Billy ; I don't find any reference to any VAUGHN named Frances but I now know that James was listed in the census' of 1860 & 1870. He apparently was George VAUGHN's father since George was listed with James in the same house-hold as a child along with several others. The 1860 census showed a 30 yr old woman in the houes-hold named Betsy but in 1870 a 39yr old woman was listed in the house-hold named Elizabeth C.(no more Betsy) I don't know who George ever married or what happened from there but by 1880 James was no longer listed in Pope County. I don't know about the rest of his children or where they went. He may not have even been the same James VAUGHN I'm looking for as there seems to have been a large number of VAUGHNS with the same given names in the general area & all over IL. at the time. Many of them from TN. just as my GGrandfather was. Hope you locate your Frances. Kent VAUGHN, Riverside,CA.