On 14 February 1861 in Amelia County, Virginia, my 2x great-grandmother, Ann Octavia Vaughan, received a proposal of marriage. Born on 2 February 1844 in Amelia County, Virginia to Augustus and Mary Spencer (Farmer) Vaughan, Ann had just turned 17 years old.   Ann’s parents both died when she was just a child – her mother … Continue reading A Marriage Proposal on the Eve of the Civil War – And A Vaughan Family Mystery →