John Horsley, Jr.: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

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Generation: 1

1. John Horsley, Jr. (son of Horsley and Ruth Ownby).

Generation: 2

2. Horsley
— Ruth Ownby. Ruth (daughter of Ray Ownby and Martha Bessie Ownby) was born 7 Aug 1929, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 2009. [Group Sheet]

Ruth Ownby was born 7 Aug 1929, Tennessee (daughter of Ray Ownby and Martha Bessie Ownby); died 17 Feb 2009.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 3, Hamblen County, Tennessee

Children:

Generation: 3

Ray Ownby was born 2 Feb 1903, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Goodf Ownby and Eliza Ogle); died 27 Apr 1998.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 3, Hamblen County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 128.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 72.

Ray married Martha Bessie Ownby 24 Jan 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Rev. John West Ownby and Celia Proffitt) was born 17 Jul 1904, Tennessee; died 19 Apr 1983; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Martha Bessie Ownby was born 17 Jul 1904, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. John West Ownby and Celia Proffitt); died 19 Apr 1983; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 3, Hamblen County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 128.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 72.

Children:

Mary Louise Ownby was born 21 Dec 1925, Tennessee; died 10 Jun 2013, Farmville.
3. Ruth Ownby was born 7 Aug 1929, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 2009.

Generation: 4

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Goodf Ownby was born 7 Feb 1877, Tennessee (son of Nicholas H. Ownby, Jr. and Mary Ella "Polly" Evans); died 31 May 1965; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 13, 75.

Goodf — Eliza Ogle. Eliza (daughter of Isaac B. "Bee" Ogle and Mary "Polly" Whaley) was born 7 Mar 1877, Tennessee; died 19 May 1953; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

13.

Eliza Ogle was born 7 Mar 1877, Tennessee (daughter of Isaac B. "Bee" Ogle and Mary "Polly" Whaley); died 19 May 1953; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 13, 75.

Children:

John Loy Ownby was born 22 Nov 1897, Tennessee; died Bef 22 Mar 2016.
Carrie M. Ownby was born Jul 1899.
6. Ray Ownby was born 2 Feb 1903, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Apr 1998.

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Rev. John West Ownby was born 24 Oct 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Aaron Ownbey and Mary "Polly" Buckner); died 4 Jun 1935; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: 1TQP-RV
Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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References:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 48, 115, 128.Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 71, 72.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 41.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 53.

John married Celia Proffitt 19 Jan 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee. Celia (daughter of James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt and Martha Whaley) was born 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1951; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Celia Proffitt was born 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee (daughter of James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt and Martha Whaley); died 2 Jun 1951; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Graduate of Pi Beta Phi Teachers' College Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee 1928 class of Midwifery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 115, 128.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 71, 72.

Children:

Julia Etta Ownby was born 20 Mar 1880, Tennessee.
James M. "Jim" Ownby was born 19 Nov 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Apr 1933, P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Oliver R. Ownby was born 6 Sep 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Jul 1964; was buried Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nora Ownby was born 4 Feb 1886, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1974; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia.
Aaron A. Ownby was born 29 Jul 1888, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1962.
Allen Ownby was born 23 May 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Jul 1988, Veteran's Hospital, Boise, Idaho; was buried Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Ada County, Idaho.
Early Ownby was born 21 Jun 1893, Tennessee; died 30 Jul 1913; was buried Clayton Cemetery, Clayton, Union County, New Mexico.
Grace Valerie Ownby was born 27 Oct 1895, Tennessee; died 14 Aug 1965; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia.
Ennis Dewey Ownby was born 5 Apr 1898, Tennessee; died 8 May 1983; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Litha Ownby was born 23 Feb 1901, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1994; was buried Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Ada County, Idaho.
7. Martha Bessie Ownby was born 17 Jul 1904, Tennessee; died 19 Apr 1983; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia.
Ownby died INFANT.