Tasha Franklin: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Tasha Franklin (daughter of John Steven "Steve" Franklin and Tammy Denise Townsend).

Generation: 2

2.	John Steven "Steve" Franklin (son of John Wilson Franklin and Martha Clabo). John married Tammy Denise Townsend 26 Jan 1985, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Tammy (daughter of Carman L. Townsend and Betty Lou Ellen Morton) was born 25 Dec 1965. [Group Sheet]

Tammy Denise Townsend was born 25 Dec 1965 (daughter of Carman L. Townsend and Betty Lou Ellen Morton).

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 53.

Children:

1. Tasha Franklin

Generation: 3

John Wilson Franklin was born 25 May 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Sam McKinley Franklin and Ruth Ogle); died 17 Apr 1989; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 148.

John — Martha Clabo. [Group Sheet]

Martha Clabo (daughter of James Newton Clabo and Marriah Elizabeth Houser).

Notes:

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Reference:
"Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 148.

Children:

2. John Steven "Steve" Franklin
Debbie Franklin
Joyce Ruth Franklin was born 13 Jul 1958, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Mar 2009; was buried 18 Mar 2009, Mountain View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Kathy Diane Franklin was born 3 May 1963.

Carman L. Townsend was born 6 Oct 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Rev. Joe Elbert Townsend and Ellen Caldona Cowden); died 25 Aug 2004, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Aug 2004, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 53.

Carman married Betty Lou Ellen Morton Sevier County, Tennessee. Betty (daughter of Verless James Morton and Cora Alice Ownby) was born 22 Jun 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 2002; was buried 12 Dec 2002, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Betty Lou Ellen Morton was born 22 Jun 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Verless James Morton and Cora Alice Ownby); died 10 Dec 2002; was buried 12 Dec 2002, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 53.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 278.
"The Mountain Press", Cora Alice (Ownby) Morton obituary.

Notes:

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Children:

Debra Marlene Townsend was born 2 Dec 1955.
3. Tammy Denise Townsend was born 25 Dec 1965.

Generation: 4

Sam McKinley Franklin was born 29 Oct 1901, Tennessee (son of Wilson C. Franklin and Emmaline Maples); died 3 Sep 1968; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Sam — Ruth Ogle. Ruth (daughter of John Ogle and Nancy Ellen Frye) was born 12 Nov 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Feb 1987; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Ruth Ogle was born 12 Nov 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of John Ogle and Nancy Ellen Frye); died 9 Feb 1987; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, District 7, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

Bessie Franklin was born 17 Jan 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Jan 1940; was buried Hurst Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. John Wilson Franklin was born 25 May 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1989; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Hazel Franklin was born 27 Apr 1935, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 May 2011; was buried 20 May 2011, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Shirley Franklin
Carlene Franklin

10.

James Newton Clabo was born 24 Nov 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John A. Clabough and Mary Jane King); died 14 Jun 1961; was buried Beech Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 90, 123, 125.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 264.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 87.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 217.

James — Marriah Elizabeth Houser. Marriah (daughter of Rev. James Wesley Houser and Martha Jane McCarter) was born 1 Sep 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1961; was buried Beech Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Marriah Elizabeth Houser was born 1 Sep 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. James Wesley Houser and Martha Jane McCarter); died 11 Mar 1961; was buried Beech Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 125.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 87.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 167.

Children:

Claude Henry Clabough was born 27 May 1926; died 26 Sep 2010, Louisville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Sep 2010, Tuckaleechee Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Ruth Clabo
5. Martha Clabo
Ruby Clabo

12.

Rev. Joe Elbert Townsend was born 27 Mar 1894, Tennessee (son of Elbert Grovan Townsend and Clarissa Alvina "Allie" Gobble); died 20 Jul 1975; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Lived in Catons Chapel Community.
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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 45, 53.

Joe married Ellen Caldona Cowden 9 Oct 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee. Ellen (daughter of Wilburn Mayberry Cowden, Jr. and Anna Elizabeth Maples) was born 26 May 1899, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1980; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Ellen Caldona Cowden was born 26 May 1899, Tennessee (daughter of Wilburn Mayberry Cowden, Jr. and Anna Elizabeth Maples); died 26 Jan 1980; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 50.

Notes:

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Children:

Kenneth C. Townsend was born 2 Aug 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 2008; was buried 21 Apr 2008, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Clyde Elmore Townsend was born 26 Dec 1917; died Bef 28 Jul 2002.
Hobert Conley Townsend was born 16 Jul 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Jul 2002; was buried 31 Jul 2002, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rev. Bertha Townsend was born 8 Aug 1922; died 10 Oct 2012; was buried 14 Oct 2012, Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
6. Carman L. Townsend was born 6 Oct 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Aug 2004, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Aug 2004, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

Verless James Morton was born 4 Sep 1891, Tennessee (son of Henry Harvey Morton and Martha Jane Yates); died 12 Apr 1983; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, District 3, Knox County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Cook US Army World War I.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 93.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 278.
"The Mountain Press", Cora Alice (Ownby) Morton obituary.

Verless married Cora Alice Ownby 12 Dec 1923, Blount County, Tennessee. Cora (daughter of James S. "Cadger Jim" Ownby and Sarah Ellen Moore) was born 20 Oct 1903, Tennessee; died 31 Mar 1996, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Apr 1996, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Cora Alice Ownby was born 20 Oct 1903, Tennessee (daughter of James S. "Cadger Jim" Ownby and Sarah Ellen Moore); died 31 Mar 1996, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Apr 1996, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 93.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 278, 296.
"The Mountain Press", Cora Alice (Ownby) Morton obituary.

Children:

Verless Junior Morton was born 2 May 1924, Tennessee; died 31 Dec 1994.
James Frits Morton was born 28 Nov 1925, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 2013.
Billy Robert Morton was born 10 Jul 1927, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1993; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Stella Jane Morton was born 22 Jun 1929, Tennessee; died 10 May 2006, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 13 May 2006, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Clell Howard Morton was born 5 Apr 1931.
7. Betty Lou Ellen Morton was born 22 Jun 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 2002; was buried 12 Dec 2002, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Augusta Bell Morton was born 19 Feb 1934.
Rev. Henry Albert Morton was born 10 Jan 1936; died 27 Dec 1992; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Tommy Sherman Morton was born 3 Apr 1938.
Ada Rosella Morton was born 28 Aug 1940, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 1983; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Hoyd Gary Morton was born 14 Aug 1942, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1942; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.