Obituary
Death of a Revolutionary Soldier
The last surviving soldier of our Revolutionary struggles, resident in Sumter District, has passed away. William Vaughn is no more. Who cannot drop a tear upon the departure of this noble son of the glorious past?
Mr. Vaughn was born in May 1764, and had therefore reached his ninety-four year. He joined the army when in his sixteenth or seventeenth year, and was with both Marion and Sumter in several of their most server engagements. He was married to the bereaved wife who now survives him on the 10th of Feb. 1790. They had therefore lived together as husband and wife for a period of near sixty-eight years.
Few more generous and brave men than Wm. Vaughn have ever lived. Although infirm, and tottering under the weight of his many years, a bare allusion to the stirring scenes of the past would cause his eye to flash with almost unnatural brightness, while the sound of life and drum seemed to inspire within his bosom all the fires of patriotism that burned so brilliantly there during the days of his youth. It is said that his hatred for the Tories was proverbial, and that the mention of them in his presence, even during the last years of his life, would always draw from him some expression of his feelings toward them.
He died at the residence of his daughter Mrs. Dargan, about four miles from this place, on Monday morning last. Sumter Watchman
Yorkville Enquirer - October 1, 1857
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Death of a Revolutionary Soldier
The last surviving soldier of our Revolutionary struggles, resident in Sumter District, has passed away. William Vaughn is no more. Who cannot drop a tear upon the departure of this noble son of the glorious past?
Mr. Vaughn was born in May 1764, and had therefore reached his ninety-four year. He joined the army when in his sixteenth or seventeenth year, and was with both Marion and Sumter in several of their most server engagements. He was married to the bereaved wife who now survives him on the 10th of Feb. 1790. They had therefore lived together as husband and wife for a period of near sixty-eight years.
Few more generous and brave men than Wm. Vaughn have ever lived. Although infirm, and tottering under the weight of his many years, a bare allusion to the stirring scenes of the past would cause his eye to flash with almost unnatural brightness, while the sound of life and drum seemed to inspire within his bosom all the fires of patriotism that burned so brilliantly there during the days of his youth. It is said that his hatred for the Tories was proverbial, and that the mention of them in his presence, even during the last years of his life, would always draw from him some expression of his feelings toward them.
He died at the residence of his daughter Mrs. Dargan, about four miles from this place, on Monday morning last. Sumter Watchman
Yorkville Enquirer - October 1, 1857
Transcirbed by: Catoe4
Obituary
Death of a Revolutionary Soldier
The last surviving soldier of our Revolutionary struggles, resident in Sumter District, has passed away. William Vaughn is no more. Who cannot drop a tear upon the departure of this noble son of the glorious past?
Mr. Vaughn was born in May 1764, and had therefore reached his ninety-four year. He joined the army when in his sixteenth or seventeenth year, and was with both Marion and Sumter in several of their most server engagements. He was married to the bereaved wife who now survives him on the 10th of Feb. 1790. They had therefore lived together as husband and wife for a period of near sixty-eight years.
Few more generous and brave men than Wm. Vaughn have ever lived. Although infirm, and tottering under the weight of his many years, a bare allusion to the stirring scenes of the past would cause his eye to flash with almost unnatural brightness, while the sound of life and drum seemed to inspire within his bosom all the fires of patriotism that burned so brilliantly there during the days of his youth. It is said that his hatred for the Tories was proverbial, and that the mention of them in his presence, even during the last years of his life, would always draw from him some expression of his feelings toward them.
He died at the residence of his daughter Mrs. Dargan, about four miles from this place, on Monday morning last. Sumter Watchman
Yorkville Enquirer - October 1, 1857
Transcirbed by: Catoe4
Death of a Revolutionary Soldier
The last surviving soldier of our Revolutionary struggles, resident in Sumter District, has passed away. William Vaughn is no more. Who cannot drop a tear upon the departure of this noble son of the glorious past?
Mr. Vaughn was born in May 1764, and had therefore reached his ninety-four year. He joined the army when in his sixteenth or seventeenth year, and was with both Marion and Sumter in several of their most server engagements. He was married to the bereaved wife who now survives him on the 10th of Feb. 1790. They had therefore lived together as husband and wife for a period of near sixty-eight years.
Few more generous and brave men than Wm. Vaughn have ever lived. Although infirm, and tottering under the weight of his many years, a bare allusion to the stirring scenes of the past would cause his eye to flash with almost unnatural brightness, while the sound of life and drum seemed to inspire within his bosom all the fires of patriotism that burned so brilliantly there during the days of his youth. It is said that his hatred for the Tories was proverbial, and that the mention of them in his presence, even during the last years of his life, would always draw from him some expression of his feelings toward them.
He died at the residence of his daughter Mrs. Dargan, about four miles from this place, on Monday morning last. Sumter Watchman
Yorkville Enquirer - October 1, 1857
Transcirbed by: Catoe4
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