Records indicate that John "Jack" Naughton, oldest son, age 24, was the homesteader in Pleasant Twp, Otter Creek and Edward Naughton settled in Ottumwa. It is not know if Edward made the trip with the rest of the family or came later. The head of the household was listed as John "Jack" Naughton age 24.

Jack Naughton homesteaded the following land: Southeast qtr, Sec. y, Twp 21 So, Range 15 East, (Pleasant Twp) containing 160 acres. Two Naughton's are listed as being in Coffey Co. home guard company during the Civil War; Thomas and John. James Naughton (1) died of Dec. 7, 1865 and is buried in Baker Cem. No other Naughton's are listed as being buried there however, it is reasonable to believe that Jack was buried in Baker Cem, or with his mother at Calvary Cem. Mary Naughton died after 1860 and is said to be buried at Calvary Cemetery in Burlington KS but no record of her burial has been found.

Of the 6 children of Michael and Mary Naughton, Jack, Nancy, Edward and Catherine all lived long enough to marry and have children. Jack Naughton's homestead adjoined the Heffron homestead on Otter Creek. Kansas Tax Records show that John "Jack" Naughton and Michael Thomas Naughton were in the whiskey distilling business in the 1860's.

Naughton, John "Jack" and Margaret Mary Heffron:
Margaret Mary Heffron was the fourth of nine children of Michael and Margaret "Ellen" Heffron, original homesteaders in Coffey Co who settled there in the spring of 1857.
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John Jack Naughton
birth: 1836
,Waterford,,Ireland
death: January 1873
Otter Creek,Burlington,Coffey County,Kansas

marriage: 1864
Burlington,Coffey County,Kansas
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PARENTS:
Michael Naughton
birth: 1804
Dungarvan,Waterford,,Ireland
death:

Mary
birth: 1805
,,,Ireland
death: after 1857