Owenby: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Owenby (son of Earl Owenby).

Generation: 2

Earl Owenby was born 9 Jan 1926, Blue Ridge, Georgia (son of William Humphrey Owenby and Hattie Mae McDonald); died 27 Apr 1990.

Children:

Lisa Ann Owenby was born 7 Oct 1964; died 13 Sep 1997.
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Generation: 3

William Humphrey Owenby was born 4 Aug 1898 (son of Robert Madison "Matt" Owenby and Nancy Cordelia Brendle); died 6 Nov 1984; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

William — Hattie Mae McDonald. Hattie was born 22 Mar 1905; died 21 May 1984; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Hattie Mae McDonald was born 22 Mar 1905; died 21 May 1984; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Children:

2. Earl Owenby was born 9 Jan 1926, Blue Ridge, Georgia; died 27 Apr 1990.

Generation: 4

Robert Madison "Matt" Owenby was born 7 Mar 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Bohanan and Nancy Ownby); died 4 Feb 1940, Cherokee County, North Carolina; was buried 5 Feb 1940, Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Notes:

Matt left Sevier County, Tennessee at age thirteen and went across Smoky
Mountains to Swain County, North Carolina. Matt carried only a hunting knife
with him.

Buried in Shoal Creek Cemetery.

Donald Reagan lists Matt as son of Nancy's parents.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69.

Robert married Nancy Cordelia Brendle 18 Oct 1887, Swain County, North Carolina. Nancy was born 1 Jan 1869; died 19 Sep 1961; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Nancy Cordelia Brendle was born 1 Jan 1869; died 19 Sep 1961; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Notes:

Buried in Shoal Creek Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Children:

John Mitchell Owenby
Martha Elenor Owenby was born 29 Oct 1889; died 17 Dec 1968; was buried Big Springs Cemetery.
Sarah Arminda Owenby
Nora Bell Owenby died See Notes.
Rhoda Lucy Ann Owenby
4. William Humphrey Owenby was born 4 Aug 1898; died 6 Nov 1984; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Isaac Thomas Owenby died See Notes.
Ilar May Owenby
Western Theodore Owenby was born 15 Aug 1911; died 2 Jan 1986; was buried Clarks Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Wesley Owenby died See Notes.