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Note: udge Silas Perron Vaught" (who was just 4 yrs. younger than JANE's father). JANE sought her father's counsel on her marriage to Nathaniel. She apparently wanted more for herself & her children than Nathaniel could provide. She filed for divorce, & it was apparently a big scandal in 1878. She was told by her fiancé (Judge Vaught) that she could bring her 3 Ellington children to his home when the two married. Nathaniel was not pleased with the divorce & only allowed her to take the 2 older children with her to her new marriage. He kept the youngest, "Good Boy" (John Nathaniel), with him; "Good Boy" was 4.
Following Silas's death in 1901, she began share-cropping the 1,120 acres where she lived. She was said to have been: stern, business-minded, & responsible; but she had trouble with some of her share-croppers who felt that she did not share fairly. One of these was her youngest Ellington son, John Nathaniel, who left Caddo Gap in 1916 to do the same work in Riverby, Texas following a bitter dispute with her. Unfortunately, he only got to farm 4 years in Texas when he became ill with the flu. JANE traveled to Riverby to see him due to his severe illness, but he was too incoherent to talk with her. They did not patch-up their differences before he died in 1920. She was inconsolable at his loss.
JANE was generous & loving to her grandchildren. She often baked cookies & took apronsful to them. The children would scream, "It's Grandma Vaught coming with cookies!" as they saw her top the hill when they lived in Caddo Gap. She left them some inheritance when she passed away on 3-14-1926.
Note: JANE's father was prominent & prosperous in the area. He was friends & contemporaries with "J
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