Photos of Jessie & John H. Vaughn; Winn, Louisiana Submitter: Karen Franks Date: Jul 2001 ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Jessie Vaughn (Sister of John Henry Vaughn) This picture was taken of her and transferred on a beautiful 6” diameter metal pin. The story is – Jessie was shot and killed at around the age of 18-20 by her boyfriend who was married. She told him to leave her alone that if he didn’t, she would tell his wife. He didn’t leave her alone and she told his wife about their affair and he came to her house and shot and killed her. === John Henry Vaughn John Henry Vaughn – This picture was taken of him on a wanted poster. He had an alias name of W. F. Vaughn. He was born in Arkansas abt. 1849. His parents were Maborn (birth date unknown) and Lucinda Vaughn (b. 1814) from Tennessee and he had a brother named Jobe (b. 1861). John Henry was in AR., TN, OK, TX and LA. He disappeared later in life after moving to Louisiana leaving his wife Mary Jane behind. Nothing is known of what happened to him. Some people believe he may have been killed. Mary Jane Thomas - born June 15, 1865 in Arkansas and died Oct. 13, 1932 in Winnfield, LA. She was ˝ French and ˝ Cherokee. She smoked a pipe and made her own clothes. Her parents were Benjamin (b. 1824) and Nancy Thomas (b. 1828) from Kentucky. Mary Jane was the youngest of 9 children. She buried in the Zion Hill Cemetary north of Winnfield next to several of her children, Fred Vaughn, Jessie Vaughn, and Wesley Vaughn.. They had 13 children together: Walter; Sam; Fred (killed by Bossier Parish officers around Jan., 1927); Homer (we think died in Minn. Prison); Jencie; Jessie (shot by jealous Man); Mae ; Katie; Lessie; Effie; Rosie; John Henry; John and Wesley.