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Note: From Boone County Recorder newspaper - December 28, 1904, page 5, column 2 : ORVILLE VAUGHN Accidentally Shot and Killed While Out Hunting with his Nephew, Chester Tanner Just as the period of good cheer was dawning, a pall of sorrow was spread over Gunpowder and Hopeful neighborhoods by the accidental shooting and killing of Orville Vaughn, a very popular young farmer of that part of the county, and homes where a merry Christmas was anticipated are all darkness and sorrow. Mr. Vaughn and Chester Tanner, about 17, son of Henry Lewis Tanner, and a nephew of Mr. Vaughn, started out last Thursday morning for a rabbit hunt. They had gone but a short distance from Mr. Vaughn's residence, when they came to a pile of brush in which they suspected there was a rabbit. They both mounted the brush pile and tramped over it, but no rabbit came out. When they got off of the brush pile, young Tanner laid his gun across his arm to let the hammer down, and his hand being gloved, it let the hammer slip, discharging the gun, the entire load taking effect in the left side of Mr. Vaughn who was standing near. He died in a few minutes, the only words he ever spoke after the accident being, "Chester, you have shot me." The immediate neighbors were all away from home and it was some time before the body of the unfortunate man could be taken to the house, where his wife was almost prostrated by the sad accident. Chester Tanner's grief over the unfortunate affair is intense. Coroner Murat, of Constance, was called and held the inquest, and returned a verdict in accordance with facts. Orville Vaughn is a son of John Vaughn, of Florence, who has had three sons to meet tragic deaths. About 20 years ago a son just large enough for that kind of work went to the pasture to catch a horse, and being gone too long was sent for and was found lying in the field, having been kicked by a horse. The child lived but a few hours. Several years ago a son who was brakeman on the Q & C railroad, was killed in a collision, and last Thursday another was shot accidentally and killed. Orville Vaughn married Miss Laura Sebree, daughter of the late John Sebree, who several years ago, lived on Gunpowder near what is known as the Weldon Farm. To them was born one child, a son, who is about 11 years of age.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Boone County Recorder newspaper - December 28, 1904, page 1, column 5 : GUNPOWDER --On account of the death of Mr. Vaugh, Miss Northcutt closed her school last Thursday and will begin again next Monday. --One of the saddest accidents that has ever occurred in this neighborhood happened last Thursday. Chester Tanner and Orville Vaughn were hunting, and came to a wire fence. Chester, in order to avoid an accident, was letting the locks of his gun down before climbing the fence; but one of the locks slipped and discharged the load, and as the gun happened to be pointed at Mr. Vaughn the result was he was killed instantly. In the death of Mr. Vaughn we lose a good neighbor, the wife a devoted husband and the son and only child an indulgent father. The funeral services were conducted at Hopeful last Saturday, by Pastor Slater, assisted by Rev. Adams. His remains were placed in the vault to await final interment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Per Paul Tanner's book "Some of my Kentucky Ancestors - Section HLT, page 5 : --Tragedy struck the family in early 1906 (should be Dec 1904 per newspaper article above). Carrie Vaughn Tanner's younger brother Orville Vaughn 35, was hunting with her son Chester. Chester's shotgun discharged and Orville was killed. --Orville left a widow, Laura, who lived at least 30 years. I remember her as being a little on the eccentric side. For dates on their tombstone, she had put "nobody knows, nobody cares". Census records show that Laura was born in 1868, two years before Orville. --Orville also left a 15-year-old son Ransom O. Vaughn (or was he about 11 years old per the above newspaper article??) April 2, 1906, Henry L. Tanner was appointed his guardian with bond signed by Geo. C. Barlow and E.O. Rouse. He filed a settlement August 3, 1908. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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