Mary Jane Ownby^[1]

1862 - 1934

• Born	19 Aug 1862	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	1877C4BFABDEEA429431C99169E1DE0A1877
  Died	21 Mar 1934	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I5394	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Joel Ownby,   b. Apr 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jan 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Mother	Dialtha Evans,   b. 1841, Tennessee ,   d. 1873
  Marriage License	12 Feb 1858	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	15 Feb 1858	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	James Allen Mayes,   b. 7 Sep 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Aug 1893
  Married	23 Aug 1878
  Children	1. John R. Mayes,   b. 6 Mar 1881,   d. 25 Jan 1904 > 2. Cora Elizabeth Mayes,   b. 16 Feb 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Apr 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee > 3. William Leonadus Mayes,   b. 2 Oct 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Jun 1967, Sevier County, Tennessee > 4. Joel Allen Mayes,   b. 2 Apr 1888, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 May 1960 > 5. Altha Mayes,   b. 30 Mar 1890,   d. 22 Aug 1949 > 6. Eliza Mayes,   b. 30 Jul 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 May 1946
  Family ID	F2038	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	David Proffitt,   b. 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	26 May 1896
  Children	1. Julius Jackson Proffitt,   b. 10 Nov 1900,   d. 22 Mar 1964, Chula Vista, California > 2. Otis Lavator Proffitt,   b. 11 Nov 1902, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Sep 1988 > 3. Dora Arletta Proffitt,   b. 19 Mar 1906, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1987
  Family ID	F2040	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Aug 1862 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 21 Mar 1934 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, 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		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Mary Jane (Ownby) Mayes Proffit with son Otis
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 115, 117. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 89. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 35, 203. "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 329. Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 187. Deb Mayes, dmayes@sprynet.com, 16 Jun 1997.

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Mountain Ways, Gene Aiken, (1983), 35. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 341b, 20 Jul 1870. C:\My Documents\Genealogy\SevierCensus1870\0341b.gif [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 21 Mar 1934. Proffitt, Mrs Mary b. Aug 19, 1862 TN d. Mar 21, 1934 f. Joel Ownby b. TN m. Evans b. TN P-Forge Cem. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 329.