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Henry Proffitt

Male Abt 1926 - 2005  (~ 79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry Proffitt was born Abt 1926 (son of David "Bascom" Proffitt and Ida Lee Dixon); died 16 May 2005, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 18 May 2005, Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 78.

    Henry married Stella Mae Brackins Abt 1956. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Edward Proffitt

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David "Bascom" ProffittDavid "Bascom" Proffitt was born 14 Apr 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Mary Ellen Proffitt); died 30 Mar 1950; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 78, 157.

    David — Ida Lee Dixon. Ida (daughter of David D. Dixon and Hester Jane Dockery) was born 20 Mar 1897, Tennessee; died 27 May 1985; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ida Lee Dixon was born 20 Mar 1897, Tennessee (daughter of David D. Dixon and Hester Jane Dockery); died 27 May 1985; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 78, 79, 157.

    Children:
    1. Cora Lee Proffitt was born 4 Oct 1918; died 23 Dec 1962; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Rebecca Ruth Proffitt was born 5 Nov 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Jan 1997; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Henry Proffitt was born Abt 1926; died 16 May 2005, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 18 May 2005, Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Walter Proffitt


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Mary Ellen Proffitt was born 13 Jan 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt and Martha Whaley).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 71, 77.

    Children:
    1. 2. David "Bascom" Proffitt was born 14 Apr 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Mar 1950; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Jackson Proffitt was born 13 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 May 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 May 1919, P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  2. 6.  David D. Dixon was born 2 Aug 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Henry Dickson and Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan); died 20 Feb 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 Feb 1937, Miller Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 78, 152, 157.
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 68.

    David married Hester Jane Dockery 16 Feb 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee. Hester (daughter of Alfred L. Dockery and Rebecca Ann Lunsford) was born May 1868, Tennessee; died Abt 1910; was buried Dixon Farm Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  3. 7.  Hester Jane Dockery was born May 1868, Tennessee (daughter of Alfred L. Dockery and Rebecca Ann Lunsford); died Abt 1910; was buried Dixon Farm Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 152, 157.
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 68.

    Children:
    1. Richard Sherman Dixon was born 22 Sep 1890, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1971; was buried Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Curtis "L. C." Dixon was born 29 Jun 1892, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Apr 1940, Dockery Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Dicie Elizabeth Dixon was born 4 Dec 1893, Tennessee; died 11 Jul 1977; was buried McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Henry Clinton Dixon was born 8 Jun 1896, Tennessee; died 22 Oct 1983; was buried Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. 3. Ida Lee Dixon was born 20 Mar 1897, Tennessee; died 27 May 1985; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Della Mae Dixon was born 17 Jul 1899, Tennessee; died 28 Dec 1994; was buried Justus Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Laura L. Dixon was born 10 Feb 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1967; was buried Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Jack Dixon was born 8 Apr 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Jun 1952; was buried Fowler Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Alfred Pinkney Dixon was born 2 Mar 1904, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1976; was buried Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Rebecca Ann "Becky" Dixon was born 8 Apr 1905, Tennessee; died 20 Sep 1981; was buried Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Lavator Dixon was born Abt 1910, Tennessee.
    12. Lillie Dixon died Abt 1910; was buried Dixon Farm Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt was born 11 Mar 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Jackson Proffitt and Celia McMahan); died 11 Feb 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 97.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 71.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 108.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 181.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 249.

    James married Martha Whaley 16 Jan 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Aaron Whaley and Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby) was born 25 Sep 1843, Tennessee; died 27 Dec 1912; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Martha Whaley was born 25 Sep 1843, Tennessee (daughter of Aaron Whaley and Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby); died 27 Dec 1912; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 97.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 71.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 108.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 249.

