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McNaughton spent 12 years in
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McNaughton's granddaughter was Mary McNaughton who was born in
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on June 21, 1854, that led up to the first official
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McNaughton married his second wife, Mary Turner, on April 6, 1848. Mary and Moses went on to have four children together, including
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during the Civil War. Though, this has not been proven and some speculate that the tunnels were a part of a coal mine or a form of ventilation.
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in 1813 to Robert and Isabella McNaughton. Both of his parents were of Scottish ancestry. McNaughton was the great-grandson of
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