James S. 'Big_Cadger_Jim' Ownby

b 01 Jan 1820,
d 13 Aug 1897,			Arthur Ownbey
bur Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee		John 'Johny' Ownbey
	James Ownby	b 1735	Ambrose Porter	>
	\| b 06 Jan 1761	Nancy Ann 'Nannie' Porter	Jemima
John Ownby	d 26 Sep 1850	b 1743	Richard Sims	>
\|b 04 Apr 1791	\|	William Sims, [Captain]	Mrs. Joanna Sims
\|d 03 Sep 1857	Joanna Sims	b 25 Feb 1731	Joshua Stapp	>
\|	b 24 Mar 1761	Annister Step	Martha 'Patsy' Coffey	>
James S. 'Big_Cadger_Jim' Ownby	d 01 Apr 1852	b 1731
\|Sophia Evans		Benedictus Kuhn
\|m 1843	Nicholas Koon	d 1790
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|
Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone
b 1793	\|
d 1881	Mary DeWalt

Children

1	<	John Ownby
2	<	Jacob 'Jake' Ownby
3		George Ownby
4	<	Martha 'Patty' Ownby
5	<	Madison 'Matt' Ownby
6	<	Richard 'Dick' Ownby
7	<	Mary C. Ownby
8	<	James 'Codger_Jim' Ownby
9	<	Sophia Ownby
10	<	Samuel Ownby

Notes

Although of an age when he did not have to serve in the Civil War, James S. Ownby was reluctant for his oldest son, John Ownby, to serve alone. So he enlisted with his son in the Union Army in Company A, 6th Tennessee Infantry and in Company B, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry.

Buried in the Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 161. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 88. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 540. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 298, 300.

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