Born: January 22, 1879, Cleburne, Alabama.
Died: September 21, 1945, Uvalde, Texas.
Buried: Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
John was the son of John Wesley Vaughan and Beady C. Vaughan. He married twice, to Annie Mae Wager and Minnie Viola Dodd.
A singer and composer, John was involved with Vaughan’s Normal School of Music in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.