12. | David 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:
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]
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