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Father [David Vaughn], Brother [Phillip] and family came to America in a sailing vessel in 1860. Times were very dull owing to war times, he got work in about three months after arriving in America, at the coal mines. After working about a week he met with an accident which later caused his death. Father was very sickly and left alone to make his living and to earn enough money to send for us. He saved enough and sent for us in 1861. We were six weeks on a sailing Vessel. we stayed in New York about one month then came out to Mineisville [Minersville] Ohio where we joined father.

Two of my sisters [Rachel and Margaret] got a chance to come to Salt Lake with other familes to help with the children. Mother [Winifred or Gwennie] worked with the sick all the time to help make a living for us. After staying in the east for two years we came to Salt Lake in 1863 in Brother Bullock's train. I and my sister [Mary] and father walked all the way. we were instructed by the captain not to get too far ahead of the train for fear Indians would attack us. all the teams were made up of oxen. We had a very sick sister [Maria] and mother rode all the way to take care of her. she died three months after we came to Utah, she was twenty three years of age.