Eddie Lee Clabo

b 20 Sep 1901, , Sevier, Tennessee
d 28 Nov 1933, William Clabaugh >
bur , Sevier, Tennessee William Clabough, Jr. Lavina King >
James Clabough b 1820  
| b 01 Sep 1839 Elizabeth Handley  
James Ray Clabough  d 29 Mar 1929 b 1824 Wilson Maples >
|b 05 Jan 1864 | William Abijah Maples Sarah Rolen
|d 07 Apr 1923 Anna Maples b 1804 Archibald McMahan >
|  b 07 Mar 1836 Elizabeth McMahan Elizabeth Byrd >
Eddie Lee Clabo  d 20 Feb 1901 b 1807 David Crockett McMahan >
|Charity Alice Reagan Archibald D. McMahan Mary Large >
|m 1921 Francis Marion McMahan b 31 Mar 1817 George McMahan >
|, Sevier, Tennessee |b 26 May 1843 Rebecca F. McMahan Susanah
Mary Rebecca McMahan  d 24 Feb 1900 b 1824  
 b 04 Feb 1867 | John Townsend  
 d 25 Oct 1901 Nancy P. Townsend b 1813  
 b 13 Sep 1846 Mary Carolina Clark  
 d 02 Sep 1922 b 16 Dec 1813
Eddie Lee and Charity (Reagan) Clabo

Children

1 < Newell Clabo
2 < Clyde Clabo
3 < Jeanette Lee Clabo
4 < June Mae Clabo

Notes

Grace Lamons Clabo said Charity Clabo always said 'Granny Mack' raised Eddie Lee Clabo. Granny Mack must have been Nancy (Townsend) McMahan.

Eddie Lee had to care for the children after his wife became il. He would place the leg of a large table on the children's dress to retain them while he tended the crops.

Family tradition has claimed Eddie Lee Clabo stepped on a rusty nail and died from 'lock jaw' or tetenus poisoning. Recent information indicates he may have been beaten to death in a poor house.

He was Buried in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

Source: Family tradition. 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 28. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 165. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan', Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 128. 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 150. 'Clabo Family Tree', Gardner Clabo. p 39, 40.


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