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Benjamin G. Owen, III

Male 1918 -  (105 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin G. Owen, III was born 28 Aug 1918 (son of Benjamin Gaines Owen and Ida Elizabeth "Effie" Ogle).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 237.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benjamin Gaines Owen was born 9 Jan 1886, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benjamin George Owen and Lucretia Annie Oakley); died 8 Mar 1963; was buried Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Owen family graveyard.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236. 237.

    Benjamin married Ida Elizabeth "Effie" Ogle 3 Dec 1904. Ida (daughter of James Robert Ogle and Frankie Ann Amburn) was born 5 Jan 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Dec 1934, Bradley, Tennessee; was buried 29 Dec 1934, Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ida Elizabeth "Effie" Ogle was born 5 Jan 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Robert Ogle and Frankie Ann Amburn); died 29 Dec 1934, Bradley, Tennessee; was buried 29 Dec 1934, Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Owen family graveyard.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236. 237.

    Children:
    1. Annie Marie Owen was born 5 Mar 1906, Tennessee; died Bef 25 Sep 2012.
    2. Alice Aruenia Owen was born 31 Jan 1908.
    3. Wylie Lyman Owen was born 13 May 1910.
    4. James Lawrence Owen was born 6 Apr 1912.
    5. Rosa Lue Owen was born 30 Mar 1914.
    6. Grover Cleveland Owen was born 26 Feb 1916.
    7. 1. Benjamin G. Owen, III was born 28 Aug 1918.
    8. Ida Lee Owen was born 28 Aug 1918.
    9. Major Joseph Harding Owen was born 28 Nov 1920; died 3 Mar 2008; was buried Highland West Cemetery.
    10. Mary R. Letta Owen was born 17 Jan 1923.
    11. Trula Mae Owen was born 15 Aug 1925.
    12. John Albert Owen was born 21 Sep 1927.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin George Owen was born 29 Aug 1832, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois (son of George C. Owen and Tabitha Caroline Cherry); died 5 Aug 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Owens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Bengimin G. Owen was buried in the family cemetery on the little knoll behind a frame house - the last house on the left of the old Ork Bank Road just before the site of the crossing of Dunn's Creek.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 227, 236.

    Benjamin married Lucretia Annie Oakley 19 Feb 1874. Lucretia (daughter of Leonard Henderson Oakley and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead) was born 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1945; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Lucretia Annie Oakley was born 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee (daughter of Leonard Henderson Oakley and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead); died 1 Jan 1945; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Owen family graveyard.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 227, 236.

    Children:
    1. Marietta Valeria Owens was born 9 Sep 1876, Tennessee; died 28 Jun 1960; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    2. Donald Juan Owen was born 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1935; was buried National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee.
    3. Rosa L. Owen was born 1880; died 1901; was buried Owens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. George W. Owen was born 1882.
    5. Grover Cleveland Owen was born 1884; died 1916.
    6. 2. Benjamin Gaines Owen was born 9 Jan 1886, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Mar 1963; was buried Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    7. Isham L. Owen was born 1888; died 1892.
    8. Beulah Lee Owen was born 1890.

  3. 6.  James Robert Ogle was born 19 Nov 1860, Tennessee (son of Isaac B. "Bee" Ogle and Elizabeth Collins); died 2 Aug 1938; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Charleston, Swain County, North Carolina

    James married Frankie Ann Amburn 13 Mar 1880, Swain County, North Carolina. Frankie was born 4 Feb 1861, Blount County, Tennessee; died 18 Mar 1939, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Mar 1939, Bethel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Frankie Ann Amburn was born 4 Feb 1861, Blount County, Tennessee; died 18 Mar 1939, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Mar 1939, Bethel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Charleston, Swain County, North Carolina

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Duane Styles, Duane.Styles@bmwmc.com, 1 August 2001.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Duane Styles, Duane.Styles@bmwmc.com, 1 August 2001.

