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Viola Elzoria Trentham

Female 1888 - 1984  (95 years)


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  1. 1.  Viola Elzoria Trentham was born 29 Feb 1888, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. James William "Jimmy" Trentham and Mollie Maria Bartlett); died 31 Jan 1984; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 3 February 1888.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 116, 117, 180.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 95, 112, 273, 275.

    Viola married James Robert "Bob" Watson, Jr. 15 Nov 1902. James (son of James Robert Watson and Nancy Jane McClain) was born 19 Jul 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 1962; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Virgie Anne Watson was born 20 Aug 1904; died 27 Sep 1999; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Willie Mae Watson was born 1906, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1986, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Herbert Cleo Watson was born 10 Oct 1908, Tennessee; died 12 Mar 1965; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Oscar Nelson Watson was born 30 Apr 1911, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 2010; was buried 17 Apr 2010, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Samuel Robert Watson was born 18 May 1914, Tennessee; died 9 Nov 1982; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. James Albert Watson was born 14 Dec 1916, Tennessee; died 12 Jul 2000, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Jul 2000, Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Ruby Viola Watson was born 3 Jul 1919, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1996; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Walter Dot Watson was born 25 May 1921; died 29 Jun 1921; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Ita Marie Watson was born 10 Nov 1923, Tennessee; died 31 Oct 2012.
    10. John Bartlett Watson was born 26 Dec 1928, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. James William "Jimmy" Trentham was born 4 Sep 1866, Tennessee (son of Isaac Newton Trentham and Mary Jane Bradley); died 28 Oct 1937; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 114, 116, 145, 180.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 95, 112, 113.

    James married Mollie Maria Bartlett 7 Sep 1884. Mollie (daughter of John W. Bartlett and Mary P. Roberts) was born 4 Oct 1866, Tennessee; died 20 Aug 1900; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mollie Maria Bartlett was born 4 Oct 1866, Tennessee (daughter of John W. Bartlett and Mary P. Roberts); died 20 Aug 1900; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 114, 116, 145, 180.

    Children:
    1. Newton Vanberine "Vannie" Trentham was born 20 Sep 1885, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1961, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Nance's Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    2. 1. Viola Elzoria Trentham was born 29 Feb 1888, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1984; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James Oliver Trentham was born 10 Jun 1891; died 27 Feb 1902; was buried Williamsburg Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Oscar Elmer Trentham was born 11 Sep 1894.
    5. Maude Exemine Trentham was born 9 Mar 1897, Tennessee; died 6 Nov 1977; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac Newton Trentham was born 16 Jan 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Thomas Trentham and Easter Ogle); died 17 Feb 1931; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Gladys Trentham Russell claims Isaac and Mary Bradley Trentham had 21 children.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 102, 114, 141, 145.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 22, 66, 116, 117.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 112.

    Isaac married Mary Jane Bradley 29 Dec 1859, Jackson County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of James Holland Bradley and Martha Grant) was born 22 Apr 1840, North Carolina; died 21 Aug 1888; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Jane Bradley was born 22 Apr 1840, North Carolina (daughter of James Holland Bradley and Martha Grant); died 21 Aug 1888; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Trentham Family Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    SMHS lists birth as 22 April 1839 and death as 2 August 1888.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 102, 114, 141, 145.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 719.

    Children:
    1. Martha Caldonia Trentham was born 14 Sep 1860, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1918; was buried El Reno Cemetery, Canadian County, Oklahoma.
    2. Salinda Vista Trentham was born 22 Oct 1861; died 26 Nov 1861.
    3. Leonadus Atward Trentham was born 30 Sep 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1923, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Sep 1923, West View Cemetery.
    4. Isaac Newton Trentham, Jr. was born 16 Dec 1864, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 2. Rev. James William "Jimmy" Trentham was born 4 Sep 1866, Tennessee; died 28 Oct 1937; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Alas Lu Trentham was born 11 Mar 1868, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1884; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah Elizabeth Trentham was born 25 Dec 1869; died 17 Oct 1872; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Mary Jane Trentham was born 22 Sep 1872, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Aug 1932; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Wilson E. Trentham was born 22 Apr 1875; died 7 Dec 1899.
    10. Richard Isaiah Trentham was born 1 Nov 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Nov 1930, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 Nov 1930, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Hatta L. "Hattie" Trentham was born 1 Apr 1878; died 18 Feb 1912; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Jonah Decator Trentham was born 18 Jun 1880; died 26 Nov 1918; was buried Westview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    13. Arra Examine Trentham was born 4 Jul 1882; died 9 Oct 1957; was buried Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    14. Arthur Ulysses Trentham was born 21 Dec 1883; died 17 Aug 1965; was buried Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    15. Willis Kimber Trentham was born 15 Aug 1886; died 1 Apr 1895; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  John W. Bartlett was born North Carolina.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69.

