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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joyce Proffitt (daughter of Otis Lavator Proffitt and Effie Whaley).

    Joyce — Howard Hodges. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Bradley Earl Hodges was born Abt 1962; died 17 Nov 2008.
    2. Brent Hodges
    3. Kent Hodges
    4. Tameron Hodges
    5. Trudi Hodges
    6. Teri Hodges

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Otis Lavator ProffittOtis Lavator Proffitt was born 11 Nov 1902, Tennessee (son of David Proffitt and Mary Jane Ownby); died 27 Sep 1988; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 117.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 89.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 35.

    Otis — Effie Whaley. Effie (daughter of William Bradford "Whitehead Bill" Whaley and Lucy Elizabeth Cole) was born 6 Jan 1905, Tennessee; died 13 Dec 1987; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Effie WhaleyEffie Whaley was born 6 Jan 1905, Tennessee (daughter of William Bradford "Whitehead Bill" Whaley and Lucy Elizabeth Cole); died 13 Dec 1987; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 35, 117.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 82, 383.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 12.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 89.

    Children:
    1. 1. Joyce Proffitt


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David ProffittDavid Proffitt was born 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Jackson Proffitt and Celia McMahan); died 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-02

    Notes:

    David Proffitt served in Co. E 2nd Tenn Cav. in the Civil War. He was buried in
    the Ownby Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    Joe Payne lists death as 4 March 1866.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97, 115,
    117.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 63, 64, 89.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 35, 203.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 187.

    David married Mary Jane Ownby 26 May 1896. Mary (daughter of Joel Ownby and Dialtha Evans) was born 19 Aug 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Jane OwnbyMary Jane Ownby was born 19 Aug 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Joel Ownby and Dialtha Evans); died 21 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    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.

    Children:
    1. Julius Jackson Proffitt was born 10 Nov 1900; died 22 Mar 1964, Chula Vista, California.
    2. 2. Otis Lavator Proffitt was born 11 Nov 1902, Tennessee; died 27 Sep 1988; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Dora Arletta Proffitt was born 19 Mar 1906, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Mar 1987; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  William Bradford "Whitehead Bill" WhaleyWilliam Bradford "Whitehead Bill" Whaley was born 12 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Ira Whaley and Susannah King); died 11 Feb 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 34, 35, 252.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 82.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 383.

    William married Lucy Elizabeth Cole 24 Dec 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee. Lucy (daughter of James Monroe Cole and Mary Lucinda Parton) was born Apr 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Aug 1974, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lucy Elizabeth Cole was born Apr 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Monroe Cole and Mary Lucinda Parton); died 8 Aug 1974, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 34, 35, 252.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 82.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 383.

    Children:
    1. James Lemuel I. "Lem" Whaley was born 9 Dec 1892, Tennessee; died 24 Nov 1978, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Andrew Davis Whaley was born 7 Apr 1895, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Mar 1977; was buried Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Nancy Lue Whaley was born Sep 1896.
    4. William Garfield Whaley was born 20 Apr 1900, Tennessee; died 5 Jul 1987; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Martha F. Whaley was born 16 Nov 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1977; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Wayne Whaley was born Apr 1900.
    7. 3. Effie Whaley was born 6 Jan 1905, Tennessee; died 13 Dec 1987; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Oliver Whaley was born 26 Jan 1908, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1973; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Virgil Webster Whaley was born 20 Mar 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jul 1995; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Jackson ProffittJames Jackson Proffitt was born 28 Jun 1819, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benajah Proffitt and Sarah Byrd Webb); died 20 Jun 1863, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; was buried 1863, Stones River National Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQN-WF

    Notes:

    Co E, 2nd Regiment of Tn. Cal.

