SOURCE:
"NEOGA TOWNSHIP, BIO "
The Book "Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois"
Originally Published 1884 F.A. Battey & Co.


LUKE VAUGHN, farmer, was born in Owen County, Indiana, 
January 9, 1841, is the son of Thomas and Isabella [Hooley] 
Vaughn, the youngest in a family of five children, and is of 
German-English extraction.  His father was born in Kentucky 
and his mother in Indiana.  His parents came to Cumberland 
County, Illinois in 1856, and settled in Neoga Township, and 
here his father died in 1876.  His mother still resides in Neoga 
Township.  The subject of this notice was married December 23, 
1863, to Miss Mary Groscup.  Mrs. Vaughn was born in New 
Orleans, Louisiana.  They have had these children, viz; Thomas, 
Isabelle, Louisa, Nancy, Lucetta, John W., Mary E., and Florence.  
Mr. Vaughn now owns 140 acres of good land, the same being a 
part of the old Vaughn homestead.  He is a Democrat in politics, 
and a leading citizen.  Mrs. Vaughn died October 24, 1882.  
She was a most amiable woman and beloved by all who knew her. 

Submitted by Kathy Bargerhuff