    John — Mary P. Roberts. Mary was born Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary P. Roberts was born Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 114.

    Children:
    1. Robert Samuel Henderson Bartlett was born 22 Jul 1855, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1933; was buried El Reno Cemetery, Canadian County, Oklahoma.
    2. 3. Mollie Maria Bartlett was born 4 Oct 1866, Tennessee; died 20 Aug 1900; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Thomas TrenthamWilliam Thomas Trentham was born 27 Mar 1793, Haywood County, North Carolina (son of Robert William Trentham and Lucinda Trentham); died 10 Dec 1848, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Sometime in the early 1820's, William Trentham and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. They settled in the Two-Mile Branch and Forks of the River area, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    William Trentham was one of the early school teachers for the White Oak Flats community. A story handed down for generations about him as the school teacher in White Oaks said -- "William Trentham seems to have known how to enforce order among what must have been a body of turbulent pupils, for it is told of him that he once whipped a daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan for spitting into the school books of her fellow students. This so incensed the father of the girl that he vowed there should be no more schools of that kind where he lived, so he locked the schoolhouse and took away the key."

    William Trentham and his wife Easter Ogle were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    William Trentham was appointed as the only postmaster for the White Oak Flats community. The post office was organized on 11 November 1840 and was disbanded on 13 June 1844. He also served as the Justice of Peace for the 11th Civil District (White Oak Flats).

    William Thomas arrived at home after an extended trip in the woodland with a ruptured appendix and without proper medical attention resulted in his untimely.

    William Trentham was buried with his wife in the Trentham Family Cemetery, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. William's grave stone gives 1843 as his date of death.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 164.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101-102.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 359
    Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000..

    William married Easter Ogle 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee. Easter (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 6 May 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1883; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Easter Ogle was born 6 May 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 6 Jan 1883; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    In the minute books of the White Oak Flats Church a mention is made of "Sister Easter Trentham" in the records of the January 1827 meeting.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mounty Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 164.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101,102.

    Children:
    1. Lucinda Trentham was born 2 Sep 1827, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Elvira "Polly" Trentham was born 20 Jul 1829, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1907; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sophia Trentham was born 31 May 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1919; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Robert Lee "Rob" Trentham was born 27 Apr 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1908; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Benjamin James Trentham was born 16 Mar 1835, Tennessee.
    6. 4. Isaac Newton Trentham was born 16 Jan 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1931; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Lydia Trentham was born 29 Oct 1838, Tennessee.
    8. David McMahan Trentham was born 22 Jul 1841; died 31 Dec 1862.
    9. Caleb Levator Trentham was born 8 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 May 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 May 1937, Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Easter Malinda Trentham was born 13 May 1847, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1937; was buried Frazier's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cahutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    11. William McCajah "Cagey" Trentham was born 17 Jul 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1901; was buried Hatcher Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  James Holland Bradley was born 12 Aug 1802, Rutherford County, North Carolina (son of Isaac Bradley and Anne Allison); died 30 Jul 1843.

    Notes:

    James Holland Bradley and his second wife Martha were listed in the 1830 and
    1840 Federal Census of Rutherford County, North Carolina.

    On July 1843, James Holland Bradley bought 50 acres of land from John Watson of
    Sevier County, State of Tennessee for $75.00. This land was located "in the
    County of Haywood on the waters of Oconaluftee River, West Fork on a branch
    formerly called Davidrum Branch..." This land is now part of Great Smoky
    Mountains National Park.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 138, 141.

    James — Martha Grant. Martha was born 25 Jul 1805, North Carolina; died 27 Feb 1879, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Martha Grant was born 25 Jul 1805, North Carolina; died 27 Feb 1879, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Martha Grant Bradley, widow of James Holland Bradley, was listed in the 1850
    Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina; and in the 1860 and 1870
    Federal Census of Jackson County, North Carolina.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 138, 141.

    Children:
    1. Bradley was born Abt 1828; died See Notes.
    2. Bradley was born Abt 1830; died See Notes.
    3. James Holland Bradley, Jr. was born Nov 1832; died 9 Mar 1869, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina.
    4. Osburn Bradley was born 7 Jul 1834, , Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1861/1865.
    5. Augustus Bradley was born 12 Dec 1836; died 15 Feb 1905.
    6. 5. Mary Jane Bradley was born 22 Apr 1840, North Carolina; died 21 Aug 1888; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah Caroline Bradley was born 31 Jul 1842, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina; died 16 Jan 1886, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Martha Lueasy Bradley was born 11 Nov 1843, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina; died 7 Sep 1918, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Sep 1918, Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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