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Mary Wells Vaughan
1895 - 1988

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• Nickname	Belfie
  Birth	25 Apr 1895
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Aug 1988	Somerset, Ky
  Buried	Somerset Ky City Cemetery, W. Columbia St.
  Person ID	I0357	Curtis Family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Otha Bradley Vaughan,   b. 1869,   d. 1930
  Mother	Lavonia Bradshaw,   b. 1871,   d. 1899, Jamestown Kentucky of TB
  Family ID	F028	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Earl Botkin Curtis,   b. 24 Dec 1894, Atalla, Alabama ,   d. 11 Nov 1994, Louisville, Ky
  Married	7 Nov 1917
  Children	> 1. John (Jack) Vaughan Curtis,   b. 27 Aug 1918, Somerset, Ky ,   d. 11 Nov 2011, Louisville, Ky > 2. Evelyn L. Curtis,   b. 11 Oct 1920, somerset, Kentucky ,   d. 2 Jan 2007, Lexington, KY > 3. Anna Rachael Curtis,   b. 1 Jun 1923, Somerset, Ky ,   d. 26 Sep 1983, Huntsville, AL > 4. Dorothy B. Curtis,   b. 18 Oct 1926, Somerset, Ky ,   d. 9 Dec 2020, Madisonville, Ky
  Family ID	F025	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Earl Botkin Curtis and girlfriend MaryWells Vaughan This is Earl Botkin Curtis and girlfriend MaryWells Vaughan about 1916. Status: Located
  		Photo of Samuel R Owens House from book "A History of Pulaski County Kentucky" Publ 1952 in Pisgah section of Somerset Kentucky. Daughter Sarah Eva Owens who married Otha Vaughan, lived and raised family in the house after, evidently, inheriting it from her Medical Doctor father.
  		Dr. Samuel Owens House 2004. Home in Somerset Ky (Pisgah area near waitsboro) where Dr. Samuel Owens and then his daughter Evelyn (Eva) Owens with husband Otha Vaughan lived and raised their families. Mary Wells Curtis and family often visited her on Sundays. This photo taken on trip with Jack Curtis in 2004, who pointed out the house location.
  		Mary Oatts; Ada Vaughan Waite; Mary Wells (Belfie) Vaughan Curtis; Lois Vaughan Curtis; Evelyn Bradley Vaughan Stigall
  		Top LR John Arnold Curtis, Mary Wells Curtis, Earl Curtis, Bottom LR Raymond Stigall, Evelyn Bradley Vaughan Stigall Photo on back porch of Earl and Mary Well Curtis house Somerset Ky
  		Curtis brothers Curtis sons of John Carpenter Curtis and wives, apparently taken at John Carpenter Curtis house atop Harvey's Hill, North Main Street Somerset Ky
  		L-R: John Arnold Curtis, Lois Vaughan Curtis, Mary Wells Vaughan Curtis, Earl Botkin Curtis
  		Owens Vaughan home Old Monticello Rd, Somerset KY 1910 Thanksgiving Thanks to Ms. Martha Larson Wells for this photo from Mary Waite Larson collection
  		Owens Vaughan home 1910 Thanksgiving, Old Monticello Rd, Somerset KY

  
  

  Documents		Wedding Invitation of Earl Botkin Curtis and Mary Wells Vaughan Status: Located
  		Somerset KY First Methodist Church history Shows connection to Somerset KY Soule's Chapel
  		Lavonia Bradshaw obit Mother to Mary Wells Vaughan Curtis
  		1933 Somerset Methodist Church directory Kindly supplied by Mr. Rod Zimmerman of Somerset 3/6/2015: shows all members and bible study class photos; Shows Curtis family of JC Curtis, Earl Curtis, Jack Curtis, Evelyn Curtis, Dorothy Curtis, Ana Rachael Curtis, Glenn Curtis
  		Earl and Mary Curtis wedding announcement 1917 Danville Ky Advocate Messenger 11/13/17
  		Otha B Vaughan obit Danville KY 4/17/1930 at home of daughter Mary Wells Curtis
  		Mary Wells Curtis and sister Lois Curtis hurt in car wreck. Evidently visiting sister Ada Wait in Glasgow Ky. Somerset Ky newspaper The Commonwealth 09/26/1928
  		Frank & Ada Wait, Stigalls stay with Earl and Mary Curtis 1927
  		1938 Frank Wait sick. Mrs. Earl Curtis stays with sister , Ada, who is married to Frank Wait
  		1952 Commonwealth Journal: Mary Wells Curtis temperance movement; sister Ada visits
  		1963 Pisgah church reuion Commonwealth Journal Somerset Ky: Jack Curtis

