This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: midge1249 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1282.49.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Pam - nothing in the books, but I think you are looking in the wrong county for his family's history. Unless I'm mistaken, his family was in Taylor twp, Centre county for a looooong time. Using the censuses, here is what I've found: 1880 Union, Mifflin (with James Clinger family_ Christian and Sarah M. Vaughn 1870 Jackson, Hungtingdon, Pa census Christian (58) and Sarah (36) with children Mary (16) and Hannah (10) 1860 Taylor, Centre census Christian, 48 Sarah, 24 Mary, 5 Elizabeth, 4 Hannah, 2 John, a Note: 2 doors away are John Vaughn (66) and wife Catherine(67), presumably Christian's parents. 1850 Taylor, Centre census (transcribed as Chrishan Vaughin !) Christian, Vaughn, 34, colier(sic) Susan, 11 (named after mother-in-law??) Catherine, 10 (named after mother?) Jane??, 8 (named after wife?) Sarah, 5 (or was this his wife's name?) John, 2 (named after his father?) William, 19 (brother?) Susanna Ensign? (think that's what it says), 67 (given the name of Christian's eldest child is Susan, I am guessing this woman might have been his mother-in-law) Note: 2 doors away are John Vaughn (62) and Catherine (56) - again, I suspect that these are Christian's parents given the names of his children by his first wife (who obviously died 1848-1850, probably in child-birth or shortly thereafter, while having son John). Here is the link for Centre county and the search engine is at the bottom left of the page: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacentre/centre.htm Hope this gives you a few new leads, Sue Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.