Harrison L. Vaughan

  General Notes:

From Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, 1895:

Harrison L. Vaughan, an enterprising farmer, residing in Montour Falls, Schuyler County, was born on his parents' old homestead, October 15, 1852. He is a son of Johnson and Elizabeth (Palmer) Vaughan, and a grandson of Samuel Vaughan, who was a native of New Jersey, and who removed to Schuyler County in a very early day, locating in the town of Hector, where he purchased five hundred acres of land. There he erected a cabin and resided until late in life, when he retired and moved to Burdett, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their days, their remains being interred in Burdett (Presbyterian) Cemetery. They were the parents of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity.
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Paragraph on Johnson Vaughan transcribed to Johnson's notes
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The subject of this sketch was reared on the old home farm and received his education in the common schools. In October, 1875, he was united in marriage with Miss Julia Sturdevant, a daughter of James and Ann E. (Blakesley) Sturdevant. Her father was one of the first to enter the service of his country in the Civil War, and was for a long time a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His health was so impaired by his confinement in that vile prison that he lived but a short time after his release. By the union of our subject and his wife there has been born one child, Elbert, a bright boy of fifteen years, now a student in Cook's Academy.

After their marriage, Mr. Vaughan and his young bride located on his father's farm, which has ever since been their home, and on which he has been successfully engaged in general farming. Socially he is a Mason, and in politics is a Democrat, taking an active part in public affairs. A number of times he has represented his party in the county conventions, and has served on the County Central Committee. ⁵²⁹