Dr. Walter Blair VaughanAge: 64 years1859–1923
- Name
- Dr. Walter Blair Vaughan
- Name prefix
- Dr.
- Given names
- Walter Blair
- Surname
- Vaughan
 Birth | 1859 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 8 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Nancy Belle “Nannie” Dial — View this family March 4, 1886 (Age 27 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Myrtle Vaughan December 18, 1887 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ivy Louise Vaughan 1892 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a son #3 | Walter Dial Vaughan May 1, 1900 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Delmer Edwin Taylor — Myrtle Vaughan — View this family December 18, 1907 (Age 48 years) |
 Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Earl Boots — Ivy Louise Vaughan — View this family about 1913 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Earl Boots Jr December 20, 1914 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 59 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 61 years) |
 Death | September 24, 1923 (Age 64 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery |
| Family with Nancy Belle “Nannie” Dial |
| himself |
Dr. Walter Blair Vaughan Birth: 1859 — Charlotte, Virginia, United States Death: September 24, 1923 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Belle “Nannie” Dial Birth: August 13, 1864 32 29 — Dial, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: October 1, 1957 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: March 4, 1886 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Myrtle Vaughan Birth: December 18, 1887 28 23 — Texas, United States Death: October 3, 1974 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Ivy Louise Vaughan Birth: 1892 33 27 — Texas, United States Death: July 26, 1987 — Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States |
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8 years son |
Walter Dial Vaughan Birth: May 1, 1900 41 35 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: December 26, 1966 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Walter Blair Vaughan - Household
Eighth St. Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Walter Blair Vaughan - Household
East Main Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas
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