Paula Owens: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Paula Owens (daughter of Sammy Owens and Audrey Auldes).

Generation: 2

2.	Sammy Owens was born 21 Jun 1937, Tennessee (son of Vonnie Isaac Owens and Leona Sylvia McMahan). Other Events: Census: 1940, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee Notes: ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 66. Sammy — Audrey Auldes. [Group Sheet]

3.
Audrey Auldes
Children:

1. Paula Owens

Adam Owens

Generation: 3

Vonnie Isaac Owens was born 9 Oct 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Robert "Jim" Owens and Mary Melinda Messer); died 19 Feb 1988; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 52, 66.

Vonnie married Leona Sylvia McMahan 18 Jan 1931, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Leona (daughter of Lee McMahan and Bessie Ellis) was born 31 Aug 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 May 2000, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 May 2000, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Leona Sylvia McMahan was born 31 Aug 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Lee McMahan and Bessie Ellis); died 20 May 2000, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 May 2000, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 52, 66.

Notes:

Marriage performed by Rev. A. P. Valentine.

Children:

Pauline Owens was born Abt 1934, Tennessee.
Leroy Owens was born 2 Jul 1930, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1949; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Alvin Owens was born 23 Oct 1935, Tennessee; died 30 Sep 2001, Baptist Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Sammy Owens was born 21 Jun 1937, Tennessee.
James Wave Owens was born 19 Aug 1939, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 2013; was buried 31 Aug 2013, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Clara Rose Owens

Generation: 4

James Robert "Jim" Owens was born 15 Feb 1877, North Carolina (son of Samuel Paxton Owens and Annie Sutton); died 3 May 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 5 May 1940, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 28.

James married Mary Melinda Messer 11 Mar 1898, Blount County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Isaac A. Messer and Hannah Harriett Jane Conard) was born 29 Aug 1880, Waynesville, North Carolina; died 29 Nov 1959; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary Melinda Messer was born 29 Aug 1880, Waynesville, North Carolina (daughter of Isaac A. Messer and Hannah Harriett Jane Conard); died 29 Nov 1959; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

Rev. Jacob Robert "Jake" Owens was born 25 Jul 1899, Waynesville, North Carolina; died 13 May 1992, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Jerry Andy Owens was born 23 Dec 1901, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 2 Feb 1986; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Elijah Phillip Owens was born 29 Jul 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Oct 1994; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Victor Owens died Bef 20 Feb 2008.
Anna Mae Owens was born 12 Feb 1907, Oliver Springs; died 19 Apr 1989; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Vonnie Isaac Owens was born 9 Oct 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1988; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Prince Albert Owens was born 7 Mar 1912, Tennessee; died 22 Nov 1982; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lillie Owens was born 22 Sep 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1998; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dolly Irene Owens was born 14 Oct 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Feb 2008, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Feb 2008, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

10.

Lee McMahan was born 6 Oct 1887, Tennessee (son of Robert Alexander "Bob" McMahan and Bedia Proffitt); died 20 Oct 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 Oct 1940, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 2.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 52, 66.

Lee — Bessie Ellis. Bessie (daughter of James W. "Curly Jim" Ellis and Abbie C. Lowe) was born 24 Jul 1891; died 1 Nov 1961; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Bessie Ellis was born 24 Jul 1891 (daughter of James W. "Curly Jim" Ellis and Abbie C. Lowe); died 1 Nov 1961; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 52, 66.

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Reference:
Wilma Fisher, Kate (Shields) Maples letter, 11 September 1995, p 2.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 195.

Children:

5. Leona Sylvia McMahan was born 31 Aug 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 May 2000, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 May 2000, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.