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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  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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ROBERT A. VAUGHAN, mining operator, was born in Darlington District, S. C., in 1837, and located in Texas at the age of fourteen, where he engaged in stock-rearing, with which he was connected until 1864, after which he engaged in stock-dealing through Kansas and Colorado, which he actively followed until 1878, when he took up his present industry, and has very actively carried it on since. He married, in 1856, in Texas, Miss Louisa Joy, a native of Arkansas. They have a family of two sons and two daughters— Dollie E., Wiley R., Jessie and Edith. Mr. Vaughan now has in active operation mines on Lot No. 2, Maggie Taylor tract; Lot No. 20, East Galena tract; Lot No. 1, Hoy tract; and Lot No, 32, Bloomington tract.

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This family biography is one of 289 biographies included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Cherokee County, Kansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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