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1459. Julia Ann Vaughan329,394,545 was born on 30 Apr 1858 in Grayson County, Virginia.545,1162 She died in Tennessee.

• 1880 Census for Grayson County, Virginia, shows Floyd Poff, age 19, a carpenter, living with wife J.A. Poff, age 18. They have no children yet.

• 1900 Census for Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee shows John F. Poff, born Nov 1857, a carpenter who rents, as head of household with: Julia, born Apr 1857, his wife of 20 years who has had six children, all still living; son George, born Jan 1881, a carpenter; daughter Myrtle, born Apr 1883; son Addie, born Mar 1885; daughter Maud E., born May 1888; daughter Floyd E., born June 1894; and son John A., born Sept 1896. The three youngest were born in Tennessee, the others in Virginia.

• 1910 Census for Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee shows J. Floyd Poff, 48, a carpenter, as head of household including: Julia A., 50, his wife of 30 years who has had seven children, six still living; daughter Myrtle, 26, a saleslady at a dry goods store; son Addie, 24, a brickman; daughter Floy, 16; son Alfred, 13; daughter Gladys, 6; son George K., 28, a carpenter, and Emma G., 27, born in Illinois, his wife of four years who has had no children.

Julia Ann Vaughan and John Floyd Poff were married on 19 Nov 1879 in Grayson County, Virginia.545,1162 John Floyd Poff545 was born in Nov 1857.1199 Julia Ann Vaughan and John Floyd Poff had the following children:

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George Kelly Poff.

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Myrtle Matilda Poff.

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Addie Carmel Poff.

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Maude Eunice Poff.

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Floy Elizabeth Poff.

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John Alfred Poff1162,1199 was born in Sep 1896 in Tennessee.1162,1199 He died aboard the lost U.S.S. Cyclops sometime between 4 Mar 1918 and 14 Jun 1918.1162,1200,1201

•From the U.S.S. Cyclops web page (http://byerly.org/BTcyclops_death_list.htm):
"The Cyclops was a Proteus Class Collier: Laid down by William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Launched, 7 May 1910; Placed In-Service as Navy Auxiliary Service Collier Cyclops, 7 November 1910; Prior to World War I, she supported U.S. warships in European waters, off the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean as a unit of the Naval Auxiliary Force; Commissioned USS Cyclops, 1 May 1917, she continued carrying coal and other cargo to facilitate the U.S. Navy's wartime operations. In early March 1918, while returning from a voyage to Brazil, Cyclops disappeared with all hands. Her wreck has never been found, and the cause of her loss remains unknown. USS Cyclops was last heard from on 4 March 1918. The date of death for the 21 officers and 285 enlisted men, serving on Cyclops was designated as 14 June 1918."




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Gladys Virginia Poff.