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Margaret Lavera 
(Miner) Vaughn
(1905-1987)

 

Margaret Lavera (Miner) Vaughn was born on on Aug. 4, 1905 in Marion Township, Polk County, MO, the daughter of Daniel Lucas and Mary Elizabeth (Hodges) Minerd.

As a girl, she migrated with her parents and siblings to Iowa.

On May 15, 1926, when she was 20 years of age, Margaret married 26-year-old Ed A. "Clyde" Vaughn (1895-1991), a native of Burksville, Cumberland County, KY. Clyde was a military veteran of World War I.

They became the parents of 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 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.

 

Vancouver's Main Street in the 1940s. Note the names of the
businesses -- Castle Theatre, Flynn's, West Coast Shoe Stores.

 

At some point the Vaughns migrated to Washington State, settling in the Vancouver area of Clark County.

 

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.

 

~ Clarence A. Vaughn ~

Son Clarence A. Vaughn ( ? -  )

 

~ More ~

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.

 

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