William Lewis Vaughan (1883-1978)

William Lewis Vaughan (1883-1978)

son of Pinkney Vaughan and Hannah Abercrombie, was born on 20 Oct 1883 near Shiloh Church, Gray Court, SC, died on 5 Jun 1978 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA at age 94, and was buried in Greenville County, South Carolina.

General Notes:

7 yrs old hoed cotton - Mollie was in charge

8 yrs old in fall worked in Pelzer Cotton Mill for 4 months for $4: picked cotton for 30 cents per hundred weight.

20 yrs old 33 1/3 cents per cord of wood - one day's work.

21 yrs old 25 cents per day to haul wood - 7 miles

6 - 8 bales of cotton per year

5 cents/ lb for 500 lbs = 25 bale

Noted events in his life were:


 * Appeared on the census in 1900 in Fairview Township of Greenville County South Carolina.


 * Appeared on the census in 1910 in Dials Township, Laurens County. He was 25 years old.


 * He had a residence in 1918, in Del Rio, Cocke, Tennessee, USA


 * Appeared on the census in 1920 in Greenville County, South Carolina.


 * 1920 census shows William his wife, Minnie, his son Cecil and his father Pinkney living in Greenville, SC at 24 Bennett St. He was a slasher in the cotton mill.


 * He resided at 8 West Street Brandon Mills in 1920 in Greenville County, South Carolina. He was

working at Brandon Mills. Not at the first of the year 1920, they were living on Bennett Street.


 * He resided at 8 West Street, Brandon Mills in 1923 in Greenville, South Carolina. He was living with his wife Minnie and he was employed by Brandon Mills.


 * He resided at 7 Wrigley Street, Dunean Mills in 1928 in Greenville, South Carolina. He was an

employee of Dunean Mills and living with his wife Minnie.


 * He appeared on the census in 1930 in Greenville County, South Carolina. The 1930 census shows

William his wife, Minnie, his son Cecil O., and daughters Ruby N., Edith E., Lorema M., and Sarah D.

living at 35 Jones Steet in Brandon


 * He resided at 35 Jones Street, Brandon Mills in 1930-1931 in Greenville County, South Carolina.


 * He resided at 204 White Horse Road in 1948-1954 in Greenville County, South Carolina. He was living

with his wife Minnie E and one child.


 * He and his wife were a charter member of Tremont Avenue Church of God.


 * He was employed. He retired from textile but always loved farming


 * He was buried at the Graceland Cemetery in Greenville County, South Carolina in 1978. William married Minnie Evelina Sexton on 4 Apr 1915 in Del Rio, Cocke, Tennessee, USA.

Children from this marriage were:


 * Cecil Orine Pinkney Vaughan was born on 4 Apr 1918 in Del Rio, Cocke, Tennessee, USA, died on 16 Mar 1999 at age 80, and was buried in Greenville County, South Carolina.


 * Baby Boy Vaughan was born in Oct 1923 and died in Oct 1923.


 * Sarah Dean Vaughan was born on 25 Dec 1929 in Brandon Mill, Greenville, SC, died on 31 Oct 2002 in Romulus, Michigan 12 at age 72, and was buried on 6 Nov 2002 in Greenville County, South Carolina.