    Children:
    1. Celia Proffitt was born 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1951; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Susan A. "Susie" Proffitt was born 4 Jun 1865, Tennessee; died 8 Oct 1902; was buried Ducktown, Polk, Tennessee.
    3. David Jackson Proffitt was born 25 Aug 1866, Tennessee; died 13 Jul 1906; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah "Sallie" Proffitt was born 30 Nov 1868, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 1896; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 5. Mary Ellen Proffitt was born 13 Jan 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Martha Cordelia Proffitt was born 16 Mar 1873, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1936; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Nancy Lucy Proffitt was born 6 Sep 1875, Tennessee.
    8. Pleasant Andrew "Pleas" Proffitt was born 2 Dec 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1965; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Alia Z. Proffitt was born 16 Jan 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1905; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Laurinda Proffitt was born 21 Aug 1882, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1970; was buried Ogle Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. James Pentland "Jim" Proffitt was born 20 Dec 1886, Tennessee; died 26 Sep 1950; was buried Monument City Memorial Cemetery, Andrews, Huntington County, Indiana.

  3. 12.  William Henry Dickson was born 4 Nov 1830, Tennessee (son of Alexander Dickson and Elizabeth "Peggy" Bohannon); died 9 Aug 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Probably born in South Carolina where parents lived before migrating in Sevier County, Tennessee, Middle Creek, Tennesse and died of stomach trouble.
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    Reference:"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 142, 143.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 152.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 369.

    William married Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan Abt 1848/1849, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack") was born 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1911; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan was born 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack"); died 21 Jul 1911; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Died of kidney trouble and buried in Aaron Proffit Cemetery.

    SMHS lists death as 21 July 1914.
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    Reference:
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 119, 152.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 142, 143, 189, 199, 253.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 369.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 499.

    Children:
    1. Lucinda Dickson was born 19 Feb 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jul 1922; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James Dickson was born Abt 1852; died Abt 1853.
    3. Sarah E. Dickson was born 1853, Tennessee; died May 1912; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Nancy A. "Nan" Dickson was born 5 Mar 1855, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Jan 1938, Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Ann Dickson was born 21 Aug 1857, Tennessee; died 19 Apr 1934; was buried Sanders McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. William H. "Bill" Dixon was born 10 Sep 1858, Tennessee; died 24 Nov 1940; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Dickson was born 13 Aug 1861, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1931; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 6. David D. Dixon was born 2 Aug 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Feb 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 Feb 1937, Miller Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Celia Cornelia Dickson was born 20 Oct 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Robert Prentice "Ples" Dickson was born 15 May 1867, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1957.
    11. Henry C. Dickson was born 25 Jul 1869, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1932.
    12. Joseph Crockett Dickson was born Jul 1871.
    13. Samuel Wesley Dickson was born 26 Jan 1876, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1962; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    14. Margaret M. Dickson was born 25 Aug 1876; died 12 Jan 1934; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 14.  Alfred L. Dockery was born 1836, Madison County, North Carolina (son of George Dockery and Nancy Lunsford); died 28 Aug 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Aug 1915, Miller Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 243.
    Flo A Dockery, TheOwlNest@aol.com, 6 June 2000.

    Alfred — Rebecca Ann Lunsford. Rebecca (daughter of Lunsford) was born 1840, North Carolina; died 23 Mar 1924. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Rebecca Ann Lunsford was born 1840, North Carolina (daughter of Lunsford); died 23 Mar 1924.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 243.
    Flo A Dockery, TheOwlNest@aol.com, 6 June 2000.

    Children:
    1. George F. Dockery was born Mar 1861, North Carolina; died 25 Apr 1930, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Apr 1930, Dockery Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James Henry Sherman Dockery was born 14 Mar 1865, North Carolina; died 15 Apr 1951, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 17 Apr 1951, Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 7. Hester Jane Dockery was born May 1868, Tennessee; died Abt 1910; was buried Dixon Farm Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Malissia Dockery was born 10 May 1868, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1948; was buried Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Elihu Robert Grant Dockery, "LRG" was born 16 Mar 1871, Greene County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1945; was buried Dockery Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Alfred Pinkney Dockery was born 23 Aug 1874, Tennessee; died 4 Oct 1960; was buried Bethel Baptist Cemetery.
    7. John R. Dockery was born Abt 1877, Tennessee.
    8. Columbus Jackson "Lum" Dockery was born 14 Feb 1879, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1953; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.


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