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Mitchell Earl Reagan

Male 1948 -  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mitchell Earl Reagan was born 16 Dec 1948 (son of Earl Ray Reagan and Mildred Ward).

    Mitchell married Barbara Jane Cooter 16 Jul 1971; divorced 26 Jun 1992, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Tammie Renae Reagan was born 12 Jul 1972.

    Mitchell married Sussie Fay Wright 4 Oct 1992, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sussie (daughter of Sam Wright and Emma Lee Ogle) was born 8 Dec 1952; died 12 Mar 2008; was buried Hurst Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Earl Ray Reagan was born 13 Oct 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Thomas "Jim" Reagan and Zilla Proffitt); died 30 Jul 1958; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 58.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 225, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 316.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 6.

    Earl married Mildred Ward , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mildred (daughter of Hanley Ward and Ella Mae Small) was born 1 Aug 1924, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1979; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mildred Ward was born 1 Aug 1924, Tennessee (daughter of Hanley Ward and Ella Mae Small); died 5 Jan 1979; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 58.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 225, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 316.

    Children:
    1. Michael Reagan
    2. 1. Mitchell Earl Reagan was born 16 Dec 1948.
    3. Phyllis Reagan


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Thomas "Jim" Reagan was born 27 May 1888, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John H. Reagan and Sarah Cynthia Elizabeth Cogdill); died 9 Sep 1954; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 34.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 57, 58.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 65.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 224, 225.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 316.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 6.

    James married Zilla Proffitt Abt 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee. Zilla (daughter of James "Jim" Proffitt and Mary Etta Cardwell) was born 27 Dec 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Zilla Proffitt was born 27 Dec 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James "Jim" Proffitt and Mary Etta Cardwell); died 11 Feb 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Joe Payne lists birth as 29 December 1890.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 34.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 57.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 65.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 224, 225.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 316.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 6.

    Children:
    1. Reagan was born 10 Feb 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1914; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Harold Ross "Bub" Reagan was born 4 Mar 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 May 1976; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 2. Earl Ray Reagan was born 13 Oct 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jul 1958; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. James Ralph "Monk" "Ralph" Reagan was born 16 Aug 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 1976; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Hanley Ward died Bef 21 Mar 2009.

    Hanley — Ella Mae Small. Ella died Bef 21 Mar 2009. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ella Mae Small died Bef 21 Mar 2009.
    Children:
    1. 3. Mildred Ward was born 1 Aug 1924, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1979; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Charles H. Ward was born 19 Aug 1928; died 21 Mar 2009, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Mar 2009, Eastview Memorial Gardens.
    3. Floyd Ward
    4. Vernon Ward
    5. David Ward


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John H. Reagan was born 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of David L. Reagan and Jane "Jennie" Ogle); died 3 Dec 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    {A href="http://www.nando.net/smokies/clabo.au"} Herbert Clabo{/A} tells a story about John told to him by one of John Reagan's grandaughters. It seems John was sharpening his axe to split some wood when his wife Lizzie thought he had gone crazy and was about to kill her with the axe. She went up stream to get her brother to stay with them over night.

    The next day they had John committed to an asylum. Days later Lizzie asked John to return to help tend the fields but he refused saying he did not want to live with a wife who commits her husband. And anyway, life in the asylum is not as tough as tending corn in the Smokies.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 54, 57.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 210, 224.

    John married Sarah Cynthia Elizabeth Cogdill 18 Jul 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Leonard Blackburn Cogdill and Nancy Jane Fleming) was born 18 Nov 1857, Madison County, North Carolina; died 24 Mar 1946, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Mar 1946, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah Cynthia Elizabeth Cogdill was born 18 Nov 1857, Madison County, North Carolina (daughter of Leonard Blackburn Cogdill and Nancy Jane Fleming); died 24 Mar 1946, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Mar 1946, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1860, District 1027, Fannin County, Georgia

    Notes:

    Aunt Lizzie Reagan became quite well-known for her weaving skills at Pi Beta Phi in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 33.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 54, 57.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 210, 224.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 6, 7.

    Children:
    1. Solomon E. Reagan was born 22 Sep 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Feb 1965; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. George Sylvestor Reagan was born Dec 1881, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Nora Mae Reagan was born 19 May 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1962; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 4. James Thomas "Jim" Reagan was born 27 May 1888, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Sep 1954; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Emma Jane Reagan was born 28 Aug 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Dec 1971; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  James "Jim" Proffitt was born 22 Apr 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benijah "Ben" Proffitt and Appie Ogle); died 11 Jul 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Benajah Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 58, 255.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 65.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.

    James married Mary Etta Cardwell 5 Oct 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Clisby A. Cardwell and Arena Cochran) was born 17 Jul 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Jan 1959, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Etta Cardwell was born 17 Jul 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Clisby A. Cardwell and Arena Cochran); died 7 Jan 1959, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 65.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 58.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.

    Children:
    1. 5. Zilla Proffitt was born 27 Dec 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Walter Proffitt was born 15 Mar 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jun 1950, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Garfield F. Proffitt was born 9 Nov 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Apr 1939, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    4. John Lillard Proffitt was born 22 Oct 1895, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 12 Nov 1971, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Ernest Proffitt was born 30 Sep 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 May 1971, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Haskel Proffitt was born 22 Aug 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1982, Sevier County, Tennessee.