated from Logan high school, is living at home; Catherine, deceased; Harry and George, who are still living at home.

A member of the Methodist church, Mr. VAUGHN deserves the respect of his fellow men; a member of the Republican party, Mr. VAUGHN is whole-hearted and sincere in his political belief; as an intelligent farmer, Mr. VAUGHN measures up to a high standard of citizenship.

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