Individual Details

From Reighard Fulton Co.History pg 452:
....it is claimed (that) James C. (Vaughan) was the first was the first white child born within the present boundaries of Fulton Twp. The date of his birth was August 30, 1835. He was prominently identified with Fulton Twp. and Swanton affiars for many decades and at one time held county office, as county commissioner. He was one of the leading republicans of the Swanton district, and one of the oldest Masons of that place. His agricultutal property was about four miles distant from Swanton; part of it eventually passed to his son.

From Mikesell History (pg.607)
James C. Vaughan grew to manhood on the home farm and was educated in the common schools of the county and at Maumee, where he was a student for two years. He opened up a farm four miles north of Swanton. In 1864 he enlisted for a term on one hundred days in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry and served in West Virginia one hundred and forty days before he was mustered out. Upon his election as a member of the board of county commissioners, in 1884, he sold his farm and retired from active farming. A part of the homestead is now the property of his eldest son. In politics he has always taken an active part, being recognized as a local leader in the Republican party. In addition to serving six years a commissioner, he had filled various offices in Swanton and Fulton Twp. He has been a Mason for forty years and has passed the principal chairs of Swanton Lodge No. 555. While he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for a number of years, he in not at present affiliated with that order. For 22 years he has been actively edentified with the Regular Baptist church. (Goes on to talk about family and children)

Some Info from obit that appeared in FCGS Feb. '96 Newsletter- he moved to Swanton in 1885 because he elected Co. Commissioner. He was a member of Swanton Baptist Church. Obit says he had 8 children from first marriage- 2 died in infancy.

From Aldrich History of Henry & Fulton Counties pg 639-40
Vaughan, James C. There are but few, if any, of the residents of Fulton county that have a more extended and favorable acquaintance therein than the present member of the board of county commissioners, whose name appears in the heading o the sketch. Mr. Vaughan was born at Ai, in Fulton township of this county, on the 30th day of August 1835. His father, Alexander Vaughan, was one of the pioneers of that locality, having settled here in April 1835, on lands then in the State of Michigan, or as will be more clearly understood on the "disputed strip." Alexander Vaughan was a Pennsylvanian by birth, being a native of Westmoreland county, but as the age of eighteen years, cam to Holmes county, this State, and from thence to Fulton in 1835. In his family were nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fourth , in order of seniority.
In the year 1847, when James was but twelve years old, his father died, but about one year later his mother married again. James continued to live at home until he attained his fifteenth year, at which age he started out to make his own way in life. He worked on a farm during the summer , and attended the district school in the winter until about twenty years old, when he went to Toledo and filled the position of turnkey, and one year thereafter that of deputy sheriff, at the county jail. After three years he returned to Ai and began improvements on the land that came to him through his father's death, and also cleared and improved other lands that he had purchased here.
About this time, and on the 20th day of March, 1860, Mr. Vaughan was married to Harriet A., daughter of William Taylor, of Lucas county. Of this marriage eight children were born, and six of them are still living. After a pleasant married life of over seventeen years, Harriet A. Vaughan was taken away by the had of death. Some two years later, and on the 15day of January, 1879, Mr. Vaughan married Julia Turney, of Lucas county. Two children, both of whom are living, were the fruit of this marriage.
In 1862 Mr. Vaughan established a mercantile business at Ai, in partnership with Ozias Merrill, and continued for about two and one-half years, when Mr. Merrill succeeded to the proprietorship thereof, and our subject moved to a farm, or tract of wild land in Fulton township, which he cleared and made valuable for agricultural purposes. Here he resided until the fall of 1884, when he was elected to the office of county commissioner, and in March following moved to the village of Swanton, where he has since resided.
Having held this important county office for three years, and performed its duties with entire satisfaction to the people, and with credit to himself, Mr. Vaughan was renominated for a second term, and in November 1887, was again re-elected by a good majority.
In the political affairs of the county Mr. Vaughan has taken an active part in the interest of an honest and faithful administration of public trusts. In his preferences he adheres to the principles of the Republican party, although not radical in his views, or loud in his advocacy of party theories. As a resident of Fulton township he has been equally interested in its affairs, and frequently held township offices; for 1858 to 1860 he was postmaster at Ai. It is no flattery to say in concluding this sketch, that among the people of Fulton county James C. Vaughan is a man highly respected for straightforward honesty and integrity; and one whose every transaction in life, both public and private, will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.

