| b 17 Sep 1883, Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee | ||||
| d 19 Feb 1931, | bur Pigeon Forge, Sevier, Tennessee | |||
| William Kelley | ||||
| | b 1823 | ||||
| William Robert Kelley | ||||
| |b 07 Jul 1849 | | | |||
| |d 24 Apr 1919 | Bettie Keorl | |||
| | | b 1827 | |||
| Mary Jane Kelley | ||||
| |John B. Benson | | | John Watson | ||
| | | |b 1801 | |||
| Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Watson | d 1871 | |||
| b 08 May 1850 | | | Samuel Conner | ||
| d 23 Mar 1913 | Susannah 'Susie' Conner | b 1785 | Samuel Swearingen, III | |
| b 1810 | Nancy Swearingen | Massey | ||
| d 11 Feb 1871 | b 1792 | |||
| 1 | Sidney Benson |
SMHS lists birth as 17 January 1883.
Source: 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 333. John D. Radford Pedigree Charts, 1995, p 8.