Earl B. Vaughn ws born just east of Medicine Lodge. His father John W.
     Vaughn and mother, the former Grace E. Springer, were both children of
     early Barber County settlers. His maternal grandfather, James W. Springer,
     came to this county in 1877 with his second wife, Matilda Hayden, and his
     only two remaining children of his first wife, Harriet Tefft. Harriet and
     five children died and are buried near Sedan, Kansas, in Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
     The two remaining daughters, Grace E. married John W. Vaughn and Alice L.
     married Frank Rinke.
       John Vaughn was also a son of pioneers - his father James Benjamin Vaughn
     and mother Mary E. Gentry Vaughn came to Barber County in 1875 from King City,
     Missouri. They took a homestead south of Medicine Lodge, the Coyle Place.
     They remained on this place five years and then moved to Medicine Lodge,
     where Benjamin owned and operated a livery stable on the site of the old
     high school building; they lived across the street in the two-story house
     east of Parkers' Food Store. I believe his house, which Benjamin built, is
     one of the oldest in Medicine Lodge.
       Earl Vaughn married Stella Shanks, a daughter of a pioneer family. Her
     grandparents were Richard Shanks and Catherine F. Burton. I do now know
     when Richard and Catherine came to Barber County, but their son James B.
     Shanks and Clara India Kaylor were married here in 1887. These were Stella's
     parents.
       Early in their married life Earl and Stella Vaughn lived in Woods County,
     Oklahoma, where their first daughter was born. They soon returned to Barber
     County and bought a farm in the Mingona district, where their other three
     children were born. They moved from this farm to Medicine Lodge. Earl was
     a cattle man and bought cattle for himself as well as for The Healy Commission
     Company, Wichita. They also owned a feed store as well as several grocery
     stores in Medicine Lodge. The first store they owned was on the corner of
     First and Main streets, where the statue of the Indian Treaty now stands.
       Earl and Stella Vaughn's children were Velma, Ruth, Marie and Randall.
     Velma taught school in Barber County and was also a bookkeeper for Western
     Power & Light Company here. Later she and her husband, Roy Bates, were in
     the restaurant business in Wichita. She now lives at Grove, Oklahoma. Ruth
     became a nurse and did psychiatric nursing and also taught nursing until
     the time of her death. Marie owned and operated a beauty shop in Medicine
     Lodge from 1939 until 1970. She had two sons by her first marriage; Randall
     Reeves was a COA and was controller of Stauffer Publishing, Inc., at Topeka,
     when he died in 1972 at the age of 36. His children are: Russell C., Spencer
     L., and Lacy J. Marie's other son is Russell Reeves, who is a meat cutter
     and makes his home in Grove, Oklahoma. His children are: Michael E., Mark
     A., and Randy. Marie's second husband, Clay Kennedy, passed away in 1969.
     She and her present husband, Edgar Wiscaver, reside in Grove, Oklahoma.
       Randall Vaughn, the only son of Earl and Stella, became a career soldier
     and spent 20 years in the service of his country. During the Second World
     War he was a Sgt. Major with Patton's Division. He won the Bronze Star for
     bravery in action. Since his retirement from service he has been an investagator
     for the U.S. Compensation Rating Bureau and resides in Omaha, Nebraska. His
     only child, Judy Fox, lives with her husband, Wally Fox, and two daughters,
     Laurie and Kim Willmott, in Lakewood, Colorado.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 464 
     Submitted by: Marie (Vaughn) Wiscaver