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Bessie Lenora Ownby

Female 1897 - 1961  (64 years)


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  1. 1.  Bessie Lenora Ownby was born 14 Apr 1897, Tennessee (daughter of Ambers R. Ownby and Ada Elizabeth Peck); died 4 Nov 1961; was buried Grassy Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Surname may be Ownsby.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 103.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 93.
    Terri Lennis McCarter Waters, 23 February 2000, Waters4796@aol.com.

    Bessie — Walter Lee McCarter. Walter (son of John McCarter and Sarah Huskey) was born 25 Aug 1896, Tennessee; died 6 Nov 1944; was buried Grassy Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Alvin "Newt" McCarter was born 7 Apr 1921, Tennessee; died 4 Nov 1987; was buried Hursts Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. John Ralph McCarter was born 8 Aug 1922, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1977; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Myrtle McCarter was born 10 Mar 1924; died Bef 9 Jul 2013; was buried Grassy Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Lena May McCarter was born Abt 1924, Tennessee.
    5. William Walter "Bill" McCarter was born 20 May 1926, Blount County, Tennessee; died 19 Sep 1996; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Crettie McCarter was born Abt 1928, Tennessee.
    7. James McBride McCarter was born 4 Apr 1931, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 2013; was buried 13 Jul 2013, Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Marjorie McCarter was born Abt 1934, Tennessee; died Bef 9 Jul 2013.
    9. Rev. Arnold "Bud" McCarter was born 4 Jul 1935, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jan 2001, Baptist Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Jack McCarter was born Abt 1938, Tennessee.
    11. Eugene Gene McCarter was born 4 Apr 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 May 2017; was buried 30 May 2017, Grassy Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Sarah McCarter died Bef 9 Jul 2013.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ambers R. Ownby was born 16 May 1875, Tennessee (son of George Ownby and Beda Ogle); died 22 Oct 1942; was buried Meherrin, Prince Edward, Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102, 103.

    Ambers — Ada Elizabeth Peck. Ada was born 23 Apr 1880, Tennessee; died 15 Aug 1964; was buried Meherrin, Prince Edward, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ada Elizabeth Peck was born 23 Apr 1880, Tennessee; died 15 Aug 1964; was buried Meherrin, Prince Edward, Virginia.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102.

    Children:
    1. 1. Bessie Lenora Ownby was born 14 Apr 1897, Tennessee; died 4 Nov 1961; was buried Grassy Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Helen Ownby was born 15 Jun 1899; died 25 Jun 1928; was buried Grassy Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Ezalee Ownby was born 22 Oct 1901.
    4. Arlena Ownby was born 30 Jul 1903, Tennessee; died 22 Apr 1981; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Alvia Ownby was born 20 Jun 1905; died 10 Sep 1956.
    6. Guylie Ownby was born 22 Feb 1907; died 18 Jun 1927.
    7. George Ashley Ownby was born 3 Dec 1909; died 22 Sep 1914.
    8. Emma Ownby was born 23 Jan 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 May 1914.
    9. Edith R. Ownby was born 9 Apr 1914, Tennessee.
    10. Veronica Ownby was born 4 Nov 1917, Tennessee.
    11. Francis Ownby was born 15 Jul 1920, Tennessee.
    12. Arlie Ownby was born 4 Jul 1922, Tennessee.
    13. Nellie Ownby was born 10 Oct 1924, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Ownby was born 1828, Buncombe County, North Carolina (son of John Ownby and Mary Jane "Granny" Coone); died 1 Nov 1914.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 169.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 68, 102.

    George married Beda Ogle 10 Feb 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee. Beda (daughter of Harkless T. Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey) was born 18 Feb 1831, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1878; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Beda Ogle was born 18 Feb 1831, Tennessee (daughter of Harkless T. Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey); died 18 Feb 1878; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 11 February 1831.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 97, 54.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 68, 102, 140.

