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EDGAR J. VAUGHAN, a well-known business man, holds distinctive preferment as cashier of the First National Bank of Cardington, Morrow county, and of this county he is a native son, having been born, Aug. 9, 1857, on the old homestead, in Lincoln township, where his father still lives, the family being one whose history has been identified with that of the Buckeye State from the early pioneer days.
     Our subject was the eldest son of James W. and Rachel A. (Wood) Vaughan, to whom individual reference is made in detail elsewhere in this volume.  Edgar J. Vaughan was reared on the old homestead farm, his rudimentary educational discipline having been received in the district schools of Lincoln township, after which he attended the public schools of Cardington and Mount Gilead.
     In 1879 he was appointed Deputy County Surveyor, under J. T. Buck, having been engaged in surveying for some time prior to securing this official preferment, which came as a practical testimony to his ability in that professional line.  In 1880 he came to Cardington, and for two years acted as assistant cashier of the First National Bank, being elected cashier of the institution in 1882, and having ever since acted in that important and exacting capacity.
     In December, 1882, Mr. Vaughan, was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Mooney, who was born in this county, her father, the late M. L. Mooney, having been an early settler in Cardington and the pioneer druggist of the place.  Mr. Vaughan received her education in the Cardington schools.  To our subject and his wife two children have been born namely:  Henry W. and Edgar W.
    
In politics Mr. Vaughan casts his franchise in support of the Republican party and its principles.  He has maintained a lively interest in educational work, and has served as a member of the Board of Education in Cardington.  Fraternally he is prominently identified with the Masonic Order, retaining a membership in Cardington Lodge, No. 384, F. & A. M., and having held the office as Master of the same for four years; he is also a member of Mount Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M., and of the Royal Arcanum.
     Mr. Vaughan is one of the progressive and public-spirited business men of Cardington, and has ever stood ready to lend influence and support to all measures and enterprises tending to conserve the growth and development of the village and the welfare of the community.
Source:  Memorial Records of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1895 - Page 189
Lincoln Twp. -
JAMES W. VAUGHAN, farmer; P. O. Cardington; is a son of Mathew Vaughan, who was born in Isle-of-Wight Co., Va., Nov. 20, 1784.  His ancestors were from Wales; he came from the home of his birth, to Stark Co., O., which was at time a newly organized county.  In 1812, he was united in marriage with Phebe Pennock, whose former home was in Chester Co., PAP. and who moved from Bedford Co., Va., to Ohio, in 1807.  They were the first couple married in the township, of Lexington, in Stark Co.  Nine daughters and three sons were born to them, of whom but two daughters and one son (James W.) are living.  their father died Aug. 29, 1878; his wife Phebe died in 1869; they came to Morrow Co., in 1851, and settled in the township, where they resided until their death.  James W., the youngest son, was born in Stark Co., in March, 1832, and came with his father to this county, and worked on the farm, until of age, when he commenced for himself.  He was married Aug. 21, 1853, to Miss Rachel M. Wood who was born in Morrow Co,. July 25, 1833; her mother as born in Ohio, and her father in York State; they are both dead.  They have four children - Eddie J., born Aug. 9, 1857; William P., Apr. 17, 1862; Mamie N., Jan. 13, 1864; Walter W., Feb. 7, 1866; Mr. Vaughan has followed farming and stock-raising for a business, making sheep moe of a specialty than any other class.  His family are members ofa the Society of Friends, as was also his father.
History of Morrow County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880 - Page 770
JAMES W. VAUGHAN, one of the prosperous and representative agriculturists of Lincoln township, Morrow county, Ohio, and one ancestral history touches not only the period which marked the initial stages in the settlement and development of the Buckeye State, but also traces in direct line to those who were prominent in the Colonial history of our country, must of a surety be accorded a position of prominence in this work.
