“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


LAURENCE VAUGHN,  farmer, Sec. 21;  P.O. Concord; born in 
County Tipperary, Ireland, in May, 1803; his younger days were spent in 
Ireland as a farmer; came to America in 1840, locating at Troy, N.Y.; 
worked on the Erie Canal one year, spent three or four years in 
Rensselaer Co., N.Y., and came to Wisconsin in 1846; after three years’ 
residence in Milwaukee Co., he located in Concord, settled on Section 
24, and after two years, removed to his present farm of ninety-five acres; 
the land was heavily timbered, and Mr. Vaughn did good work as a 
pioneer; as a result, he has an improved farm and a good home.  Married 
Miss Margaret Reardon, who died in September, 1877, leaving ten 
children – Phillip, Michael, Margaret, Catherine, Ellen, James, John, 
Laurence, Timothy and Peter.  Michael served three years in the 28th 
W.V.I. Regiment, and is now living in Minnesota, as are Phillip, John 
and Laurence;  Timothy and Peter are on the old farm, and the daughter 
resides in Jefferson Co.  Mr. Vaughn is a Republican, and a member of 
the Catholic Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)