Dr. Kara Vaughn Jackson ( The Gramblinite,1965 ) Kara Enid Vaughn was born June 7, 1908, in Chatawa, Mississippi to Benjamin and Angeline Dillon Vaughn. Benjamin was the younger brother of my 2nd great grandmother, Angeline Vaughn Dillon. The Vaughn's were a close knit family of farm laborers that had a strong desire to see all of their children educated, and through hard work and many sacrifices, were able to see that dream realized. Kara was home-schooled by her Aunt until the age of 10 and was sent to live with relatives in Gary, Indiana while she attended the historic Froebel High School. Froebel has a history of it's own as one of the first schools in the nation to integrate. She went on to complete her undergraduate studies at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana . ( The Gramblinite,1965 ) Kara began her career as a teacher at a rural training school while working her way through Southern University. She began her work at Grambling in 1937 at the re
African American and Creole Louisiana Geneological Research dedicated to the Dillon, Redden, Montgomery, Vaughn, Fluker, Nelson, Pierson, Albert, Reed, Knighten, Cryer, Taylor, and St. Louis Families with roots in Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Iberville Parishes and Pike County, Mississippi