Charles Lois Vaughan (1893 - 1966)

Born 5 Oct 1893 in Indian Mound, Stewart Co., TN

Ancestors

Husband of Hortense (Gillum) Vaughan — married 4 Oct 1917 in Indian Mound, Stewart County, TN

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1966 at age 72 in Indian Mound, Stewart Co., TN

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Biography

This is my paternal grandfather. Most people in Indian Mound called him "Uncle Lois" but prounced it as " Uncle Loyce," without regard to their exact relationship to him. He was related to most of them in one way or another. I remember him well. I would spend a week or so with them during the summers for several years during my childhood. He was a hardworking man with severe health problems in his later years. He farmed while raising his family, but owned and operated a carpenter's shop after serious stomach surgery when I was a small child. He lived on homemade "milkshakes" made with raw eggs, milk, vanilla flavoring, and perhaps some sugar, (but no ice cream) for a long time after surviving the surgery, and still drank them between small meals while I was visiting. The thought of drinking raw eggs made me want to gag, but he would act like it was good! He and his relatives were tellers of tales, and I loved to sit and listen to them. They would tell the tale, often true or slightly revised for dramatic effect, and all laugh at the punch line. They invariably told the punch line again and all laughed again. To this day I find it hard to resist doing the same thing! He often ate lunch at a relative's nearby country store. I would try to catch him there so he would buy me a Dr Pepper and let me drink it while listening to the tales he and his friends were telling. I would sip it very slowly so it would last until they would finish their lunch and go back to work. I never drink a Dr Pepper without thinking of him. He was a small, softspoken man, loved and respected in the community, and always ready to help a neighbor. Dad claimed "Pap" could pick up a fifty pound bag of feed with his teeth, throw it over his shoulder and walk with it, in his prime. But then, he too, was a teller of tall tales!

Sources

• Personal knowledge

Stewart County Historical Society, Stewart County Tennessee History and Families Volume II, (c) 2000, Rose Publishing Company, Humboldt, Tennessee, USA,Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 00-132689, Page 431

Research by Melinda Earl-Conwell in "McGregor Families in Stewart County, Tennessee," detailing McGregor, Mann, and Vaughan families.

Research by Robert Smith, Indian Mound, (Red Top), Stewart County, Tennessee, USA

Charlie Lois Vaughan Birth: 5 Oct 1893 Death: 31 Aug 1966 (aged 72) Burial: Seay Cemetery, Indian Mound, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Memorial #: 36446745 Bio: Siblings: Add:Ettie Mae Vaughan Wilson (3 Nov 1888-29 Aug 1916)Flora Minnie Vaughan Perkins (5 Mar 1891-1 Dec 1986)Una E. Vaughan (28 Oct 1901-27 Oct 1903)Edwin Gorham Vaughan (13 Feb 1913-1 Oct 1973)Children: James Lois Vaughan (10 Jan 1919-7 Sept 1998)Hauttie Earlene Vaughan Hargis (29 Mar 1921-9 Aug 2008)Living daughter Family Members Parents William Burton Vaughan 1867-1943 Mary Smith Vaughan 1870-1950 Spouse Hauttie Gillum Vaughan 1895-1981 Siblings John Ollie Vaughan 1896-1959 William Dewey Vaughan 1899-1955 Thomas Earl Vaughan 1904-1967 Marvene G Vaughan 1907-1995 Aaron M Vaughan 1909-1969 Maintained by: Heritage (47588001) Originally Created by: LesaK (46961305) Added: 27 Apr 2009 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36446745/charlie-lois-vaughan Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 July 2018), memorial page for Charlie Lois Vaughan (5 Oct 1893–31 Aug 1966), Find A Grave Memorial no. 36446745, citing Seay Cemetery, Indian Mound, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Heritage (contributor 47588001) .