Maria Elena Barnes: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Maria Elena Barnes was born 17 May 1943, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee (daughter of Hugh Benjamin Barnes and Norma Pierce). Maria married Brian Joseph Conlon, Sr. 1 Feb 1969. [Group Sheet] Children: Maureen Elizabeth Conlon was born 10 Jul 1974. Brian Joseph Conlon, Jr. was born 6 Sep 1977.

Generation: 2

Hugh Benjamin Barnes was born 22 May 1921, Hot Springs, North Carolina (son of Morris Elijah Barnes and Carrie Lou Bentley); died 11 Dec 1996; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 4, Anderson County, tennessee

Hugh — Norma Pierce. Norma (daughter of Ives Pierce and Willie Good) was born 28 May 1924, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri; died 14 Mar 1991; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Norma Pierce was born 28 May 1924, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri (daughter of Ives Pierce and Willie Good); died 14 Mar 1991; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

1. Maria Elena Barnes was born 17 May 1943, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

Morris Elijah Barnes was born 16 Mar 1896, North Carolina (son of Hugh Benjamin "Ben" Barnes and Elizabeth Delilah Gosnell); died 19 Feb 1957; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 4, Anderson County, tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 151.

Morris — Carrie Lou Bentley. Carrie (daughter of William Bentley and Betty Reed) was born 10 May 1902, Tennessee; died 24 May 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 May 1936, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Carrie Lou Bentley was born 10 May 1902, Tennessee (daughter of William Bentley and Betty Reed); died 24 May 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 May 1936, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

2. Hugh Benjamin Barnes was born 22 May 1921, Hot Springs, North Carolina; died 11 Dec 1996; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Matilda Elizabeth Barnes was born 6 Jan 1923, Hot Springs, North Carolina; died 15 Jul 1998; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Morris Elijah Barnes was born 2 Jun 1924, North Carolina; died 15 Sep 1978; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Moleta Pearl Barnes was born Abt 1927, North Carolina; died 2 Apr 1928, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Apr 1928, Bearden Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Mary Lou Barnes was born 11 Aug 1928, Michigan; died Dec 1991.
Irene Isabel Barnes was born 8 Aug 1931, Tennessee; died 25 Jan 2002; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Robert William "Bud" Barnes was born 15 Jan 1934, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1936, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Jan 1936, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
"Jack" Barnes

6. Ives Pierce
Ives — Willie Good. [Group Sheet]

Willie Good

Children:

3. Norma Pierce was born 28 May 1924, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri; died 14 Mar 1991; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Helen Pierce
Christine Pierce
Diana Pierce
Bernie Pierce
Jack Pierce

Generation: 4

Hugh Benjamin "Ben" Barnes was born 3 Aug 1873, McDowell County, North Carolina (son of Elijah M. Barnes and Jane M. Turner); died 5 Aug 1925; was buried Revere Cemetery, Revere, Madison County, North Carolina.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 151.

Hugh married Elizabeth Delilah Gosnell 1895. Elizabeth (daughter of William Morris Gosnell and Matilda Chandler) was born 4 Jan 1878, North Carolina; died 26 Aug 1965; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Delilah Gosnell was born 4 Jan 1878, North Carolina (daughter of William Morris Gosnell and Matilda Chandler); died 26 Aug 1965; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 151.

Children:

4. Morris Elijah Barnes was born 16 Mar 1896, North Carolina; died 19 Feb 1957; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Pritchard Barnes was born 28 Dec 1897, Madison County, North Carolina; died 4 Feb 1980; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
James Bailey Barnes was born 8 Jan 1900, North Carolina; died 5 Feb 1969; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Maud Roberta Barnes was born 30 Apr 1904, Marshall, North Carolina; died 11 Oct 1993; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Spencer Roosevelt Barnes was born 24 Mar 1907, North Carolina; died 23 Aug 1972; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Pearlie Matilda Barnes died INFANT.
Barnes died INFANT.

10. William Bentley was born Tennessee.
William — Betty Reed. Betty was born Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Betty Reed was born Tennessee.

Children:

5. Carrie Lou Bentley was born 10 May 1902, Tennessee; died 24 May 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 May 1936, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.