The Descendants of William T. Vaughan

William Thomas (Thomas) Vaughan

William Thomas ("Thomas") Vaughan was born 15 January 1834 in Leavenworth, Kentucky. He was the son of Herod Vaughan and Nancy Murphy. William died 5 February 1908 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois, at the age of 74, and was buried at Union Cem., Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Ann Hoggatt 25 October 1855 in Moultrie Co., Illinois. She was born 2 March 1839 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co., Illinois. She was the daughter of Anthony Hoggatt and Elizabeth __________. Betsy Ann died 16 May 1922 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois, at the age of 83, and was buried at Union Cem., Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois. They had 11 children:

1. William Thomas ("Will" or "Bill") Vaughan, born 1 January 1856, died 27 March 1934
2. __________Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908
3. __________ Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908
4. Rosey Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908
5. Elizabeth Anna ("Annie") Vaughan, born January 1864, died after 5 July 1926
6. __________ Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908
7. __________ Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908
8. __________ Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908
9. Ely Vaughan, born January 1868, died 18 October 1918
10. __________ Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908
11. __________ Vaughan, born after 1856, died before 5 February 1908

Betsy Ann ended her life by hanging, while infirm from ill health and advanced years. The tragedy occurred at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth Williams, in Lincoln, Illinois, with whom Betsy had made her home. The body was found with life barely extinct, in the closet of an upstairs bedroom. The discovery was made by her granddaughter, Mrs. Daisy Williams Gray. Death had been caused by an apron, looped about the neck and hung on a hook in the closet, and strangulation ensued when the aged woman leaned her weight on the loop. Betsy had lived in Lincoln, Illinois for 20 years.

William Thomas was a coal miner by occupation. He had worked in the Latham mine, in Illinois. At the time of his last illness he was a trapper, being unable to dig coal on account of his physical infirmities. He was a native of Kentucky, and had lived in Illinois for 60 years. William moved to Sullivan, Illinois about 1855, where he was married to Betsy Ann Hoggatt.

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