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BIOGRAPHIES
Source: History of Gallia County
Publ: 1882 - H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago & Toledo
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JOSEPH
VARNEY - is proprietor of the Varney House,
Rio Grande, Ohio. He was formerly connected with the
St. Wendel Hotel, of Gallipolis. Mr. Varney was
born in Jackson county, Ohio, Apr. 1, 1819. His
parents are Jedediah and Hannah (Hines) Varney.
His father is deceased; his mother still resides in this
county, coming here in 1812, during the war. John
Varney and Susannah Rawson were married in Gallia
county, Dec. 24, 1846; she was born in this county, Dec. 25,
1823. The following are their children: Mary E. J.
born Mar. 5, 1849, resides in Gallia county; Sarah L.,
Mar. 8, 1850, resides in this county; Lydia S., Aug.
25, 1852, resides in this county; Charles F., Nov. 4,
1855, resides in this county; Julia E. May 1, 1857,
resides in Vinton county, Ohio; John W., deceased;
Ella N., July 26, 1862, resides in Gallia county, Ohio;
Kate R., deceased. The parents of Mrs.
Varney are James and Mary (Cline) Rawson.
Her father is deceased. Her mother settled in this
county in 1816, and still continues to reside here.
Mr. Varney filled the office of trustee in Raccoon
township for two terms, and he was elected justice of the
peace in the same township Oct. 7, 1876, for three years.
The date of his arrival in this county was 1822. He is
a farmer beside attending to his hotel. His postoffice
address is Rio Grande, Gallia county, Ohio.
Source: History of Gallia County -
Publ: H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago & Toledo - 1882 - Page
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Raccoon Twp. -
JACOB
VAUGHN - was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania,
Dec. 20, 1814. His father, Thomas Vaughn, was
born in the state of Pennsylvania, Sep. 2, 1787, and died at
his home in Jackson county, Ohio, Mar. 7, 1871, aged 83
years, 6 months and 5 days. He volunteered as a
private soldier in the war of 1812, under the command of
General Harrison, and he was in the charge at Fort Meigs
under the command of Colonel Dudley. He
continued with command until the British and Indians were
reinforced, surrounding and overpowering Colonel Dudley,
and capturing him and nearly all of his men. Mr.
Vaughn was present when the great Indian chief,
Tecumseh, was killed. After his return to his
native State he married Rebecca Dunham, a
native of the same State, and moved to Jackson county, Ohio,
in 1822. He there bought the farm which he occupied
the remainder of his life. He was one of the associate
judges of Jackson county for about seventeen years, and
filled various offices of trust for nearly forty years,
always attending to their duties with promptness and
accuracy. His wife died Nov. 29, 1846. They were
parents of ten children, seven boys and three girls, all,
with one exception, Samuel, who died Dec. 4, 1849,
are now living. Judge Vaughn were a strong
believer in the Christian religion, a good citizen, a
kind neighbor, and a very affectionate father, and in his
death the family and the community lost a true friend.
Jacob Vaughn was married, in Jackson county, Ohio,
Feb. 19, 1839, to Julia A. Fowler, who is a native of
Monongahela county, West Virginia, born Mar. 24, 1820.
She is mother of the following children: Thomas,
born Nov. 27, 1839, died Sept. 26, 1863; Mary A. (Ratekin),
Feb. 3, 1843, resides in Richardson county, Nebraska;
John F., Feb. 23, 1846, resides in this county; James
W., Apr. 2, 1849, resides in this county; Margaret J.
(Wilcox) , Aug. 17, 1852, resides in this county;
Susan C. (Hanger), March 9, 1854, resides in this
county; Sarah M. (Glassburn), Sept. 5, 1857, resides
in this county; Amanda C. (Kelly), Nov. 29, 1859,
resides in this county; Phebe J., July 14, 1862,
resides at home; Cynthia A., Oct. 1, 1863, resides at
home. The parents of Mrs. Vaughn are are
Nehemiah and Mary (Thomson) Fowler, settlers of Gallia
county in 1864. Mr. Vaughn had two sons in the
late war. John F. enlisted in 1863, in the 79th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close of the war.
Thomas was a member of the militia regiment,
and was called into service at the time of Morgan's
raid into Ohio. Mr. Vaughn is a farmer in
Raccoon Township. His address is Tycoon postoffice,
Gallia county, Ohio.
Source: History of Gallia County -
Publ: H. H. Hardesty & Co., Publishers, Chicago & Toledo - 1882 - Page 7 |
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