Joseph Harry Vaughn (1860 - 1901)

Born Aug 1860 in Kentucky, United States

Husband of Mary Ann (Hinds) Auld — married 14 Jun 1890 (to 1901) in Whitewater, Manitoba, Canada

Died 23 May 1901 at age 40 in Superior, Bottineau, North Dakota, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born in August 1860 in Kentucky, the son of James Albert Vaughn (1835-1914) and Sallie E. Lewis (1837-1870). Joseph married Mary Ann Hinds in Manitoba, Canada about 1890. They had at least five children. Joseph died 23 May 1901 in Bottineau, North Dakota, where he is also buried. Joseph and Mary Ann’s children are:

• William Pierce Piers, 1893-1947
• George Francis, 1895-1983
• Joseph Henry, 1897-1938
• Gertrude, 1900-1960
• Robert John, 1901-1938 ^{[1] [2]}

In 1900, the Vaughn family lived in Mouse River Township, Bottineau, North Dakota. The household included Henry (Joseph) Vaughn, born Aug 1860, 40, born in Kentucky, as were his parents, a farmer, who owned his farm without a mortgage. Henry and his wife had lived in Canada, and had immigrated to North Dakota in 1896; his wife, Mary, b. Aug 1871, 29, b. Canada, as were her parents. Both could read and write; their four children, William, 7, b. March 1893 in Canada; George, 5, b. Feb 1895 in Canada; Henry, 3, b. Jan 1897 in North Dakota; and Gertrude, an infant, b. Feb 1900 in North Dakota. ^[3]

Joseph Vaughn and Mary Ann Hinds are mentioned as parents of the groom in their son Robert’s marriage record.^[4]

• Joseph Harry/Henry Vaughn committed suicide, due to marital problems, on 23 May 1901, in Bottineau county, North Dakota, about six weeks after the birth of his last child. At the time, he resided in Superior, Bottineau, ND. Joseph is buried in Bottineau county.

• Marital problems only begin to describe Henry’s troubles. See attached newspaper clipping, provided by M. Auld, descendant.

• Joseph and Mary Ann had six children: Delmer, William P., George Francis, Henry Joseph, Gertrude, and Robert J. ^[5]

Joseph may have been born in 1853.

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org Ancestral File (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M4W2-NRB)
2. ↑ Familysearch.org, Life Sketch, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8KS-W7F)
3. ↑ 1900 US Census, Bottineau, North Dakota (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VD-JXD)
4. ↑ CA, County Marriages (for his son Robert) (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JN-HCB)
5. ↑ family memories and documents from M. Auld, descendant