Year Settled in Iowa: ?

County where ancestor first settled: Jasper Co.

Born: ?

Birth Place: Possibly MO.

Married: ?

Marriage Location: MO. (?)

Died: ?

Burial Location: ?

Father: ?

Mother: ?

Spouse: Geney (maiden name unknown)

Born: 1793

Birth Location: ?

Died: March 2, 1861

Burial Location: Swan Cemetery, Row 23

Father: ?

Mother: ?

Proof:
Jasper Co. Genealogy Society, Beverly Brown.
Book on Swan Cemetery and and Jasper Co.history, obits and courthouse records, researched by Barb Van Zante of Grinnell.
Marriage records: Jasper Co. Book III, book I, book V. Death records from Jasper County, and Poweshiek County. Jasper County History 1878, page 486 on William Vaughan (son of John)and wife, Malinda Powell Vaughan formed the first class of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1866, along with Elijah COWLES. The church was erected in 1868. William Vaughan was a trustee of the church. William and Malinda would be my great-grandparents, and John and Geney, my g-g-grandparents.

Children:

1. William Vaughan, 1823-1900, buried in Our Silent City Cemetery, in Kellogg, IA. Was born in MO. and probably came to Jasper County around 1860-1861. He married Malinda POWELL. Their son, John Henry Vaughan (2), 1860-1923, was born in MO. He married Lydia ELDREDGE, on November 24, 1887 in Newton, Iowa, and their son, John Henry Vaughan (3), was born on April 8,1898 in Grinnell, Iowa, and died in Anaheim, CA. in 1975. He married Ruth RASMUSSEN of Des Moines. These are my direct ancestors.
2. Bert Vaughan
3. Eva May Vaughan, Married to Alfred HOWELL of Grinnell
4. Anna Bell Vaughan, married to Phillip S. DEAN, Kellogg
5. Rene Vaughan
6. Georgia Vaughan
7. Lucinda Vaughan
8. Charles Vaughan

I am sure there are other children of John and Geney, but do not have this information at this time.

Data Submitted Mon Sep 1 16:26:25 1997 by: Nancy Vaughan Brousseau, e-mail: ladybug@cyberpc.com