James Daniel Vaughan

Brief Life History of James Daniel

When James Daniel Vaughan was born on 14 March 1821, in Virginia, United States, his father, Willis Vaughan, was 33 and his mother, Lievenia Phebe Fowlkes, was 18. He married Maryann Shipley Parker on 1 July 1848, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States in 1880. He died about 1895, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Gideon, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States.

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James Daniel Vaughan
1821–1895
Maryann Shipley Parker
1829–1909
Marriage: 1 July 1848
Mary Frances Vaughan
1849–1926
Caroline Vaughan
1876–
William Crockett Vaughan
1852–1936
Sarah E Vaughan
1854–1936
Daniel D Vaughan
1856–1897
Margaret Ann Vaughan
1857–1916
May F Vaughan
1859–
Phoebe Adaline Vaughan
1859–1924
James Thomas Vaughan
1861–1938
Granville Vaughan
1864–1914
Martha J Vaughan
1867–1937
Nancy C Vaughan
1869–1916
Lilburn A Vaughan
1872–
Joseph Vaughan
1873–1930

Sources (12)

  • James Vaughan, "United States Census, 1880"
  • James D Vaughan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • James Daniel Vaughan, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1844 · German Immigration to Texas

Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.

Name Meaning

Welsh: from fychan, a lenited form of bychan, a diminutive of bach ‘little’. This was often used to distinguish the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, typically the son of a father with the same name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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