Brief Life History of Charles Wilson
When Charles Wilson Vaughn was born on 5 June 1876, in Willis, Floyd, Virginia, United States, his father, Christopher Greenville Vaughn, was 21 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, was 21. He married Mary Anne Elizabeth Pendleton on 13 February 1898. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Burks Fork, Floyd, Virginia, United States for about 30 years and Hopewell Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States for about 20 years. He died on 21 April 1949, in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hopewell Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.
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- Charles W Vaughn, "United States Census, 1940"
- Charles W Vaughn, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Charles Wilson Vaughn, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1879
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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Welsh: variant of Vaughan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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