Mary Delia Vaughan

Brief Life History of Mary Delia

When Mary Delia Vaughan was born on 15 July 1897, in Eastland, Texas, United States, her father, William Watson Vaughan, was 26 and her mother, Deborah Jane Dolberry, was 22. She married Benjamin Lee Bledsoe on 14 September 1918. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Commissioner's Precinct 2, Clay, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Moxee City, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1950. She died on 7 August 1966, in Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Cowlitz, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Lee Bledsoe
1890–1967
Mary Delia Vaughan
1897–1966
Marriage: 14 September 1918
Alfred Lee Bledsoe
1920–1992
Milford Carrol Bledsoe
1925–1994
Patsy L Bledsoe
1929–

Sources (15)

  • Mary D Bledsoe, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mary Vaughan, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Mary Delia Vaughn Bledsoe, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1904

Historical Boundaries: 1904: Clay, Texas, United States

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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