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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ralph Sidney Maples (son of Sidney Lillard Maples and Edna Bohanon).

    Notes:

    Twin of Roy.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 207.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 127.

    Ralph — Betty Jane Berry. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Teresa Ann Maples
    2. Joyce Ellen Maples
    3. Steven Ray Maples

    Ralph — Lisa Kay Wiley. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Sidney Ralph Maples

    Ralph — Mona Lucille Carr. Mona (daughter of Jess Edward Carr and Sarah Henrietta Whaley) was born 22 Nov 1942. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Heather Lee Maples

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sidney Lillard MaplesSidney Lillard Maples was born 25 Jan 1900, Tennessee (son of Isaac Lavator "Squire" Maples and Jemima Whaley); died 30 Apr 1971; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    With Ray Bohanan, built the Indian Gap Hotel just below the Chimneys.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 23, 54, 206.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 127.
    "Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter", V XXI No 1, Spring 1996, p 2.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 70, 260.

    Sidney married Edna Bohanon 19 Jun 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee. Edna (daughter of James Westley "Jeams" Bohanon and Laura Whaley) was born 19 Feb 1905, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1973; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Edna Bohanon was born 19 Feb 1905, Tennessee (daughter of James Westley "Jeams" Bohanon and Laura Whaley); died 14 Dec 1973; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 23, 54, 206, 207.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 127.
    "Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter", V XXI No 1, Spring 1996, p 2.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 260.

    Children:
    1. Ruth Maples died Bef 14 Jul 2016; was buried Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Virginia Maples was born 30 Oct 1924, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 May 1990; was buried Bohanan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Ralph Sidney Maples
    4. Roy James Maples
    5. Peggy Yvonne Maples was born 8 Aug 1936; died 14 Jul 2016; was buried 15 Jul 2016, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Robert W. Maples


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac Lavator "Squire" Maples was born 20 Feb 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of David Crockett Maples, Sr. and Mary R. "Polly" Ogle); died 16 Jul 1951; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Isaac Lavator Maples earned his title as "Squire" because he served so many years on the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Sevier County, Tennessee from the 11th Civil District.

    Isaac was named guardian of Ephraim and Callie (Bradley) Reagan's children James M. and William B. Reagan 23 February 1924.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 53-54, 204.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 111, 166, 206.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 7.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 122, 127.
    Ephraim Reagan Civil War Pension papers, US National Archives.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 288.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 30, 130, 215.

    Isaac married Jemima Whaley 8 Nov 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee. Jemima (daughter of Samuel Whaley and Mary Roseann Ogle) was born 21 Sep 1874, Tennessee; died 11 Aug 1933; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Jemima Whaley was born 21 Sep 1874, Tennessee (daughter of Samuel Whaley and Mary Roseann Ogle); died 11 Aug 1933; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 53-54, 204, 206.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 122, 127.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 288.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 105.

    Children:
    1. Hattie Mae Maples was born 24 Feb 1898, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jun 2002; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 2. Sidney Lillard Maples was born 25 Jan 1900, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1971; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Walter Maples was born Abt 1902/1903; died See Notes.
    4. Frances Emma "Bunt" Maples was born 1 Aug 1905; died 6 Dec 1997; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Arlena Florence "Flossie" Maples was born 5 Feb 1907; died 20 Mar 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Fred Maples was born Abt 1909; died See Notes.
    7. Cecil E. "Dock" Maples was born 10 Jan 1910; died Bef 21 Jun 2002.

  3. 6.  James Westley "Jeams" Bohanon was born 20 Aug 1869, Tennessee (son of William H. Bohanan and Martha Lueasy Bradley); died 20 Jul 1943; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Bought two farms and moved to an area known as "Fighting Creek" about 2 miles
    South of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters. Here, J. W., as he
    was known, operated a General Store, along with farming and teaching school
    until the farmes were bought for a part of the National Park.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 45.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 22-23, 72, 171.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 274.

    James — Laura Whaley. Laura (daughter of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mary Ownby) was born 13 Jan 1876, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1956; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Laura Whaley was born 13 Jan 1876, Tennessee (daughter of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mary Ownby); died 23 Apr 1956; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 45.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 22-23, 72, 171.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30.

    Children:
    1. Bohannon was born Abt 1892.
    2. Oscar O. Bohanon was born 31 May 1894, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1938, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Dec 1938, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Curtis E. Bohanon was born Feb 1897.
    4. Roxie Bohanon was born Sep 1899.
    5. Gertrude Bohanon was born 9 Sep 1899; died 16 Dec 1960; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Beulah Bohanon was born Abt 1901.
    7. Ray Bohanon was born 3 Sep 1903, Tennessee; died 10 Apr 1976; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 3. Edna Bohanon was born 19 Feb 1905, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1973; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  David Crockett Maples, Sr.David Crockett Maples, Sr. was born 20 Oct 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Abijah Maples and Elizabeth McMahan); died 30 Oct 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 31 Dec 1928, Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Serving the Union Army during the Civil War, David Crockett Maples enlisted 18 October 1863 at Sevierville, Tennessee in Company H, 9th Tennessee Cavalry. He was discharged on 8 June 1865. His personal description at that time was: 6' 3" in height, fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair.

