Samuel McKinley "Bugler Sam" Maples^[1]

1846 - 1941  (94 years)

• Name	Samuel McKinley "Bugler Sam" Maples
  Born	22 Sep 1846	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Jul 1941	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Buried	Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  Person ID	I3395	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	William Abijah Maples,   b. 1804, Pendleton County, South Carolina ,   d. Abt 1870/1880, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth McMahan,   b. 1807, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1855/1856, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 49 years)
  Married	1824	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1207	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Susan A. King,   b. 10 Feb 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 May 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1865	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Maples,   b. 20 Aug 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Feb 1927  (Age 60 years) + 2. Nancy Ann "Nannie" Maples,   b. 23 Jan 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)   3. Susan Roseann Maples,   b. 11 May 1872,   d. 10 Jul 1872  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F1310	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Sep 1846 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 11 Oct 1865 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 25 Jul 1941 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Samuel Maples Sept. 22, 1846 Federal soldier 2nd. Tenn. Vol. Cav. Buglar of same. Professed faith in Christ and joined the Banner Baptist Church 1867. July 25, 1941

  
  

• Notes

  Serving the Union Army during the Civil War, Samuel McKinley Maples enlisted 1 December 1862 at Sevierville, Tennessee in Company I, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. He was discharged 6 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee, His personal description at the time was: 5' 8" in height, fair complexion, blue eyes and black hair. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 189, 196, 210, 238, 239. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 119. Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995. "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 295.

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Sevier County Republican Extracts, Beulah Linn, (http://sevier.tngenealogy.net/research-assistance/records-resources/27-newspapers-a-publications), 26 May 1937. Last surviving Civil War Vet in Sevier County, Tennessee Caleb Trentham obituary [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 447a, 29 Jun 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0447a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 55, page 388a line 21, 16 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0384a.txt [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 461, 1880. http://sevierlibrary.tripod.com/page561880.html [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 10 Jul 1941. Maples, Samuel M. Sept 22, 1846 Tn July 10, 1941 Father: Maples, Bige Tn Daughters: Mrs. J.R. Maples Cemetery: Bayner Baptist [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 524.