  
  

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  Samuel Owens house quickly shot unstable video of the interior the the Samuel Owens house built 1840. Staircase is original teak from 1840. This house was inherited by daughter Eva Owens who married Otha B Vaughan. They raised their children from separate marriages in this house and had one child , Evelyn Bradley Vaughan as offspring of their marriage raised here. House was being auctioned August 2010 with allowed video

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Wells Vaughan, lost her mother when she was but about 4 years old. Her mother died of TB in Jamestown Kentucky. Her father remarried and moved to the farm belonging to the widow he married south of Somerset. This provided a homeplace for Mary Wells and her sisters to grow up under the care of her father and step mother. According to Dot Curtis, daughter, in 2010, Mary Wells had to quit school after 8th grade to help with chores and assist step sisters with their children. Mary Wells attended the Methodist Church on Central Avenue in Somerset and taught Sunday School there for about 20-30 years. Her favorite TV show in later years was the Lawrence Welk Show. She often complained about beer commercials on TV when they appeared. Her favorite saying when expressing suprise or disgust was to say "Oh Lord" , pronounced..."Aaah Law". I learned a saying just recently from talking with Jack Curtis that she used to speak of the free will of a young woman which was oh well she is "Free, white and 21". Mary Well's mother died when Mary was about 3 years old. Mary's father remarried and lived near Pisgah KY (somerset) and Mary Wells was raised attending the nearby Pisgah Presbyterian Church. Excerpts from the Interior Journal Pulaski County Edited by Will C. Curd Somerset, Ky., August 12, 1873 Church Dedicated. The new Presbyterian church at Pisgah, five miles south of Somerset, will be dedicated on the 4th Sunday in this month. NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 27 Feb 1920 Oak Hill. Mrs. Arnold Curtis of Stearns is here waiting on her sister, Mrs. Earl Curtis who is ill with flu. Excerpts from Somerset Journal, 30 Jan 1920 Pulaski Diary Exhibit. Pulaski county will be represented with a fine line of dairy products at the State Dairy Products Show which will be held at State University College of Agriculture at Lexington next week. Parties who sent cream are as follows: J.E. King, Somerset, Mrs. J.W. Edwards, Oakhill, Mrs. O.B. Vaughn, Pisgah, and Mrs. Earl Curtis, Somerset. Parties sending butter are: Mrs. Rose Marsey, Dabney, Mrs. J.C. Stallard, Dabney, Mrs. E.S. Hail is sending the only exhibit of cottage cheese. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Vaughn last week. The Somerset Journal The Oldest Democratic Newspaper in the Mountains of Kentucky Somerset, Ky., Friday, March 19, 1920. Mrs. Earl Curtis and little son, Jack, visited her mother, Mrs. O.B. Vaughn one day last week. NEWS EXCERPTS: 26 November 1920 Pisgah. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis and children spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Vaughn Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - August 20, 1988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deceased Name: SOMERSET -- Mary W. Curtis SOMERSET -- Mary W. Curtis, 93, of 224 South Central Avenue, wife of Earl B. Curtis, died Thursday at her home, apparently of a heart condition. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Somerset Undertaking Co. Visitation after 6 p.m. today. The Somerset Journal The Oldest Democratic Newspaper in the Mountains of Kentucky Feese & Williams Somerset, Ky., Friday, January 30, 1920. Pulaski Diary Exhibit. Pulaski county will be represented with a fine line of dairy products at the State Dairy Products Show which will be held at State University College of Agriculture at Lexington next week. Parties who sent cream are as follows: J.E. King, Somerset, Mrs. J.W. Edwards, Oakhill, Mrs. O.B. Vaughn, Pisgah, and Mrs. Earl Curtis, Somerset. Parties sending butter are: Mrs. Rose Marsey, Dabney, Mrs. J.C. Stallard, Dabney, Mrs. E.S. Hail is sending the only exhibit of cottage cheese.