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John
Frederick Vaughan, Sr., son of William Rufus and Elizabeth Gillespie Vaughan,
was born September 19, 1835 in Jackson County, Alabama. He moved to Winchester
by 1860 and was a manufacturer of tin. During the war he went to Talladega,
Alabama and made gun caps and bullets for the Confederate Army. He returned
to Winchester and married Julia Henderson Loughmiller in 1866. They were
the parents of seven children. He owned a tin, stove, and hardware shop
and was an alderman before being elected Mayor of Winchester in 1872-1873.
He died May 10, 1893 and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery. |
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Mayor
John Vaughan, Sr. |
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1872-1873 |