     His father was Matthew Vaughan, who was born Nov. 20, 1784, in Isle of Wight county, Virginia, son of Matthew Vaughan who came from Wales, his native land, in company with two brothers.  The family at the present day have no records by which the subsequent history of these two brothers may be traced.  The paternal grandfather of our subject was a farmer or planter in the Old Dominion State, and his death occurred prior to the war of 1812.  He had four sons, all of whom are now deceased.  The father of our subject was reared on the old homestead in Virginia. and remained there until after he had attained his majority.  In 1808 he came to Stark county, Ohio, establishing his home in the forest wilds, and remaining there until he had cleared and improved a fine farm.  In 1812 he was united in marriage to Phoebe Pennock, who was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11, 1785, a daughter of William Pennock, who was a Friend, or Quaker, and a native of Pennsylvania.  He removed from that State to Bedford county, Virginia, when the mother of our subject was yet a child of six years, where she grew to maturity, and later he took up his abode in Stark county, Ohio.  In 1851 Matthew and Phoebe Vaughan removed from the farm which they had developed in Stark county, and took up their abode in Morrow county, settling on the farm which is now the home of their son, our subject.  Here the mother died, Nov. 15, 1869, and the father on the 29th of August, 1878.
     Reverting to the history of the Pennock family, we find that the original American ancestor was one Christopher Pennock who was a farmer, and who was married prior to 1675.  He was an officer in the military service of William of Orange.  He emigrated to the north of England, where he remained for a time and then set sail for the New World, taking up his residence in Pennsylvania prior to 1685.  He was in the service of King William at the battle of the Boyne.  He died in Philadelphia, in the year 1701.  His son, Joseph, who is the direct ancestor of this family, was born in 1677, and was taken a prisoner by a French vessel of war while on his way to America, but was eventually set free.  As early as 1702 he was engaged in mercantile business at Philadelphia, and in 1714 he removed to West Marlborough, Pennsylvania, and settled upon a large tract of land of which he had secured possession by virtue of a grant which had been made to his grandfather, George Collet, by William Penn.  Here in 1738, he erected a large mansion.  "Primitive Hall," and here maintained his residence until his death, in 1771.  His son William was the father of a son who bore the same Christian name, and who was the father of our subject's mother.
     Matthew and Phoebe Vaughan became the parents of ten children, concerning whom we are enabled to offer the following brief record:  Rebecca, born Oct. 2, 1813, died Oct. 7, 1840; Mary, born Jan. 2, 18115, is the widow of John Ellison, has three children and is a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; William, born Nov. 1, 1816, died Mar. 17, 1817; Hannah, born Dec. 21, 1817, became the wife of William Ellison, had three children, and died in June, 1849; Dr. John, born May 22, 1819, was twice married and had one child by each wife, meeting his death in 18151, at Salt Lake City, where he was murdered by Mormons; Jane, born Feb. 3, 1821, is the wife of Francis Carr, of Stark county, this State, and has two children; Phoebe, born Jan. 3, 1823, died Jan. 17, 1845; Esther, born Nov. 17, 1824, died Apr. 14, 1847; Lydia, born Jan. 9, 1827, became the wife of Henry Peet, now deceased, and was the mother of five children, her demise occurring Aug. 11, 1869; and James W., the youngest in the family, is the immediate subject of this review.  Both parents were devoted members of the Friends' Church and society; in politics the father was originally a Whig, but espoused the Republican cause on the organization of that party, having taken an active interest in political matters.  He was drafted for service in the war of 1812, but was never called out.
     James W. Vaughan was born Mar. 5, 1832, in the town of Marlborough, Stark county, Ohio, said village having been laid out by his grandfather.  His educational training was received in the public schools and the academy in his native town, and he made his home beneath the parental roof until the time of his marriage, this important event in his life occurring Aug. 31, 1853, when he wedded Rachel Ann Wood, who was born on the old Wood homestead, in Gilead township, Morrow county, the daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Ashton) Wood, whose history is more definitely traced in connection with the sketch of their son, Thomas A. Wood, as appearing on another page of this volume.  The date of her nativity was July 25, 1833, and her education was received in select schools and in Mt. Hesper Academy.
     Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan became the parents of four children, as follows:  Edgar J., born Aug. 9, 1857, married Mary L. Mooney, and has two children, Henry and Edgar; he is a cashier of the First National Bank of Cardington, this county, and to him individual reference is made on another page; William P., born Apr. 17, 1862, is a prominent attorney at Cardington, and is the subject of an individual sketch in this volume; he married Stella Willitts, who is now deceased, having been the mother of one child, James G.; Mary N., born Jan. 13, 1864, is the wife of C. F. Osborn, of Lincoln township, and is the mother of two children, Walter V. and Jeanne R.; Walter W., born Feb. 7, 1866, married Mina Chase, and retains a residence on the paternal homestead.  The children of our subject all received exceptional educational advantages, and the sons all put their acquirements to a practical test by teaching school for greater of less intervals.
     Mr. Vaughan has a finely improved farm of 140 acres, and has devoted his attention to general farming, having also been successful in stock raising.  He has at the present time a fine herd of Red Polled cattle.  Politically he is a stalwart and uncompromising Republican and has frequently been a delegate to conventions of his party.  He ahs served as Trustee of Lincoln township, and was a director of the county infirmary for a period of six years.  He is a man of broad mentality and has naturally wielded a marked influence in the community, contributing in many ways to its advancement and stable prosperity.  His interest in educational work has been unflagging, and he has served as School Director.  On the whole, Mr. Vaughan is one of the honored men of the county.
Source: 
Memorial Records of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1895 - Page 198
Gilead Twp. -
JOSEPH VAUGHAN, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; is a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio; he was born Sept. 24, 1831, and lived there until 1839; they then moved to Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, and farmed near Mt. Gilead; he lived with his parents until about 1855, when he went to Iowa, and worked at carpentering and building for fourteen months; he then came to his present place and has lived here since.  Jan. 1, 1862, he married Miss Annie Hollingsworth; born in Morgan Co., Ohio; of their six children born, four are living- Mary E., Geneva A., James E. and Arthur E.   He owns 127 acres in this township, located three miles southeast of Mt. Gilead; his parents, James and Rhoda (Cobb) Vaughan, were natives of Virginia.  They married in Columbiana Co., Ohio, and came here as stated, where they lived until their death, in Dec. 1859, and July, 1877, respectively.  Of their seven children, five are living - Rebecca, now Mrs. Kirk, of Sharon, Iowa; Joanna, now Mrs. Gardner of Cottage Corners, Ind.; Rhoda, now Mrs. Thomas Wood, of this county; Joseph and Lindley J., both in this county.
History of Morrow County and Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880 - (biographies "v" start on page 519}
W. P. VAUGHAN, who is one of the prominent attorneys of Morrow county, and who is a resident of the thriving village of Cardington, was born in Lincoln Twp., this county, Apr. 17, 1862, the second child of James W. and Rachel A. (Wood) Vaughan, who are still abiding on the old homestead as old and honored citizens of the community.  It is hardly demanded at this juncture that we recapitulate the pertinent points in their life history, since the the same is given in full in an individual sketch appearing elsewhere in this volume.
     Our subject was reared on the old homestead, where he remained until he had attained the age of eighteen years, his rudimentary educational discipline having been secured in the district schools of Lincoln township.  In 1880 he entered the public schools of Cardington, graduating at the high school in 1882.  After this he was engaged in teaching school for four winters, meeting with much success in his pedagogic efforts.  He then matriculated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, this State, and there continued his literary studies for one year.
     Having determined to make the profession of law his life work, in the fall of 1885 Mr. Vaughan entered the office of Judge A. K. Dunn, of Mount Gilead, pursuing his professional studies under such preceptorage until the fall of 1886, when he entered the law department of the Cincinnati College, where he completed the prescribed course, being admitted to the bar in 1887.  In June of the same year he returned to Mount Gilead and remained with his old preceptor, Judge Dunn, until Apr. 1, 1888, when he located in Cardington, where he has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession, retaining a representative and constantly increasing clientage, and standing as one of the most capable and most thoroughly informed of the younger lawyers of the county.
