Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-10-26
JOB VAUGHN
PASSED AWAY
OLD CITIZEN OF WAUSAU
DIED AT SONS HOME
IN PORTLAND

The citizens of Wausau, in general,
received with feelings of deep sorrow,
the sad news which reached Wausau
on Friday afternoon of the death of
Job Vaughan. Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughan
were Waiting at the home of their SON
Bentley j. Vaughan, in Portland. The
end came on Friday, October %, 1920,
following stroke of apoplexy Mr..
and Mrs. Vaughan left Wausau last
July to visit with their daughter,
Mrs, Sidney J. Huntley, at Frazee,
Minnesota. After stay there Of sew
eral weeks, they went on to the coast.
When they departed from Wausau,
Mr.. Vaughan was seemingly in excel
lent health.
Citizen Fifty Years
This takes away another of the old
citizens of our city; one who had a
wide acquaintance, and he was count
ed as a friend by all who knew him.
He had resided here, off and on, for
over fifty years. He was veteran of
the Civil War and when home on a
furlough in the early COS visited
Wausau. He had a wonderfully strong
voice and loved to play the organ and
sing for his friends, especially in the
time of his young manhood. Many
crowd gathered in front of the old
Forest house during the days of his
first visit here to hear him sing as he
sat at the organ i'll the parlOrs of that
hotel. Later, when he came to Wau-
sau to make his home he was a prom
inent member of some church choir,
during his active life, giving much of
his time to this work, for which our
people owe him a debt of gratitude
In every walk of life he was the same
genial, accommodating and
helpful man. He rendered services to
his fellow men whenever he had the
opportunity, just because it was his
nature and inclination to do so.
OF Fighting Stock
Job B. Vaughan was born in Queens,
burg, Warren Co, Pa, on the 9Th of
April 1912 He was the son of VIM.
M. and Betsey (Benrelstone) Vaughan.
He came of fighting stock, one or two
of his ancestors being in the war OF
the revolution. He enlisted in the
118th New York Infantry. in May,
1861 His father would not let him
go to war, but he ran away and en-
listed again, this time in the End n.
Y. Light Artillery, and went into camp
on Staten Island. He was thrown
from his horse and injured; after be-
ing in the hospital for a time, was
discharged in October, 1861. He en-
listed again in August. 1862, in Co. d,
123rd n Y. Infantry, for three years
and was discharged June Sth, 1865.
He was made corporal and later SER
geant. He was twice wounded, in
the left thigh and in the right knee
pan. He acted two years as color
sergeant of his regiment. He was in
the actions of South Mountain, Antiet-
am, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville
and Gettysburg Was sick in the hos
pital and after recovery went to Chat
tenooga. He marched with Sherman
to the sea. Was in the fights Of Res
oca, Buzzard Roost, Tunnel Hill,
Rocky Ford, Dallas, Peach Tree
Creek, Benton vile, Averysboro and
Seige of Atlanta. A military record
Of which TO be proud, and that he had
thus been able to participate in the
battles which preserved the union,
was always a source of pleasure TO
him.
In Montana Once
After the war he accompanied his
brother, Carmi, to Montana. Later, he
came back to Wisconsin and made his
home in Waupaca, where he was en-
gagged by Fink & Walker, stage line
proprietors, driving from Gills Land
ing TO Stevens Point Later, he was
with the Minnesota Stage Co., for six
years, driving through the north west
down 10 the Red River country and
running IN a train from Fort a her