James Westley Whaley^{[1, 2]}

1867 - 1932

• Born	25 Jul 1867	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	65471748CF9E0244A355603B3B9A5B25A6C0
  Died	16 Aug 1932	Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I30424	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	John Dudley Whaley,   b. 9 May 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 May 1924, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Mother	Nancy Jane Ownby,   b. 8 Jul 1849, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Sep 1898
  Marriage License	27 Mar 1866	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	29 Mar 1866	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F3346	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sophia Elizabeth King,   b. 10 Jun 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Feb 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	28 Jul 1887	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Whaley,   b. Abt 1888,   d. Bef 1900 > 2. James A. Whaley,   b. Abt 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee > 3. William Alonzo "Lonzo" Whaley,   b. 19 Jan 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Jul 1982 > 4. Martha Isophine Whaley,   b. Sep 1893, , Sevier County, Tennessee > 5. John Lawson Whaley,   b. Aug 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee > 6. Rosa Whaley,   b. 1 Mar 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Oct 1987   7. Loucretia Whaley,   b. Apr 1900 > 8. Ella Whaley,   b. 28 Jun 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Dec 1989 > 9. James Oliver Whaley,   b. Abt 1905, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Sep 1993, Bradley County, Tennessee > 10. Eva Laurinda Whaley,   b. 30 Mar 1907, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Aug 1980 > 11. Rube "Joley" Whaley,   b. 26 Mar 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Apr 1996   12. Clarence Whaley, , Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F11243	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Bessie Bohannon,   b. 8 Jun 1904, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Nov 1988
  Married	20 May 1925
  Marriage License	20 May 1925	Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  Children	> 1. Belle Dora Whaley,   b. 25 Mar 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Oct 1987, Knox County, Tennessee > 2. Delle Whaley,   b. 13 Nov 1927, , Sevier County, Tennessee   3. Billie Whaley,   b. 1 Nov 1930, , Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F11353	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jul 1867 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 28 Jul 1887 - Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage License - 20 May 1925 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 16 Aug 1932 - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission West Whaley & wife Sophia King Whaley, daughter of William King & Martha Patty (Ownby) King; West (Westley) was son of John Whaley & Nancy Ownby Whaley; brother to Sarah Whaley Ownby
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission on photo: West Whaley's saw mill in Greenbriar; (unclear if this is l to r?) West Whaley, Jeams West Whaley, Lonzo Whaley
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission fifth generation photo: front, l to r: Edna Whaley (dau of Lonzo), John Whaley (son of Sarah), and Sarah "Sally" Whaley (wife of Aaron); back row l to r: Lonzo Whaley (son of West), and West Whaley (son of John). 1918
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission

  
  

  Headstones

  West Whaley July 25, 1868 Aug 16, 1932 At rest

  
  

• Notes

  Dee Lansford lists birth as 25 July 1876. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 49, 91, 124, 157, 159, 254, 256. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 106, 202. Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995. "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 207.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume III, 1974-1986, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 27 Aug 1980. Eva Whaley Huskey obituary [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 320C, 1880. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 453a, 2 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0453a.gif [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 15 Aug 1932. Whaley, West hus of Bessie Bohanan farmer b. Jul 25, 1867 TN d. Aug 15, 1932 Sev f. John Whaley b. TN m. Nancy Ownby b. TN informant Tilley Whaley Friendship Cem. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 698. [S12] Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1920 - 1934, Robert J. Parton & Larry D. Fox, 121.