     Politically our subject is identified with the Republican party, and he has risen to a position of prominence in the work and the local councils of his party, being at the present time the chairman of the Morrow County Republican Central Committee.  Fraternally he affiliates with the Masonic Order, retaining a membership in Cardington Lodge, No. 384, F. & A. M., and in Mount Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.
     The marriage of Mr. Vaughan was consumated in 1890, when he wedded Miss Stella Willits, who was born in Cardington township, this county, the daughter of William and Lucinda (Grandy) Willits.  Prior to her marriage Mrs. Vaughan had been a teacher in the schools of the county, and had occupied in the line a position of no little prominence, having been particularly successful in her work.   She entered into eternal rest June 22, 1893, leaving one son, James G.
Source:  Memorial Records of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1895 - Page 189
WILLIAM P. VAUGHAN - An essentially representative and public spirited citizen, William P. Vaughan is at present the able and popular incumbent of the office of cashier of the First National Bank of Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio, and he has other important financial interests of broad scope and importance in this section of the fine old Buckeye state.  He was born in Lincoln township, this county, on the 17th of April, 1862, and is a son of James W. and Rachel A. (Wood) Vaughan, the former of whom is a native of Stark County, Ohio, where he was born in March, 1832, and the latter of whom also claims the state of Ohio as the place of her birth.  James W. Vaughan is a son of Mathew Vaughan and Phoebe (Pennock) Vaughan, natives of Virginia, whence they early established their home in Stark county, where they resided until about 1847, when they removed to Morrow county, at that time Delaware county, Ohio.  Matthew Vaughan was identified with agricultural pursuits during his entire active business career.  He and his wife became the parents of eight children, and of this number James W. is the only one now living in 1910.  He is a resident of Lincoln township, where he has long been engaged in farmer and though he has attained to the venerable age of seventy-eight years he is still hale and hearty.  Mrs. Vaughan is seventy-seven years of age.  Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan became the parents of four children, Edward J., of Columbus, Ohio; William P., the immediate subject of this review; Mary N., is the wife of Charles F. Osborn, of Lincoln township; and Hon. Walter W., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work, maintains his home at Cardington.
     William P. Vaughan was reared to maturity on the old home farm, where he continued to reside until he was eighteen years of age.  He attended the district schools of Morrow county and in 1882 was graduated in the Union School at Cardington.  For one year thereafter he was a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and in 1886 he entered the Cincinnati School of Law, in the city of Cincinnati, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1887, duly receiving his degree of Bachelor of Law.  He initiated the practice of his profession at Cardington in 1888, and built up and controlled a large and representative clientage until Jan., 1899, at which time he was proffered and accepted the position of cashier of the First National Bank of Cardington.  He has been interested in the banking business during the intervening yeas to the present time and he is interested financially in other important enterprises in Cardington, being a stockholder and one of the directors in the Galion Telephone Company.  In politics he is a stanch adherent of the principles of the Republican party and though he has never been anxious for the honors of emoluments of public office he gives freely of his aid and influence in support of all measures and enterprises advanced for the general welfare of the community.  In 1897 he was appointed referee in bankruptcy and he holds this office at the present time.  Fraternally he has passed through the circle of York Rite Masonry, holding membership in Cardington, Lodge No. 384, Free and Accepted Masons; Marion Council, Royal and Select Masters; Marion Commandery, No. 36, Knights Templars.  He served as master and as high priest of the Cardington Lodge and Chapter, respectively.  He and his wife are devout members of the Presbyterian church at Cardington, in the various departments of whose work they have been active factors.
     Mr. Vaughan was married in 1890 to Miss Stella Willits, who departed this life in 1893.  From this union was born in 1893 a son, James G., who is now a student in a business college at Columbus, Ohio.