    Children:
    1. Andrew Ogle was born 1878.
    2. Kimsey Uriah Ogle was born 3 Jun 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1937, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1937, Bethel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    3. Julia Roseann Ogle was born 31 Mar 1883, North Carolina; died 14 Dec 1967; was buried Bradley County, Tennessee.
    4. Ogle was born 1884.
    5. Ora Erastus Ogle was born 23 Jun 1885, North Carolina; died 22 Apr 1941, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Apr 1941, Trentville Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. 3. Ida Elizabeth "Effie" Ogle was born 5 Jan 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Dec 1934, Bradley, Tennessee; was buried 29 Dec 1934, Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    7. Hattie L. Ogle was born 18 Nov 1889; died 30 Mar 1925.
    8. Robert Elmer Ogle was born 8 Mar 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Oct 1925, McDonald, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Oct 1925, Bethel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    9. Alice L. Ogle was born 30 May 1893, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1921, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Jan 1921, Mount Olive Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    10. Samuel Walter "Walt" Ogle was born 21 Sep 1895, Tennessee; died 28 Jun 1973; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    11. Coy Ogle was born 21 Jan 1898.
    12. Wylie Ogle was born 29 Jun 1903; died 29 Jun 1903.
    13. Roy G. Ogle was born 16 Apr 1905; died 13 Jun 1955; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George C. Owen was born 12 Jun 1812, Fentress County, Tennessee (son of Wesley Owen and Susan Fulcher).

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    George — Tabitha Caroline Cherry. Tabitha (daughter of Peterson Cherry) was born 1815, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Tabitha Caroline Cherry was born 1815, Tennessee (daughter of Peterson Cherry).

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    Children:
    1. 4. Benjamin George Owen was born 29 Aug 1832, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois; died 5 Aug 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Owens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Leonard Henderson Oakley was born 1804, Person County, North Carolina (son of Thomas Oakley and Parthenia Van Hook); died 27 Jun 1874, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Leonard Henderson Oakley lived with his parents in the watershed of Little Panther Creek until his marriage. He and his wife Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Person County, North Carolina.

    Circa 1845, Leonard Henderson Oakley and his family migrated to Knox County, Tennessee. Family tradition indicated that this Oakley family came by covered wagon to "Big Spring" (now Fountain City - part of Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee) area in Tennessee from North Carolina. Some of the older children of Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley married and settled along migration route from the state of North Carolina.

    Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Washington County, Tennessee.

    Circa 1857/58, Leonard Henderson Oakley and the remainder of his family migrated to the White Oak Flats community (now Gatlinburg), Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley were listed in the 1860 and 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 224, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Leonard — Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead. Elizabeth was born 12 Aug 1810, Person County, North Carolina; died 4 Jul 1895, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Pethindy GrindsteadElizabeth Pethindy Grindstead was born 12 Aug 1810, Person County, North Carolina; died 4 Jul 1895, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead, widow of Leonard Henderson Oakley, lived with
    her son, Henry Coleman Oakley until her death.

    SMHS lists surname as Guenston and birth as 12 August 1812.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 224, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth H. Oakley was born 1827, , Person, North Carolina; died Aft 1880.
    2. William E. Oakley was born 1829, , Person, North Carolina.
    3. Orion Oakley was born 1832, , Person, North Carolina.
    4. Solomon Oakley was born 1834, , Person, North Carolina.
    5. Louisa Oakley was born 1837, , Person, North Carolina.
    6. Leonard Henderson Oakley, Jr. was born 1840, , Person, North Carolina.
    7. Mary C. Oakley was born 1842, , Person, North Carolina.
    8. James Knox Polk Oakley was born 1845, , Person, North Carolina.
    9. Addison J. Oakley was born 1847, Knox County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880.
    10. Henry Coleman Oakley was born Dec 1850, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1920, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. 5. Lucretia Annie Oakley was born 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1945; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    12. Rebecca Jane Oakley was born 1855, Washington County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Isaac B. "Bee" Ogle was born 1836, Tennessee (son of James Ogle and Rachel Huskey); died Abt 1879/1880.

    Notes:

    "Bee" appears in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 104.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 13, 129.

    Isaac married Elizabeth Collins Abt 1857, , North Carolina. Elizabeth was born 1838, North Carolina; died Abt 1864. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth Collins was born 1838, North Carolina; died Abt 1864.
    Children:
    1. Rosanna Elvira Ogle was born 10 Jun 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1942, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Jan 1942, Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 6. James Robert Ogle was born 19 Nov 1860, Tennessee; died 2 Aug 1938; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.