http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/1849/obitjvmo.htm Obituary of             J.M. Vaughan        Of Missouri     Submitted by Leona Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ West Plaines Daily Quill West Plains, Howell County, Missouri Tuesday Evening, February 16, 1954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Former Judge Came Here in Covered Wagon J. M. Vaughan, 93 of Free Union Dies; Has 103 Descendants J.M. (Uncle Clell) Vaughan, 93 year old resident of the Free Union Community and former judge of the Howell County Court, died Sunday afternoon, Feb. 14, at 3:30 at his home. Before his death there were five generations of his family living and he leaves 103 immediate descendants. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Free Union Church at 2 o'clock with Albert Thompson of Searcy, Ark., officiating. Burial at Free Union will be in charge of the Carter Funeral Home of Salem, Ark. He was born Jan. 2, 1861 in Maries County, Missouri, and came to Howell County in 1866, remaining here the rest of his life. He married Mandy Middleton in 1881. There were nine children born to this marriage. She died in August, 1934. In 1935, he married Rebecca Andrews, who died in February 1944. He had been a member of the Church of Christ for 70 years. He is survived by six children, Leona Ritchey, Oliver Vaughan, Martha Henson, all of Leota; John Vaughan of South Fork, Jim Vaughan of Jasper, Ark., Iva Nicks of Oildale, Calif.; by 39 grandchildren, 54 great grand children and by four great great grandchildren making a total of 103 descendants. Three children, Antney, Elsie and Leonard, have preceded him in death. Mr. Vaughan came to this vicinity with his parents from Maries County, Mo., travelling in a covered wagon drawn by an ox team. Mr. Vaughan will be remembered by many residents here as a former judge of the Howell County Court from the southern district in the early 1900's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any questions, suggestions, corrections and/or additional information contact me, Linda CONAWAY Welden at: LWelden@lightspeed.net