Margaret
Lavera (Miner) Vaughn
(1905-1987)
Margaret Lavera (Miner) Vaughn was born on on Aug. 4, 1905 in Marion Twp., Polk County, MO, the daughter of Daniel L. and Mary Elizabeth (Hodges) Minerd.
As a girl, she migrated with her parents and siblings to Iowa.
On May 15, 1926, Margaret married Ed A. "Clyde" Vaughn (1895-1991), a native of Burksville, Cumberland County, KY. Clyde was a military veteran of World War I.
They had two sons -- Clarence A. Vaughn and Laurence Dean Vaughn, both born in Iowa. Sadly, son Lawrence died at age three, on Valentine's Day 1931.
Early in the marriage, the Vaughns also resided in Otho, Webster County, IA. They are enumerated there in the federal census of 1930, with Clyde listed as working as a laborer at a local brick yard.
At some point the Vaughns migrated to Washington State, settling in the Vancouver area of Clark County.
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Vancouver's Main Street in the 1940s. Note the names of the businesses -- Castle Theatre, Flynn's, West Coast Shoe Stores |
Margaret died on Oct. 23, 1987 in Vancouver.
Clyde lived to the age of 96, and passed away in Battle Ground, Clark County, WA on Nov. 15, 1991.
More will be added to this biography when learned.
For information on the Hodges family genealogy, please contact Sharon Hodge-Spencer, who has freely shared her research findings with us.
Copyright © 2005, 2008 Mark A. Miner