Billy Ray Vance: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.
Billy Ray Vance (son of Billy C. Vance and Mary Helen Reagan).
Billy — Tracey. [Group Sheet]
Children:

Amy Vance

Generation: 2

Billy C. Vance was born 8 Apr 1932, Tennessee (son of Bill Vance and Alice M. Gann); died 26 Jul 1986; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Billy — Mary Helen Reagan. Mary (daughter of Davis Otis Reagan and Flora Manis) died 27 Nov 2002, Pigeon Forge Care and Rehabilitation Center, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Dec 2002, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary Helen Reagan (daughter of Davis Otis Reagan and Flora Manis); died 27 Nov 2002, Pigeon Forge Care and Rehabilitation Center, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Dec 2002, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

Shirley Vance was born 28 May 1953.
1. Billy Ray Vance

Generation: 3

4.	Bill Vance Bill — Alice M. Gann. Alice (daughter of John Gann and Lillie Victoria Flynn) was born 8 Aug 1915, Tennessee; died 19 Mar 1983; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Alice M. Gann was born 8 Aug 1915, Tennessee (daughter of John Gann and Lillie Victoria Flynn); died 19 Mar 1983; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

2. Billy C. Vance was born 8 Apr 1932, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1986; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Davis Otis Reagan was born 8 Dec 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Brownlow L. Reagan and Nancy Haseltine Reagan); died 25 Nov 1963; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 44, 56.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 220.

Davis married Flora Manis 10 Sep 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee. Flora (daughter of William Gilbert Manis and Caldonia Ogle) was born 21 Aug 1907, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Aug 1991; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Flora Manis was born 21 Aug 1907, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Gilbert Manis and Caldonia Ogle); died 7 Aug 1991; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 44, 56.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 220.

Notes:

Marriage performed by Rev. C. R. Sutton.

Children:

3. Mary Helen Reagan died 27 Nov 2002, Pigeon Forge Care and Rehabilitation Center, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Dec 2002, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ted Reagan
Margie Reagan was born Abt 1930; died 17 Oct 2005, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Oct 2005, Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
David Ray Reagan was born 24 Aug 1925, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1986; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Pearl Ruth Reagan was born 13 May 1927, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1964; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Louise Reagan was born 13 Jul 1934, Blount County, Tennessee; died 16 Mar 1935, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 17 Mar 1935, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Phyllis Reagan was born 11 Apr 1940, Tennessee; died 12 Nov 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Nov 1941, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

10.

John Gann was born 6 Apr 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Gann and Nance Kerr); died 16 Apr 1956; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

John married Lillie Victoria Flynn 17 Oct 1902. Lillie (daughter of Henry Calvin "Cal" Flynn and Mary Della Stoffle) was born 7 Apr 1886, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1950, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Dec 1950, Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Lillie Victoria Flynn was born 7 Apr 1886, Tennessee (daughter of Henry Calvin "Cal" Flynn and Mary Della Stoffle); died 23 Dec 1950, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Dec 1950, Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

Nellie C. Gann was born 16 Jul 1903, Tennessee; died 15 Nov 1971; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Fred J. Gann was born Abt 1909, Tennessee.
Evelyn A. Gann was born 29 Aug 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1966; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Frank J. "Rabbitt" Gann was born 1 Jul 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Sep 1943; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Alice M. Gann was born 8 Aug 1915, Tennessee; died 19 Mar 1983; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Herman Calvin Gann was born 7 Feb 1916, Tennessee; died 21 Jun 1980; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
William Brady Gann was born Abt 1920, Tennessee.
Conley Marshall Gann was born 9 May 1923, Tennessee; died 28 Oct 1990, Knox County, Tennessee.
Johnny Eugene "Gene" Gann was born 25 Aug 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Apr 1957, Roseville, Michigan; was buried Cadilac Memorial Gardens, Detroit, Michigan.

12.

Brownlow L. Reagan was born 1 Aug 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Brownlow Reagan and Mary Jane Ogle); died 3 Jan 1933; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Brownlow L. Reagan appears in the 1880 census in his grandfather's household and is listed as being 6 years old. But his stone gives his birth year as 1877.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 44, 55.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 176, 217, 220.

Brownlow married Nancy Haseltine Reagan 24 Dec 1896, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of James O. Reagan and Hapic C. Ogle) was born 8 Jun 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Oct 1961; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Nancy Haseltine Reagan was born 8 Jun 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James O. Reagan and Hapic C. Ogle); died 13 Oct 1961; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 44, 55, 56.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 176, 217, 220.

Children:

6. Davis Otis Reagan was born 8 Dec 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Nov 1963; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Reagan was born Abt 1899, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1900.
Pearlie Reagan was born 1901, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary Cora Reagan was born 21 Dec 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Sep 1949; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Fred Reagan was born 28 May 1907, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1931; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lonas Reagan was born 8 Oct 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Oct 1985; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lizzie Helen Reagan was born 28 May 1915, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Feb 1994; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ruby Reagan was born 3 Aug 1919; died 12 Dec 2009, Ft. Sanders Hospital; was buried 16 Dec 2009, P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Chester Brownlow "Buck" Reagan was born 1 Jul 1922, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 May 1999; was buried 24 May 1999, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

William Gilbert Manis was born 1 Oct 1875, Tennessee (son of Thomas D. "Tommy" Manis and Elender "Nellie" McMahan); died 25 Jul 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Jul 1923, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

William — Caldonia Ogle. Caldonia (daughter of Andrew E. Ogle and Mary Jane White) was born 8 Mar 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1955; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Caldonia Ogle was born 8 Mar 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Andrew E. Ogle and Mary Jane White); died 21 Feb 1955; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Tuckaleechee, Blount County, Tennessee

Children:

Luther Jackson Manis was born 12 Apr 1899; died 12 Jun 1974; was buried Tuckaleechee Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Roscoe Manis was born 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Apr 1964, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
David Samuel "Sam" Manis was born 30 Jun 1905, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1973.
7. Flora Manis was born 21 Aug 1907, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Aug 1991; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Myrtle Manis was born 11 Mar 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1990; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary Louise Manis was born 23 Mar 1913; died 29 Jun 2003, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Jul 2003, Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
James Arnold Manis was born 17 Jun 1917, Tennessee; died 28 Oct 2003, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.