C. C. Vaughn

C. C. Vaughn (December 27, 1846 – October 21, 1923) was an American educator and Baptist minister in Ohio and Kentucky. He served in the American Civil War and was promoted to orderly sergeant in his heavy artillery regiment. He was also active in the Colored Conventions Movement and played prominent state and national roles in the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans group, and the Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, an African-American beneficial and temperance society. He is also known as Charles C. Vaughn, and Cornelius C. Vaughn. His first name was given as Charles and as Cornelius. He and his family were owned by Theodoric H. Grigg, and in 1852, Grigg sold his plantation and moved with his slaves to Ohio where he set his slaves free. He lived with his cousin, who rented a farm where he labored in the summer and attended school in the winter. In 1861 and 1862, during the American Civil War (1861–1865) he worked in a brick-yard. In 1863, his cousin moved closer to Troy, Ohio, and Vaughn labored on Alexander M. Heywood's farm.

Civil war

During the American Civil War, Vaughn enlisted in company F, 13th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment in the Union army.

Civil activities He was active in politics and social affairs. He advocated in favor of civil rights and suffrage for blacks. In 1884 in Louisville, Kentucky he was elected chairman on the State Convention of Colored Men. He was treasurer of the District Lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows for six years and was State Grand Chief of the Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria in 1883, and in 1884 was vice-chief of the body and a member of the national executive committee. In 1886, he was vice-assistant moderator of the General Association of Baptists. He also was a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a civil war veterans association. He held positions in the state and national departments of the group, and was on group commander-in-chief John Palmer's staff.

Death Vaughn died on October 21, 1923, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Russelville, Kentucky.