When John Clarence Beasley was born on 5 September 1897, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, his father, Robert Franklin Beasley, was 33 and his mother, Virginia Belle Allen, was 30. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Daisy Etta Peterson. He lived in Archer City, Archer, Texas, United States in 1930 and Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States in 1935. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 2 June 1955, in Coleman, Coleman, Texas, United States, at the age of 57.