     In 1905 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Vaughan to Miss Iva G. Hindman, who was born and reared in Washington township, Morrow county, and who is a daughter of Matthew Hindman.
History of Morrow County, Ohio - by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 - Page
583

  WALTER W. VAUGHAN - There has been nothing parasitic in the career of Hon. Walter W. Vaughan, who through life and labors has conferred honor upon the county of his nativity.  He has not only been an effective and successful exponent of the agricultural and stock=growing industries in Morrow county but has also caused his benignant influence to permeate the sphere of public activity, as is indicated by the fact that he is at the present time representative of his native county in the lower house of the state legislature.  He is a man of broad intellectual grasp and well mature opinions as to matters of public polity, so that his value in his present office is of the most definite order, the while his sterling attributes of character have given him an impregnable place in popular confidence and esteem.  As one of the essentially representative citizens of Morrow county he is well entitled to consideration in this publication, and he takes pride in being numbered among the sturdy yeoman of the fine old Buckeye commonwealth, his well improved and attractive homestead being located in Lincoln township, about three miles east of the thriving little city of Cardington.
     Walter W. Vaughan was born on the parental farmstead in Lincoln township, Morrow county, and the day of his nativity was Feb. 7, 1866.  He is a son of James W. and Rachel Ann (Wood) Vaughan, the former of whom was born in Stark county and the latter in Morrow.
     James W. Vaughan was long numbered among representative farmers and stock-growers of Lincoln township and his life was so guided and governed by principles of integrity and honor that he was not denied the fullest measure of popular confidence and esteem in the community that so long represented his home and in which his career was marked by earnest toil and endeavor.  He contributed his quota to the industrial and social development of Morrow county and was a man of unassuming, sincere and worthy character, well entitled to the uniform esteem accorded him.
     Walter W. Vaughan was reared under the strenuous but invigorating discipline of the farm and through such intimate association with nature in "her visible form" he waxed strong in independence and self-reliance.  After availing himself of the advantages of the district schools he continued his studies in the public schools of the village of Cardington, and that he made good use of these scholastic opportunities is shown by the fact that after a course in the high school he proved himself eligible for pedagogic honors.  When about eighteen years of age he initiated his efforts as a teacher in the district schools of his native county, and for about a decade he thus divided his time between the work of the school-room in the winter terms and that of the farm in the summer seasons, so that there was no possibility of deterioration in either brain or brawn.  Through such labors have been developed many of the leaders in thought and action in our great American republic, which affords boundless opportunities for the perpetuation of individuality and for individual accomplishment.  Mr. Vaughan has ever appreciated the dignity and value of honest forces or the emoluments derived therefrom.  About 1888 he entered into partnership with his father in the live-stock business, in which he eventually gave special attention to dealing in horses, in the sale of which he made large shipments to eastern markets.  In this connection he brought to bear excellent initiative and executive powers, and incidentally laid the foundation for definite prosperity and independence.
     The live stock operations of Mr. Vaughan were conducted in connection with the old homestead farm of his father until 1902, when he amplified the scope of his industrial enterprise by the purchase of his present homestead of one hundred and thirty-three acres, eligibly located on the Cardington and Chesterville turnpike, three miles distant from Cardington.  The place had been much neglected, with the result that its fertility had declined and its buildings fallen into poor condition.  With characteristic energy and enterprise Mr. Vaughan set to himself the task of improving the farm along all lines, bringing the land under effective cultivation, repairing the existing buildings and erecting new ones demanded in connection with the general operation of the place, which he has brought to a high standard, so that it is now one of the well improved and valuable farm properties of the county, with every evidence of thrift and prosperity.  In 1906 he erected the large and modern barn on the homestead, and the facilities of the same are of the best type throughout, with special provisions for the care of live stock.  The place is devoted to diversified agriculture and to the raising of high grades of live stock, and Mr. Vaughan continued to buy and ship horses to a considerable extent, being an excellent judge of values and showing much discrimination in his operations, in which his success has been marked.
