CORNELIUS HALSEY VAUGHAN -- 96th and 43rd INFANTRYCIVIL WAR DOCTOR - Cornelius Halsey Vaughan, the son of Nathan Vaughan and Sally Baker, started school in Plattsburgh then attended school in Fairfax, VT. He later studied medicine with Dr. L. F. Bidwell, and went on to medical college in Albany, NY, at which school he finished his studies and graduated with honors.He moved to Peckatonica, IL, and set up practice. His brother, C. D., in Amboy, IL, was sick, so he sold out and went there to be with him. While at Peckatonica, he married Miss Lucy Balch, a younger sister of his brother's wife. The couple remained at Amboy for a year or two, then his wife's father lost his second wife, and he persuaded them to run his farm and care for him. They did so for one season.In the meantime, the war broke out, and he went into the 96th Infantry at Plattsburgh in 1862 as an assistant surgeon. He went through the Peninsular Campaign under General McClellan and, afterwards, was promoted to head surgeon of the 43rd Infantry in 1864. For a while he was in charge of the United States Hospital at Beaufort, NC. He served through the war, and it nearly ruined his health. While in the Army, his young wife, Lucy died in 1863, and infant son, Edward, died a year later, which was a great blow to him. His wife and son were buried in the Morningside Cemetery in Malone.Cornelius moved to Iowa after the war and went into the wholesale grocery business. In 1880, he was still in the grocery business with his second wife, Edna Watkins. The couple moved back to New York, and he died in Malone on May 10, 1899, at 67 years old and was buried near Lucy and Edward. Edna died in 1925 and was buried a few plots away from them.
