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William J Bryan Vaughn

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William J Bryan Vaughn

Birth
Prairie City, McDonough County, Illinois, USA
Death
15 Aug 1931 (aged 34)
Henry, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 12, Lot 16
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Private, Headquarters Company, 2nd Det FA Brigade. Son of James T and Ina May Vaughn; wife, Florence Watts Vaughn. Entered service at Sheridan, WY, May 8, 1918; to California; to Camp Jackson, SC; to Camp Merritt, NJ, December 12, 1918; to France; in major offensives at St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Champagne; Army of Occupation; in service 464 days; discharged August 15, 1919.

Word has been received that the body of William J. Bryan Vaughn, who was accidentally killed at Torrington, Wyoming Saturday afternoon, will arrive in Galesburg at 3:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased, who was 34 years of age, was a veteran of the World's War.
Funeral services will be held from the Foley Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. C.A. Carman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: AUGUST 18, 1931

Funeral services for William J. Bryan Vaughn who was accidentally killed at Torrington, Wyoming Saturday afternoon, will be held from the Foley Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. C.A. Carmen, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.
The body arrived in Galesburg at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon via the Burlington.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: AUGUST 19, 1931

Funeral services for William J. Bryan Vaughn, who was accidentally killed last Saturday on a ranch in the west, were held from the Foley mortuary at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Rev. C.A. Carman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated at the services. Several beautiful selections were sung by Mrs. Dwight Beatty and Miss Lucille Easles. The casket bearers were: Russell Simmons, Raymond Kisler, Ernie Hartman, Onis Chance, Cecil Chance ad R. Thurman. Interment was made in Linwood Cemetery.
Among those attending the services from out of town were: Mrs. Ina Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Landes, Lucille Vaughn and Lester R. Vaughn of Macomb, Pauline Vaughn of Peoria, Mrs. Lulu Ashauer of Davenport, Edward and Russell Simmons, Gertrude Simmons, Mrs. Delia Dirk, Miss Olive Beers, Miss Zella Coombs and Kenneth Coombs of Avon, Onis and Cecil Chance and Buzz Thurman of Abingdon, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Jennings of Swan Creek, C.T. Vaughn and Frank Bouhart of Peoria.
A son, Frankie Vaughn of Galesburg, survives and his name was omitted from the list of relatives.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: AUGUST 21, 1931
Private, Headquarters Company, 2nd Det FA Brigade. Son of James T and Ina May Vaughn; wife, Florence Watts Vaughn. Entered service at Sheridan, WY, May 8, 1918; to California; to Camp Jackson, SC; to Camp Merritt, NJ, December 12, 1918; to France; in major offensives at St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Champagne; Army of Occupation; in service 464 days; discharged August 15, 1919.

Word has been received that the body of William J. Bryan Vaughn, who was accidentally killed at Torrington, Wyoming Saturday afternoon, will arrive in Galesburg at 3:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased, who was 34 years of age, was a veteran of the World's War.
Funeral services will be held from the Foley Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. C.A. Carman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: AUGUST 18, 1931

Funeral services for William J. Bryan Vaughn who was accidentally killed at Torrington, Wyoming Saturday afternoon, will be held from the Foley Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. C.A. Carmen, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.
The body arrived in Galesburg at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon via the Burlington.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: AUGUST 19, 1931

Funeral services for William J. Bryan Vaughn, who was accidentally killed last Saturday on a ranch in the west, were held from the Foley mortuary at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Rev. C.A. Carman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated at the services. Several beautiful selections were sung by Mrs. Dwight Beatty and Miss Lucille Easles. The casket bearers were: Russell Simmons, Raymond Kisler, Ernie Hartman, Onis Chance, Cecil Chance ad R. Thurman. Interment was made in Linwood Cemetery.
Among those attending the services from out of town were: Mrs. Ina Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Landes, Lucille Vaughn and Lester R. Vaughn of Macomb, Pauline Vaughn of Peoria, Mrs. Lulu Ashauer of Davenport, Edward and Russell Simmons, Gertrude Simmons, Mrs. Delia Dirk, Miss Olive Beers, Miss Zella Coombs and Kenneth Coombs of Avon, Onis and Cecil Chance and Buzz Thurman of Abingdon, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Jennings of Swan Creek, C.T. Vaughn and Frank Bouhart of Peoria.
A son, Frankie Vaughn of Galesburg, survives and his name was omitted from the list of relatives.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: AUGUST 21, 1931


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