    Children:
    1. Rutha Ownby was born 17 Mar 1868, Tennessee; died 31 Jul 1938; was buried Green Hill Cemetery, Haywood County, North Carolina.
    2. Sarah Ownby was born 8 Sep 1869, Tennessee; died 17 Sep 1878; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Clementine Ownby was born 20 Jan 1869, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1965; was buried Oaklawn Cemetery, Garvin County, Oklahoma.
    4. 2. Ambers R. Ownby was born 16 May 1875, Tennessee; died 22 Oct 1942; was buried Meherrin, Prince Edward, Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John OwnbyJohn Ownby was born 4 Apr 1791, Rutherford County, North Carolina (son of James Ownby and Joanna Sims); died 3 Sep 1857, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    John Ownby lived with his parents in Rutherford County, North Carolina, later Buncombe County, North Carolina.

    In 1833, John Ownby and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Buncombe County, North Carolina. They made their home in the Glades community, 2nd Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee. Here John Ownby lived until his death.

    John Ownby and his family were listed in the 1840 and 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. Listed as John Ownsby in 1840 census.

    An interesting story about John Ownby at the time of his death was told by his grandson, Samuel Ownby. It is:

    "...Mother told me this story and I don't think my mother would tell me something that wasn't true. Mother said that the day before Grandfather Ownby died he walked from his house to the store, that he told the people in the store that he would die about that same time on the following day. The next day at about the time he had told them this, he layed down on the bed, talked as fast as he could, telling his family how to live, what to do, etc., then turned his face to the wall & died."
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    References:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 1.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 66.
    Wiley Emmett Koon, Jr., 15 July 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 298.

    John married Mary Jane "Granny" Coone 17 Feb 1812, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Koon and Mary DeWalt) was born 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 1881, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Jane "Granny" Coone was born 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of Nicholas Koon and Mary DeWalt); died 1881, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Mary Koone Ownby, known to all as "Granny Coone", lived with her children until her death.

    Roger Gardner lists birth as 1796.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 66, 67.
    Wiley Emmett Koon, Jr., 15 July 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 298.
    "Benedict Kuhn (Coon, Koon, Koone) Immigrant & His Descendants", Roger L. Gardner, D.C., 1 March 1998, p 4.

    Notes:

    Bride: M Coon
    Groom: John Ownby
    Bond Date: 17 Feb 1812
    County: Rutherford
    Record #: 01 245
    Bondsman: George Coone
    Witness: Jas O Lewis
    Bond #: 000135547

    North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

    Children:
    1. Nicholas H. Ownby was born 11 Dec 1812, Rutherford, North Carolina; died 15 Aug 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Ownby was born 1814, Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. David Ownby was born 24 Jun 1816, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 10 Oct 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Rachel Ownby was born 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby was born 1 Jan 1820, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1897; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby was born 18 Mar 1823, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 2 Dec 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Dec 1919, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. John B. Ownby was born 1824, North Carolina; died 1899; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Ownby was born 1826, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died See Notes.
    9. 4. George Ownby was born 1828, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1 Nov 1914.
    10. Ownby was born 1830, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died See Notes.
    11. Madison Ownby was born 9 Apr 1832, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 6 Nov 1861.

  3. 10.  Harkless T. Ogle was born 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 21 Mar 1892; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Harkless T. was born and lived all his life in Sevier County, mostly in Gatlinburg. He appears in the census records for the county from 1830 through 1880. His name is also recorded in the church minute books for the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. Death dates are given there for him and his second wife.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 94, 168.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 286.

    Harkless married Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey Abt 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-9L

    Notes:

    Margaret came to Sevier County with her family about 1816.

    Appeared in the 1840 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 168
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 112.
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.

    Children:
    1. Rhoda Ogle was born 16 Oct 1829, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1919, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Jan 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 5. Beda Ogle was born 18 Feb 1831, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1878; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Noah Ogle was born 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1897, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Anna Ogle was born 15 Jan 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1912; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Elizabeth Ogle was born 26 Oct 1837, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1908; was buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    6. Eli Thomas Ogle, Rev. was born 1839, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1867; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Arthur Ogle was born 18 May 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Feb 1889; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Sophia Ogle was born 1 Jan 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Apr 1928, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. John W. Ogle was born 7 Apr 1844, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1927.
    10. Westley Ogle was born 24 Mar 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Mar 1927.


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