DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

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                              Don Norman

 

1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

    William DeVaughan was probably born about 1790. He married Mary

Crimsley. They settled in Wood County VA in 1816.

 

Known children of William and Mary (Crimsley) DeVaughan.

 

  2.  (1). William                 b.c.     1818

         m.Nancy Wilt

 

  3.  (2). Thompson                b.       1820

         m. Azilda Foughty

 

2.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN     1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

    William DeVaughan, a son of William and Mary (Crimsley) DeVaughan,

was born in Wood County VA about 1818. He married Nancy Wilt. Nancy was

a daughter of John and Barbara (McVicker) Wilt.

 

Known children of William and Nancy (Wilt) DeVaughan.

 

  4.  (1). Andrew J.               b.       1852

         m.Rosa J. Harris

 

3.THOMPSON DEVAUGHAN   1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

      Thompson DeVaughan, a son of William and Mary (Crimsley) DeVaughan, was born in 1820. He married Azilda Foughty. Azilda was born in 1821 and died in 1884.

 

Known child of Thompson and Azilda (Foughty) DeVaughan.

 

  5.  (1). Arthur I.                b.    1864    d.    1948

         m. Sarepta Mallory Posey Feb  2 1893

 

4.ANDREW J. DEVAUGHAN    2.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN     1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

    Andrew J. DeVaughan, a son of William and Nancy (Wilt) DeVaughan,

was born in Wood County VA in 1852. He married Rosa J. Harris. Rosa was

a daughter of Samuel Warren and Elizabeth (Bailey) Harris.

 

Children of Andrew J. and Rosa J. (Harris) DeVaughan.

 

  6.  (1). Maud Eleanor

 

  7.  (2). Guy Shannon

 

  8.  (3). Gardner Jackson         b.       1880   d.       1920

         m.Eliza Peggs

 

5.ARTHUR I. DEVAUGHN   3.THOMPSON DEVAUGHAN   1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

      Arthur I. DeVaughn, a son of Thompson and Azilda (Foughty) DeVaughan, was born in 1864 and died in 1948. He married Sarepta Mallory Posey Febraury 2, 1893. Sarepta was born in 1869 and died in 1958.

 

Known child of Arthur I. and Sarepta Mallory (Posey) DeVaugh.

 

  9.  (1). James Murl               b.      1910   d.     1983

         m. LaRue Twila Diggins Dec 31 1933

 

8.GARDNER JACKSON DEVAUGHAN    4.ANDREW J. DEVAUGHAN    2.WILLIAM

DEVAUGHAN     1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

    Gardner Jackson DeVaughan, a son of Andrew J. and Rosa J. (Harris)

DeVaughan, was born in Wood County WV in 1880 and was murdered in

Henrietta, TX in 1920. He married Alma Eliza Peggs. Eliza was born in VA

in 1886.

    The family moved to TX in 1910.

 

Children of Gardner Jackson and Alma Eliza (Peggs) DeVaughan.

 

 10.  (1). Carl

 

 11.  (2). Brian

 

 12.  (3). Virginia                b.Jul 29 1910

         m.Merlin Levi Johnson

 

 13.  (4). Daisy

 

12.VIRGINIA M. DEVAUGHAN   8.GARDNER JACKSON DEVAUGHAN    4.ANDREW J. DEVAUGHAN   

2.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN     1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

      Virginia m. DeVaughan, a daughter of Gardner Jackson and Alma Eliza (Peggs) DeVaughan, was born in Akron, OH July 29, 1910 and died in Elkins, WV Mar 8 1972. She married Merlin Levi Johnson. Merlin, a son of William Warden and Isabel (Hall) Johnson, was born in Gilmer County WV November 21, 1901.

 

Children of Merlin Levi and Virginia M. (DeVaughan) Johnson.

 

 14.  (1). Dale

 

 15.  (2). Elain

 

 16.  (3). Merlin Hayes            b.Oct 25 1930   d.Mar 26 1991

         m.Lula Marie Hammonds Jul 11 1950

 

 17.  (4). Carol Jeanette          b.Nov 29 1933

         m.Myrl Roger Duke  Nov 16 1957

 

 18.  (5). Mary Glenn              b.       1937

         m.Vernon McCourt

         m.Jose Monton

 

 19.  (6). James Howard

 

 20.  (7). June Latreece           b.Nov 18 1941

         m.Billy Loy Rice Feb 27 1960

 

 21.  (8). Richard Jackson

 

 22.  (9). Carl

 

9.JAMES MURL DEVAUGHN   5.ARTHUR I. DEVAUGHN   3.THOMPSON DEVAUGHAN   1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

      James Murl DeVaughn, a son of Arthur I. and Sarepta Mallory (Posey) DeVaugh, was born in 1910 and died in 1983. He married LaRue Twila Diggins December 31, 1933. LaRue was born in 1915 and died in 1986.

 

Child of James Murl and LaRue Twila (Diggins) DeVaughn.

 

 23.  (1). Louis Edwin              b.     1934

         m. Karen Lavern Kurowsky Apr 6 1968

 

 

23.LOUIS EDWIN DEVAUGHN  9.JAMES MURL DEVAUGHN   5.ARTHUR I. DEVAUGHN   3.THOMPSON DEVAUGHAN   1.WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN

 

      Louis Edwin DeVaughn, a son of James Murl and LaRue Twila (Diggins) DeVaughn, was born in 1934. He married Karen Lavern Kurowsky April 6, 1968. Karen was born in 1938 and died in 2001.

 

Children of Louis Edwin and Karen Lavern (Kurowsky) DeVaughn.

 

 24.  (1). Jennifer Diane           b.     1970

 

 25.  (2). James Raymond            b.     1972

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

DeVaughn, Louis, e-mail to Hacker’s Creek Pioneer Descendants Mar 27 2004 "Nicholas County WV History 1985" p.187

Norman, Don, "Descendants of Rutger Johnson"

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