Samuel L. Rolen

b 02 Nov 1859,
d 06 Mar 1942,			William Rolen
bur , Sevier, Tennessee		James Rolen
	Joab Rolen	d 1813
	\| b 07 Feb 1808	Sally Smith
James Rolen	d 19 Apr 1895		Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan
\|b ABT 1835 1837	\|	Archibald McMahan	McNulty
\|d 09 Mar 1864	Anna McMahan	b 1773	George Byrd
\|	b 27 Apr 1809	Elizabeth Byrd	Mary
Samuel L. Rolen	d 28 Jul 1900	b 1777	John Williams
\|Rhoda Anna Shultz		John Williams
\|m ABT 1886 1887	John 'Johnnie' Williams	b 1770	William Henry
\|	\|b 20 Feb 1813	Mary Nancy 'Polly' Henry	Elizabeth Jones
Martha Ann 'Sis' Williams	d Dec1849	b 12 Sep 1781
b 20 Jan 1837	\|
d 19 Jul 1921	Elizabeth 'Betsey' Martin
	b 11 Oct 1811
	d 12 May 1883

Children

1		Nora J. Rolen
2	<	Bruce R. Rolen
3		Martha Elmere Rolen
4		Alley J. Rolen
5	<	Ida Dessie Rolen
6		Queenie C. Rolen
7		J. Preston Rolen
8		John Chandler Rolen
9		William Turner Rolen
10		Benajah Rolen
11		George H. Rolen

Notes

1900 Census lists Sam and Rhoda 'Annie' being married 13 years - 7 children - only 4 living. 1910 Census lists Sam and Rhoda married 24 years - 11 children - 8 still living.

Buried in the Samuel Rolen family cemetery.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 40, 42. 'A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee,' Wilma Rolen Stucker, 1980, p 2. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 503. 'Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family', Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 22. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, 389.

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