     A man of high civic ideals and well fortified opinions, Mr. Vaughan has naturally shown a loyal interest in public affairs, and he has gained a position of definite leadership in connection with the manoeuvering of political forces in his native county.  He accords an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party and has been one of the leaders in its local councils.  In 1901 he became a member of the county committee of his party and he had the distinction of serving as its chairman for three years.  In 1905 he was made the Republican nominee for representative of Morrow county in the state legislature, and though his defeat was compassed by normal political exigencies he made an excellent campaign and gained a strong hold upon the confidence of the people of the county, so that when he again appeared as a candidate for the same office, in 1908, he was elected by a gratifying majority.  The best voucher of the popular appreciation of his efforts as a member of the legislature was that given by his reelection in the autumn of 1910, so that he is now serving his second term, which will expire Jan. 1, 1913.  Mr. Vaughan has been a zealous and valued worker in the deliberations of both the floor and the committee-room of the house.  Fidelity and earnestness have characterized his efforts in behalf of wise legislation and he has shown a broad grasp upon matters of public polity and expediency.  He has ably championed the various measures that have appealed to his judgment and has been equally uncompromising in his his judgment and has been equally uncompromising in his work against legislature that he has considered ill advised.  Within the compass of a sketch of this order it is, of course, impossible to enter into details concerning his effective labors in the popular branch of the legislature, but it is but consistent that reference be made to certain important measures with the furtherance or defeat of which he was prominently identified.  He introduced and put upon its final passage the bill reducing the mileage allowed to members of the legislature from twelve to two cents a mile, the latter being the absolute expenditure demanded for railroad fares.  The finance committee of the house recommended an appropriation of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the improvement of the Ohio canals, but mainly through the insistent efforts of Mr. Vaughan this appropriation was reduced to one hundred thousand dollars, which sum appeared, upon close examination, to be entirely adequate for the purpose specified in the bill.  An uncompromising advocate of the cause of temperance and the proper control of the liquor traffic, he also exerted much influence in compassing the defeat of the Dean bill, in the lower house, in the session of 1911, said bill having been considered by him and other leading members a matter involving retrogression and the extension of undue privileges.  Mr. Vaughan is known as a forceful and eloquent speaker, and elegance of diction and clarity of statement invariably characterize his utterances.   He has been assigned to membership in important committees of the house and in the deliberation thereof has shown marked business acumen and maturity of judgment.  His integrity of purpose is beyond cavil and he never makes any compromise for the sake of personal expediency.  In this attitude he exemplifies well the principles of the stanch Society of Friends, the noble religious organization with which the Vaughan family became identified many generations ago.
     On the 17th of March, 1887, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Vaughan to Miss Mina Chase, who was born in Westfield township, Morrow county, on the 16th of November, 1865, and who is a daughter of Daniel L. and Victoria (Bailey) Chase, representatives of honored pioneer families of Ohio.  The Chase family was early founded in the state of New York and the lineage is traced back to staunch English origin.  Robert Chase, grandfather of Mrs. Vaughan, settled in Morrow county, Ohio, in the pioneer days and was prominent and influential in connection with the affairs of the Christian church in this state.   Daniel L. Chase became one of the prosperous and representative agriculturists of Morrow county and ever commanded sure vantage ground in popular confidence and regard.  He was called upon to serve in various offices of public trust, including that of county clerk, of which he was incumbent from 1876 to 1882.  Both he and his wife continued to maintain their hone in this county until their death, and of the children one son and one daughter are now living.  Mrs. Vaughan is a woman of most gracious personality and is the chatelaine of a home that is notable for culture and generous hospitality, both she and her daughter being valued factors in connection with the leading social activities of the community.  She was graduated in the Mount  Gilead high school and for several years prior to her marriage she was a successful and popular teacher in the schools of her native county.  Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan have one daughter, Ruth M., who was born on the 26th of April, 1896, and who is a member of the class of 1915 in the high school at Cardington.
History of Morrow County, Ohio - by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 - Page
506

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