James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby^[1]

1820 - 1897

• Born	1 Jan 1820	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1A82417B33743E46B27C822A04B9382274EC
  Died	13 Aug 1897
  Buried	Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I2067	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	John Ownby,   b. 4 Apr 1791, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Sep 1857, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Mother	Mary Jane "Granny" Coone,   b. 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 1881, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	17 Feb 1812	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F726	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sophia Evans,   b. 15 Feb 1826, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Mar 1910
  Married	Abt 1843	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	> 1. John Ownby,   b. 15 Jul 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 May 1915 > 2. Jacob "Jake" Ownby,   b. 4 Mar 1847, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Sep 1893   3. George Ownby,   b. 1850,   d. See Notes > 4. Martha "Patty" Ownby,   b. 22 Feb 1852, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Feb 1932 > 5. Madison "Matt" Ownby,   b. 8 May 1854, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 1935 > 6. Richard "Dick" Ownby,   b. 11 Jan 1856, Greenbriar, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Nov 1952 > 7. Mary C. Ownby,   b. 23 Feb 1858, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Sep 1920 > 8. James S. "Cadger Jim" Ownby,   b. 27 Aug 1860, Greenbriar, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Mar 1936 > 9. Sophia Ownby,   b. 8 Aug 1862, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Dec 1941, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee > 10. Samuel Ownby,   b. 8 Jun 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Aug 1965, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F781	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Jan 1820 - Tennessee Married - Abt 1843 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  lthough of an age when he did not have to serve in the Civil War, James S. Ownby was reluctant for his oldest son, John Ownby, to serve alone. So he enlisted with his son in the Union Army in Company A, 6th Tennessee Infantry and in Company B, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. ---------- References: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 161. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 88. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 298, 300.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 324C, 1880. Census Place: Emerts Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 324C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace James S. OWNBEY Self M M W 60 NC Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC Sophie OWNBEY Wife F M W 54 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: TN Samial OWNBEY Son M S W 7 TN Fa: NC Mo: TN Nancy MANOUS Other F S W 6 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Martha EVANS MotherL F W W 74 TN Fa: SC Mo: SC [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 341a, 20 Jul 1870. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 540.