Fern J. Ownby: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Fern J. Ownby was born Jun 1911 (daughter of Willis Edward Owensby and Martha Jane Young); died Oct 1914. Notes: ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 108.

Generation: 2

2.	Willis Edward Owensby was born 7 Sep 1864 (son of Lorenzo Dow Owensby and Susan Winfrey); died 27 Sep 1933. Notes: ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 108. Willis — Martha Jane Young. Martha was born 28 Jul 1884; died 15 Apr 1970. [Group Sheet]

Martha Jane Young was born 28 Jul 1884; died 15 Apr 1970.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 108.

Children:

Oscar Monroe Ownby was born 22 Mar 1908.
Anna Crystal Ownby was born 9 Mar 1910.
1. Fern J. Ownby was born Jun 1911; died Oct 1914.
Clara Mae Ownby was born 27 Jul 1914.
Callie Rowena Ownby was born 1 Jan 1922.

Generation: 3

Lorenzo Dow Owensby was born 31 Mar 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Amos Ownbey and Mary Aurris Tunas); died 19 Oct 1921.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.
Marie Owensby, owen@montrose.net, 27 February 2000.

Lorenzo married Susan Winfrey Abt 1862/1865, Dallas County, Missouri. Susan died 3 Jul 1865, Dallas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Susan Winfrey died 3 Jul 1865, Dallas County, Missouri.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.
Marie Owensby, owen@montrose.net, 27 February 2000.

Children:

2. Willis Edward Owensby was born 7 Sep 1864; died 27 Sep 1933.

Generation: 4

Amos Ownbey was born 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina (son of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri.

Other Events:

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Notes:

Amos Ownby seems to have been very restless ... he moved many times. In 1845
they left Sevier County, Tennessee for North Carolina, from North Carolina to
Walker County, Georgia, then to Fulton County, Arkansas. Here in Fulton
County, Arkansas, Amos Ownby served as a sheriff for a brief time. Later they
moved to Reynolds County, Missouri.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 107.
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
13.

Amos married Mary Aurris Tunas Abt 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Tunas and Lucy) was born 1809, , Georgia; was buried , Reynolds, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Mary Aurris Tunas was born 1809, , Georgia (daughter of William Tunas and Lucy); was buried , Reynolds, Missouri.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
13.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 107.

Children:

Martha Ownby was born 1833, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1850; was buried , Walker, Georgia.
Eli Ownby was born 1835, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1852; was buried , Walker, Georgia.
4. Lorenzo Dow Owensby was born 31 Mar 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Oct 1921.
James Willis Ownby was born 10 May 1839, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1907; was buried Lockney, Floyd, Texas.
Hardy Edward Ownby was born 1841, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
West Walker Ownby was born 1843, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1861/1865.
Mary Elizabeth Ownby was born 1844, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois.
Clarissa Ownby was born 6 Nov 1846, , North Carolina; died 25 Apr 1889; was buried , Reynolds, Missouri.
Nancy Isabell Ownby was born 1849.
John Hills Ownby was born 29 Apr 1852; died 16 Oct 1865, , Reynolds, Missouri.