Nathaniel Westley Emert

b 20 Jul 1820, Emert Cove, Sevier, Tennessee
d 21 May 1905, , Sevier, Tennessee  
bur Pigeon Forge, Sevier, Tennessee Johan Philip Emert  
Frederick Emert b 1716 Caspar Kamm
| b 11 Oct 1754 Maria Catharina Kamm Anna Catherina Franck
Daniel Emert  d 07 Jan 1829 c 23 Dec 1713  
|b 13 Jun 1793 | Daniel Neidig  
|d 28 Aug 1851 Barbara Ann Neidig  
|  b 06 May 1755 Margaretha  
Nathaniel Westley Emert  d 07 Jul 1842 Timothy Ragan
|Hannah Emily Hill John Ragan Mary Lary
|m 02 Nov 1841 Timothy Reagan b 1711  
| |b 1750 Mary Morrice  
Sarah Reagan  d ABT 1825 1830 Clement Trigg
 b 16 Oct 1787 | Clemant Trigg Sarah
 d 06 Jun 1855 Elizabeth Trigg b 1735 John Fouracres
 b 1760 Mary Ann Fouracres Sarah Eleanor Halts
 d ABT 1825 1830 b 1738

Children

1 < Sarah C. Emert
2 < Martha E. Emert
3 John Seldon Emert
4 < William Bates 'Bates' Emert
5 Joseph A. Emert
6 Emert
7 < Mary Jane 'Mollie' Emert
8 Harris Emert
9 Louisa R. Emert
10 Nancy Adeline Emert

Notes

In 1850 Nathaniel Westley and Hannah were listed in the Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. There were four children in their household: Sarah, age 7; Martha, age 6; John, age 3; and Willaim Bates, age 1.

Nathaniel Westley and Hannah again appeared in the 1860 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. They now had seven children at home: Sarah, age 17; Martha, age 15; Seldon, age 13; William, age 11; Joseph, age 9; Mary, age 4; and Harris, age 2. In the 1870 Federal Census, they had five children still at home: William B., age 21; Joseph A., age 19; Mary J., age 14; Louisa R., age 9; and Nancy, age 7.

In 1880 Nathaniel Westley and Hannah were still listed in the Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. There wer only two children left in the household: Louisa R., age 19; and Nancy A. age 17.

Nathaniel Westley Emert was buried beside his wife in the Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetary.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 65. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan,' Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 272, 275. Genserv, mb5, 1994 Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 44. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 334.


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