    Died of typhoid fever in Civil War and is buried in National Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 58, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

    James married Celia McMahan 4 Mar 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee. Celia (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack") was born 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina; died 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Celia McMahan was born 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack"); died 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQN-XL

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 58, 64, 105.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

    Children:
    1. Benijah "Ben" Proffitt was born 25 Nov 1841, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Benajah Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Ann "Polly" Proffitt was born 28 Oct 1842, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1910, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt was born 11 Mar 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah Proffitt was born 28 Oct 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1934; was buried 7 Jan 1934, Marion Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 4. David Proffitt was born 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Pleasant P. Proffitt was born 2 Jun 1849, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. William M. "Bill" Proffitt was born 8 Aug 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Proffitt was born 1852; died See Notes.
    9. Elizabeth "Betsy" Proffitt was born 11 Sep 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1924; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Aaron Whaley Proffitt was born 7 May 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 May 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Martha S. Proffitt was born 18 Nov 1859, , Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Joel OwnbyJoel Ownby was born Apr 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Aaron Ownbey and Mary "Polly" Buckner); died 2 Jan 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 19, 115, 130.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 249.
    1880 Sevier County, Tennessee Census, Dist. 179 Reel 1277 Page 318 Date: 06/21.
    Deb Mayes, dmayes@sprynet.com, 16 Jun 1997.

    Joel married Dialtha Evans 15 Feb 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee. Dialtha (daughter of Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. and Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey) was born 1841, Tennessee; died 1873. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Dialtha Evans was born 1841, Tennessee (daughter of Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. and Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey); died 1873.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 115, 130.

    Children:
    1. Richard Tilman Ownby was born 13 Jan 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 1938, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    2. 5. Mary Jane Ownby was born 19 Aug 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Aaron Ownby was born 1865, Tennessee; died See Notes.
    4. Elbert Ownby was born 1867; died See Notes.
    5. Altamire Ownby was born 1869; died See Notes.
    6. Rhoda Ownby was born 1871; died See Notes.
    7. Leander Ownby was born 1873; died See Notes.

  5. 12.  Ira WhaleyIra Whaley was born Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died 1908; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1880, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 34, 252.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 384.

    Ira married Susannah King Abt 1850, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Susannah (daughter of Nathaniel King, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Ogle) was born 15 Mar 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Susannah King was born 15 Mar 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Nathaniel King, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Ogle); died 12 Feb 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1880, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 34, 252.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 82.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. Martha Whaley was born 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Pleasant W. Whaley was born 6 Jan 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Whaley was born Abt 1856; died See Notes.
    4. George Whaley was born Jan 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Margaret Whaley was born 1860, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died See Notes.
    6. Nancy E. Whaley was born Jan 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Aug 1951, New Jersey; was buried Ferrell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrisonville, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    7. Isaac C. Whaley was born Oct 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Whaley was born Abt 1868; died See Notes.
    9. Sarah "Sally" Whaley was born 2 Feb 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1944; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. 6. William Bradford "Whitehead Bill" Whaley was born 12 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  James Monroe Cole was born 31 Dec 1843, Tennessee (son of John Pinkney Cole and Lucy Parker); died 26 Feb 1920.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 27.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 35.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 178.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 690.

    James married Mary Lucinda Parton 1 Oct 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Andrew W. Parton and Catherine E. Huskey) was born 8 Sep 1850, Tennessee; died 12 Nov 1905. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Mary Lucinda Parton was born 8 Sep 1850, Tennessee (daughter of Andrew W. Parton and Catherine E. Huskey); died 12 Nov 1905.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 27.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 35.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 178.

    Children:
    1. Mary Josephine Cole was born 6 Sep 1867, Tennessee; died 13 Mar 1943.
    2. Andrew Russell "Andy" Cole was born 28 Jul 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Feb 1954, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Feb 1954, Beaver Creek Cemetery, Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    3. James A. Cole was born 26 Mar 1872; died 10 Mar 1959.
    4. 7. Lucy Elizabeth Cole was born Apr 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Aug 1974, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Letisha Ellen Cole was born 9 Mar 1876; died 29 Jan 1904.
    6. Florence Cole was born Abt 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Dec 1914, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Emma Cole was born 23 May 1881; died 26 May 1966, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    8. Annie I. Cole was born 9 Oct 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Dec 1971; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Pinkney Cole was born 30 Jul 1885; died 17 Jul 1959.
    10. Cole was born 1887; died 1887.
    11. Albert Newton Cole was born Oct 1889.
    12. Arlena Zenia Cole was born May 1893.
    13. Clare Ethel Cole was born Jan 1896.


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