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I have three Great,Great,Uncles that ended in up in northern Boone & Newton CO Arkansas. One was Joe Vaughn/Vaughan there is a lot of misinformation about him being Frank James.
Father & Mother:
James Vaughan b 1822 c. d. 1864 c.
Agnes Vaughan (Collins) b. 1828 c. d. 1853 c.
Married Cole County Mo.
The three brothers are:
1.William Nelson b 1846 Cole CO MO d. 1925 in Roe Ak
Possibly: Ran a medicine show, had puppets or automated dummies in the show.
2.James b. 1851 c. Cole CO MO d. ?? location unknown
Married Indian woman?
Child:
1. Nora?
3.Joseph F b. 1853 c. Cole CO MO d. Nelson Co Ak
Married Nancy Vaughan (Richardson)
Grand Children ?:
1.Columbus
2.Ebb
3.Sara (Snow)
Married Lester Snow
Most of the misinformation comes from Joe claming to be Frank James and the book :
"This Was Frank James" copyright 1969, written by Columbus Vaughn, Lester Snow and Sara Snow. Published by Dorrance & Company, Philadelphia, PA This book includes Joe Vaughn's original story that was published in 1926 by Norton Printing.
I think the three brothers did commit robberies and possibly use the names of Frank and Jessie James to throw suspicion off the Vaughan brothers. My Family traditions indicate that William nelson was a "Real Rogue" and not much else is known about them. My GGGrandfather John Vaughan who was half brothers with them kept in touch with William Nelson Vaughan. I don’t care much about the Frank James story because it is not true and does not hold water. Being in the KGC I also don’t put much faith in due to he was far too young to fight in the war and have the connections. I do think he may have been hiding stolen money from robberies that the brothers committed. I have no evidence of this but just a good hunch.
In his book he does tell of his family near McGurk Mo and this does match and is my family names and location name for name.
Any information marriages, dates, children of the three brothers would be super. Not much interested in the "Frank James, KGC" stories.
Thanks,
Larry Dietzel
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