Obituary: George Trask & Harriet Trask Vaugn

June 9, 1912; Oregonian, p 9 

"Two Pioneers Dead"
Bay City, Or., June 8

   When the death of George Trask, a pioneer of Tillamook County, was announced Wednesday, June 5, a sadness was cast over many relatives and friends who had known him and held him in great respect.
   But when, 21 hours later, his sister Mrs. Warren U. Vaughn, succumbed from the shock of her brother's death, the whole county was saddened.
   The immediate cause of Mr. Trask's death was cancer.  At the time of his death, which occurred at 1 A.M., he was at the home of David Martiny in Tillamook.
   When the Trask family moved from Clatsop County to Tillamook, 60 years ago.  George was the baby and his sister, Harriet, only 9 years old.  Their father, Elbridge Trask, a native of Maine, came West with the American Fur Company in 1839 and settled on the Clatsop County coast, where, after a few years' trapping and hunting, he brought his family south and established his home by taking up a donation land claim along the river that now bears his name.
   Here it was that an eventful life began, for George and Harriet, which, after 60 years of faithful love, ended on the same day.
   October 13, 1858, Harriet married Warren U. Vaughn, a prosperous young farmer who had located a few years prior to their marriage on a donation claim of 300 acres adjacent to the present limits of Bay City.  Twelve children survive their mother.  In the early days of pioneering, many hardships were endured by the brave couple.
   Doctors were scarce in the early days, and it was then that the kind-hearted Harriet Vaughn became known throughout the entire settlement.  Many of the leading citizens of Tillamook County received their first ministrations from her hands.  Leaving her own children in the care of their father, she would travel many miles in stormy weather to care for some neighbor's family.
   Several years ago Mrs. Vaughn lost her sight, and since then has spent most of her time at the homes of her several children, all of whom are now married.  Mrs. Ida M. Martiny resides at Tillamook.  Amos N. Vaughn lives on the old homestead, which is still held intact.  Mrs. Lydia J. Haskins, Mrs. Alice A. Woodward, Mrs. Cecelia E. Bodyfelt and Mrs. Myrtle J. Holden live at Tillamook; Mrs. Anna E. Jacoby and George O. Vaughn at Bay City, Mrs. Clara M. Cory at La Fayette, Or.; Guy C. Vaughn at South Prairie, Warren B. Vaughn at Tillamook, and Mrs. Lena L. Goodspeed on the homestead.  Mrs. Vaughn's illness was of short duration.  She was confined to her bed less than a week.  The shock of her brother's death was too great. The funeral of Mr.Trask was held at Fairview Cemetery, Bay City, Thursday, and of Mrs. Vaughn was buried today.

 

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