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Death of William Vaughan Drives Waxhaw Obituary
The poor farm community of Waxhaw mourns William J. Vaughan a prominent Lancaster County farmer who died suddenly from heart failure while working in his garden. Survived by two daughters a brother and two sisters the family filed to bury him in Waxhaw Presbyterian churchs old cemetery. His passing comes as the town debates local sanitation and civic improvements including moving unsanitary fertilizer warehouses away from homes and setting a park-like neighborhood by the right of way.
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William J. Vaugan
Colossus
Waxhaw
Colossus Company
Soli
Snider Carter
Twelve Mile Creek
Hugh Wilson
Cleburne
Tex
W. F. Sandford
Rockingham
Mr. Sanford
Vaughan
Old Burying Ground
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church
Helen Mangum
Virginia Vaughan
JL. Vaneghan
Mesdames W. P. Culp
R. P. Wolfe