Birth	30 Aug 1835	Ai, Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio
Birth	30 Aug 1835	Fulton Township, Fulton, Ohio
Residence	1855	moved to - Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio
Occupation	1855	turnkey
Residence	1855	moved to - Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1856	deputy sheriff - Lucas Co., Ohio
Occupation	1856	deputy sheriff - the county jail, Lucas, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1858 - 1860	Postmaster - Ai, Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio
Occupation	1858 - 1860	Postmaster - Ai, Fulton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Residence	1858	moved to - Ai, Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio
Occupation	1858	Farmer - Ai, Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio
Residence	1858	moved to - Ai, Fulton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Occupation	1858	Farmer - Ai, Fulton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Marriage	20 Mar 1860	Lucas, Ohio, United States - Harriet A. "Hattie" Taylor
Occupation	1862	mercant with partner Ozias Merrill - Ai, Fulton Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio
Occupation	1862	mercant with partner Ozias Merrill - Ai, Fulton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Occupation	1865	Farmer - Fulton Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States
Occupation	1865	Farmer - Fulton Township, Fulton, Ohio
Residence	1880	Fulton, Fulton, Ohio, United States
Marriage	15 Jan 1880	Fulton, Ohio - Julia Tuney
Election	1884	Fulton county commissioner in the fall
Residence (family)	Mar 1885	Swanton, Fulton, Ohio - Julia Tuney
Election	Nov 1887	county commissioner - Fulton Co., Ohio
Election	Nov 1887	county commissioner - Fulton, Ohio
Residence	1900	Swanton Village (Part), Fulton, Ohio
Death	11 Dec 1907	Swanton, Fulton Co., Ohio
Burial		Fulton Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States
Election	fall of 1884	county commissioner
Reference No		V3
Burial		Fulton Union Cemetery, Fulton Township, Fulton, Ohio
Burial		Fulton County, Ohio, United States

Spouse	Harriet A. "Hattie" Taylor (1835 - 1878)
Child	Carrie A Vaughan (1869 - )
Child	Lewis Brent Vaughan (1873 - )
Child	Harry F. Vaughan (1860 - )
Child	Jason W. Vaughan (1861 - 1932)
Child	Cora Vaughan (1863 - )
Child	Rodney Burton Vaughan (1865 - 1904)
Child	Mary Vaughan (1867 - 1868)
Child	Cary O. Vaughan (1869 - 1948)
Child	Ida Vaughan (1872 - 1873)
Child	Brent Vaughan (1873 - )

Spouse	Julia Tuney (1850 - 1941)
Child	Bessie B. Vaughan (1882 - 1963)
Child	Florence Vaughan (1883 - 1909)
Child	Neva Vaughan (1893 - )

Spouse	Julia Turney (1850 - 1941)
Child	Bessie B. Vaughan (1882 - 1963)
Child	Florence Vaughan (1883 - 1909)
Child	Neva Vaughan (1893 - )

Father	Alexander Vaughan (1797 - 1847)
Mother	Rebecca Jones (1810 - 1862)
Sibling	Vaughan (1827 - )
Sibling	Jane V. Vaughan (1829 - 1893)
Sibling	Mary Vaughan (1832 - )
Sibling	Vaughan (1836 - )
Sibling	Edward Vaughan (1838 - 1911)
Sibling	Bell Vaughan (1840 - )
Sibling	Caleb J. Vaughan (1842 - 1902)
Sibling	Vaughan (1827 - )

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