    From the pension file of David Crockett Maples, an affidavit by William R. King in 1893 tells the story how David Crockett Maples lost his feet. It is quoted in the exact words of William R. King..."Said Maples was badly frostbitten in the winter 18??. Said Maples undertook to carry a man from his home to the top of the Alleghany or Smoky Mountains, and the snow was very deep, and the
    weather very cold. The snow was so deep that it was very difficult for him to travel. Said Maples went on, tried to comply with his promise in carrying the man accross the mountain and the snow was so deep that his strength failed. He became so exhausted that he could not get back to his home or any place of shelter. He crawled into a hollow log and lay overnight where he was very much exposed, and from said exposure he was badly frozen so much so that both of his feet had to be amputated. His feet were amputated on the 21st day of January 1877 caused from being frozen."

    He made and fitted artificial boots..strapped them to his legs and wore them till his death. This has been told by numerous descendants, and is a true mountain legend.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 140, 189, 204, 238, 240.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 119, 122.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 65.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 288.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 24.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 87.

    David married Mary R. "Polly" Ogle 17 Mar 1860. Mary (daughter of Isaac "Shucky" Ogle and Susannah Bohanon) was born 1834, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1885; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary R. "Polly" OgleMary R. "Polly" Ogle was born 1834, Tennessee (daughter of Isaac "Shucky" Ogle and Susannah Bohanon); died 17 Apr 1885; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Mary and David's family appear in the Sevier County Federal Census records, 1850 to 1880.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 53, 140, 189, 204.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 65.

    Children:
    1. Susan Rosanne "Susie" Maples was born 20 Apr 1861, Tennessee; died 1902; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Sarah Elizabeth Maples was born 21 Oct 1863, Tennessee; died 16 Jun 1946; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Redman Maples was born 1866, Tennessee; died 1895; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 4. Isaac Lavator "Squire" Maples was born 20 Feb 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1951; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Isabel Maples was born 1869, Tennessee.
    6. David Crockett Maples, Jr. was born 11 Jun 1871, Tennessee; died 18 May 1952; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. James Howard Maples was born 1875.
    8. Nathaniel Maples was born 1877.

  3. 10.  Samuel WhaleySamuel Whaley was born 17 Aug 1854, Tennessee (son of Aaron Whaley and Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby); died 19 Jun 1936; was buried Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia.

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 107.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 312.

    Samuel married Mary Roseann Ogle 3 Jun 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Elisha Ogle and Beda Ogle) was born 10 May 1856, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 1931; was buried Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Roseann Ogle was born 10 May 1856, Tennessee (daughter of Elisha Ogle and Beda Ogle); died 8 Feb 1931; was buried Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia.

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 312.

    Children:
    1. Minyard D. Whaley was born 25 Mar 1872, Tennessee; was buried Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia.
    2. 5. Jemima Whaley was born 21 Sep 1874, Tennessee; died 11 Aug 1933; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Silas Lee Whaley was born 28 Mar 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Jan 1971; was buried Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia.
    4. Alice Whaley was born 8 May 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Aug 1962.
    5. Ollie Whaley was born 25 Sep 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1979; was buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    6. David J. Whaley was born 4 Nov 1882.
    7. Amos Whaley was born 9 Nov 1884; died 20 Jan 1946.
    8. Nola Whaley was born 30 Sep 1887; died 26 May 1915.
    9. Walter Whaley was born 29 Oct 1888, Tennessee; died 9 Dec 1959.
    10. Benjamin Ajah Whaley was born 3 Feb 1894, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 1960.
    11. Alonzo Whaley was born 3 Feb 1894; died 14 Dec 1947.
    12. Willard Whaley was born 20 May 1896.
    13. Ferdinand Whaley was born 6 Apr 1898.

  5. 12.  William H. Bohanan was born 20 Mar 1845, Tennessee (son of William W. Bohanan and Martha "Patsy" Ogle); died 29 Jun 1880; was buried Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in Fighting Creek Cemetery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 166, 170.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146.

    William married Martha Lueasy Bradley 21 Nov 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James Holland Bradley and Martha Grant) was born 11 Nov 1843, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina; died 7 Sep 1918, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Sep 1918, Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Martha Lueasy BradleyMartha Lueasy Bradley was born 11 Nov 1843, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina (daughter of James Holland Bradley and Martha Grant); died 7 Sep 1918, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Sep 1918, Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Martha had children by her first marriage but her and Richard Reason Reagan had none.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 166, 170, 171.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146.

    Children:
    1. 6. James Westley "Jeams" Bohanon was born 20 Aug 1869, Tennessee; died 20 Jul 1943; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Martha Elizabeth Bohanon was born 27 Apr 1872; died 4 Jun 1898; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah Jane Bohanon was born 29 Aug 1873; died 6 Feb 1879; was buried Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. William Albert Bohanon was born 13 Sep 1876.

  7. 14.  John H. "Bullhead" WhaleyJohn H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B71M-KG
    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer $300 property able to read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 106, 129.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30, 307.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.

    John married Mary Ownby 17 Jun 1870. Mary (daughter of Nicholas H. Ownby and Mary Ogle) was born 10 Aug 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Mary OwnbyMary Ownby was born 10 Aug 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Nicholas H. Ownby and Mary Ogle); died 12 Feb 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 10 August 1836.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 43, 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 112,
    129.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30, 307.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 579.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.

    Children:
    1. Mary Roseann "Nannie" Whaley was born 11 Mar 1871; died 6 Feb 1934; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. John Mitchell Whaley was born 11 Mar 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 May 1946; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Stephen "Steve" Whaley was born 25 Dec 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1942, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 17 Feb 1942, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 7. Laura Whaley was born 13 Jan 1876, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1956; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Isabelle Whaley was born 2 Jul 1877; died 2 Jul 1877.
    6. Sophia Whaley was born 2 Jul 1877; died 2 Jul 1877.
    7. Martha Whaley was born 12 Jun 1878, Tennessee; died 6 Mar 1959; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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