Rev. John W. Ownby^{[1, 2]}

1859 - 1935

• Prefix	Rev.
  Born	24 Oct 1859	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1TQP-RV
  _UID	3B966A49EFDD914EAF928655D903BB6648A2
  Died	4 Jun 1935  [4]
  Buried	P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I4999	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Aaron Ownbey,   b. 26 Oct 1815, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 29 Oct 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Buckner,   b. 17 Sep 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Feb 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	1834	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F566	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Celia Proffitt,   b. 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jun 1951
  Marriage License	14 Jan 1879	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	> 1. Julia Etta Ownby,   b. 20 Mar 1880, Tennessee > 2. James M. "Jim" Ownby,   b. 19 Nov 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Apr 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee > 3. Oliver R. Ownby,   b. 6 Sep 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jul 1964 > 4. Nora Ownby,   b. 4 Feb 1886,   d. 27 Jan 1974 > 5. Aaron A. Ownby,   b. 29 Jul 1888,   d. 25 Oct 1962 > 6. Allen Ownby,   b. 23 May 1891,   d. 3 Jul 1988, Veteran's Hospital, Boise, Idaho   7. Early Ownby,   b. 21 Jun 1893,   d. See Notes > 8. Grace Ownby,   b. 27 Oct 1895,   d. 14 Aug 1965 > 9. Ennis Dewey Ownby,   b. 5 Apr 1898, Tennessee ,   d. 8 May 1983   10. Litha Ownby,   b. 23 Feb 1901   11. Bessie Ownby,   b. 17 Jul 1904,   d. 19 Apr 1983   12. Ownby,   d. See Notes   13. Allen Ownby
  Headstones		Mother Father Celia Ownby Rev. J. W. Ownby Dec. 4, 1862 Oct. 24, 1859 June 2, 1951 June 4, 1935
  Family ID	F1898	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Oct 1859 - Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage License - 14 Jan 1879 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, 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

  Friendship Baptist Church Ministers, l to r: Russell Bohanan, Calvin Whaley, Walter Ownby, John Ownby, Evans Hurst, Robert King, Beecher Ownby

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- References: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 48, 115, 128.Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 71, 72. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 41. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 53.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 323B, 1880. Census Place: Emerts Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 323B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John W. OWNBEY Self M M W 20 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: TN Celia OWNBEY Wife F M W 17 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN Julety OWNBEY Dau F S W 2M TN Fa: TN Mo: TN [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 51, 288. [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), 4 Jun 1935. Ownby, Rev J. W. hus of Celia Proffitt farmer b. Oct 24, 1859 TN d. Jun 4, 1935 f. Aaron Ownby b. NC m. Polly Buckner b. TN Proffitt Cem Survivors: wife 4 sons Oliver Ownby A. A. Ownby Dillwyn VA Allen Ownby Meridian ID Ennis Ownby Gatlinburg Sev Co 5 dau Mrs Amos Clabo Sev Co Mrs Jno Clabo Knoxv R9 Mrs Ashley Watson Cumberland VA Mrs Ray Franklin Meridian ID Mrs Ray Ownby. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 553.