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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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George W. Vaught, farmer of Nevada and Columbia Counties. His home being on the boundary line, Mr. Vaught says “he eats in Nevada County, Alabama Township, and sleeps in Columbia County, Lambertine Township.” He was born October 17, 1856, in Blount County, Tenn., and is a son of John R. and Rebecca Vaught, natives of Tennessee, the father born in 1808, and of Irish descent. He was a farmer by profession and moved to Arkansas, locating in Woodruff County, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1880. The mother is living at the present time, and was born about 1823. To them were born eight children, viz.: Andrew P., Melinda C, Lorenzo, John C, Christian Clark, Molly, Hettie A., George W. and Jefferson Davis. George was reared in Tennessee, leaving home in 1872 and going to Indian Territory, where he remained only six months, then moving to Texas, where he stayed fifteen years. In 1889 he located in Arkansas on his present estate. He was married on July 2, 1883, to Miss Alice Steele, who was born in 1865, and is a daughter of Col. W. T. Steele, of Nevada County. They have one child, Thomas M. Mrs. Vaught is a devout and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Vaught is an ardent Democrat, and an exceedingly prosperous and highly esteemed citizen of this county.
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