History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 783.
[Nicholas County]  [Ellisville Precinct]

JAMES VAUGHN, farmer, P. O. Oakland Mills, was born in Lewis County, Ky.,
April 23, 1825, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McDaniel) Vaughn, additional
notes of whose life appear in the sketch of Thomas Vaughn, the brother of
our subject.  Mr. Vaughn began life as a farmer and has so continued
throughout life.  In 1851, he married in Nicholas County, Miss Mary A.
Campbell, daughter of David and Matilda (Wills) Campbell.  Mr. Vaughn
and wife are members of the Methodist Church, and he is a Republican.

Vaughn McDaniel Wills
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Lewis-KY

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