8. | Marion Allen "M. A." Valentine was born 17 Jul 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Aaron H. Valentine and Elizabeth "Betsy" Proffitt); died 2 Sep 1941; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes:
Marion attended Murphy College in Sevierville, Tennessee following high school. He served on the Equalization Board, was Census Enumerator, and was elected to serve on the Road Commision of Sevier County, Tennessee in 1908. An avid genealogist, Marion collected data on the Valentine and allied families, most of which was lost when his house in Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee burned while he was away in Knoxville, Tennessee during the 1920s.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 95, 96.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 368, 370.
Marion married Catherine Rachel L. Rollins 4 Jul 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee. Catherine (daughter of William M. Rollins and Bertha Jane Davis) was born 22 Nov 1883, Blount County, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 Jun 1915, Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]
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