Short Biography of Edward G. Vaughan

E. G. Vaughan.—This family is of Welsh descent, but the date of their coming to America is not known. John Vaughan was a practicing physician of Wilmington, Del. He was born June 15, 1775. His wife, Eliza Lewis, was born Sept. 28, 1778. They had a family of five children—Lewis C., born June 10, 1798; John D.., Sept. 16, 1800; Joshua F., Nov. 22, 1802; Edmund B., April 1, 1805; and Anna Eliza, Jan. 29, 1807. John D. was the only one who became a resident of Wayne County. He was reared in Delaware, receiving a good education. He chose the profession of the law as his life work, and became a prominent attorney of the county. He was married Nov. 3, 1820, to Lydia Z. Gilpin, born Feb. 15,1802, of English descent. They came to Richmond, Ind., in 1826, where they lived till 1834, when cholera claimed Mr. Vaughan as its victim. In 1854 Mrs. Vaughan married Henry Hoover, who died July 23, 1868. She is still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan were born seven children—Lydia, Edward G., Eliza (wife of S. R. Lippincott), John D., Anna E., Emma M. and Andrew f. Our subject, Edward G., was born in Wilmington, Del., May 4, 1824. He lived in Richmond from 1826 til 1834, and then returned to Delaware, and remained in Wilmington and Philadelphia, Pa., eight years. He then returned to Richmond, and soon after was employed as clerk for Mark E. Reeves, of Hagerstown, and in 1849 purchased Mr. Reeves's interest. Two years later he abandoned business and returned to Richmond, and in 1852, became associated with his brother A. F. in business in Stockton, Cal. In 1854 he was elected City Treasurer. A year later the election resulted in a tie vote, and as an extra election was deferred Mr. Vaughan held the office from 1854 till 1856. He was in the State Comptroller's office, at Sacramento, in 1856 and 1857. In the spring of 1858 he returned to Richmond, his brother having preceded him in 1857. They were associated together in the hardware and lumber business, also owning a foundry, till Dec. 4, 1879, when A. F. died and E. G. transferred the business to his sons. Mr. Vaughan was married Nov. 17, 1858 to Phoebe H. Crawford, of Oxford, Ohio. They have had five children—Frank C., Edward G., Jr., John D. (deceased), Walter S. and Mary.

Source: "History of Wayne county, Indiana, from its first settlement to the present time : with numerous biographical and family sketches" ³⁸