Sharon Lee Benson: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Sharon Lee Benson was born 23 Feb 1956 (daughter of Bob B. Benson and Emily Elizabeth Ogle).

Children:

Michael Chad Ellis was born Oct 1973.

Sharon married Bruce Dickson Lillie Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced 6 Sep 1984, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sharon married Larry Charles Dodgin 11 Apr 1988, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Casper Jared Dodgin was born 20 Jul 1990.

Sharon — Thomas Ranz. Thomas was born 31 Oct 1954. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Bob B. Benson was born Abt 1932, Tennessee (son of Willie Bates Benson and Josephine Elizabeth "Josie" Ogle).

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 252.

Bob married Emily Elizabeth Ogle Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Emily Elizabeth Ogle (daughter of Samuel Burton Ogle and Lillie Mae Boling).

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 252.

Children:

1. Sharon Lee Benson was born 23 Feb 1956.
Robin Benson was born 30 Dec 1959.

Generation: 3

Willie Bates Benson was born Abt 1908, Tennessee (son of William Prosser "Pros" Benson and Mary Ellen Reagan).

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Willie — Josephine Elizabeth "Josie" Ogle. Josephine (daughter of George A. Ogle and Margaret Malinda Floyd) was born 8 Sep 1908, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1967; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Josephine Elizabeth "Josie" Ogle was born 8 Sep 1908, Tennessee (daughter of George A. Ogle and Margaret Malinda Floyd); died 2 Sep 1967; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

Billy Bates Benson was born 20 Oct 1930, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jun 2008; was buried 19 Jun 2008, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Bob B. Benson was born Abt 1932, Tennessee.
Jerry Jackson Benson was born 5 Jan 1939, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 2015; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Samuel Burton Ogle was born 18 Nov 1885, Tennessee (son of Burton Ogle and Isophine Newman); died 2 Dec 1949; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 252.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 285, 289.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 178.

Samuel — Lillie Mae Boling. Lillie (daughter of James Boling and Rebecca C. Shephard) was born 10 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 26 Dec 1969; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Lillie Mae Boling was born 10 Jun 1889, Tennessee (daughter of James Boling and Rebecca C. Shephard); died 26 Dec 1969; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Sevier County Heritage lists surname as Boling.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 252.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 285, 289.

Children:

Beulah Ogle was born 16 Oct 1908, Tennessee; died 4 Apr 1978, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Isaphene Rebecca Ogle was born 5 May 1911, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Jul 2001; was buried 30 Jul 2001, Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Banah Don Ogle was born 14 Jan 1914, Tennessee; died 21 Apr 1984; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Josephine "Jo" Ogle was born Abt 1914, Tennessee; died Bef 28 Jul 2001.
Eunia Ogle was born Abt 1916, Tennessee; died Bef 28 Jul 2001.
James Ogle was born 2 Apr 1918, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1944; was buried National Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
Leona Ogle was born Abt 1919, Tennessee; died Bef 28 Jul 2001.
Roy Ray Ogle was born 8 Nov 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1998; was buried Arch Shultz Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Betty Ogle was born Abt 1923, Tennessee; died Bef 28 Jul 2001.
Samuel Burton "S. B." Ogle was born 2 Apr 1925, Tennessee; died 30 May 1984; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rosa Lee Ogle was born Abt 1927, Tennessee.
Eva Ogle was born 11 Sep 1929, Tennessee.
3. Emily Elizabeth Ogle

Generation: 4

William Prosser "Pros" Benson was born Jul 1872 (son of William M. Benson and Cynthia Large); died 1939; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 55, 56.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 217.

William married Mary Ellen Reagan 22 Aug 1889, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James O. Reagan and Hapic C. Ogle) was born Mar 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Oct 1937; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary Ellen Reagan was born Mar 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James O. Reagan and Hapic C. Ogle); died 26 Oct 1937; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 55, 56.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 217.

Children:

Benson was born Abt 1890, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1900.
Nettie Jane Benson was born 4 Apr 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jul 1910; was buried Williamsburg Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Walter F. Benson was born 8 Apr 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1959; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Benson was born Abt 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1900; was buried Marshall Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Cora Benson was born 1911; died 1921; was buried Williamsburg Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Willie Bates Benson was born Abt 1908, Tennessee.

10.

George A. Ogle was born 12 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Caleb Ogle, Rev. and Lydia Huff); died 24 Aug 1945; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1880, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 73, 78.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 253.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 102.

George — Margaret Malinda Floyd. Margaret (daughter of Rev. Thomas Hill Floyd and Elizabeth McFalls) was born 2 Jan 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1957; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Margaret Malinda Floyd was born 2 Jan 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. Thomas Hill Floyd and Elizabeth McFalls); died 13 Apr 1957; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

SMHS lists birth as 1875 others have it 1867.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 78.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 102.

Children:

Thomas Ashley Ogle was born 30 Mar 1895, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1983; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Arthur James Ogle was born 29 Jun 1898, Tennessee; died 25 Dec 1969; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Isabella Ogle was born 21 Jan 1902, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1973; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Josephine Elizabeth "Josie" Ogle was born 8 Sep 1908, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1967; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

12.

Burton Ogle was born 15 Mar 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William W. "Ned" Ogle and Jane "Jennie" Conner); died 6 Feb 1935; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 106.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 191.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 280, 285, 289.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 34, 178.

Burton married Isophine Newman 2 Sep 1875. Isophine (daughter of Vance Newman and Elizabeth Loveday) was born 6 Nov 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 1888; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Isophine Newman was born 6 Nov 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Vance Newman and Elizabeth Loveday); died 8 Jul 1888; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 106.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 191.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 280, 285, 289.

Children:

David Henderson Ogle was born 3 Jul 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1958; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Carrie Julia Ogle was born 12 Aug 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jun 1954; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ellen Ogle was born 1880; died See Notes.
Mary Emma Ogle was born 5 Apr 1882; died 25 Sep 1943; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Samuel Burton Ogle was born 18 Nov 1885, Tennessee; died 2 Dec 1949; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ogle was born 1888; died See Notes.

14.

James Boling was born Jun 1849, Kentucky; died 14 Jan 1912; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 335.

James — Rebecca C. Shephard. Rebecca was born Feb 1868, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Rebecca C. Shephard was born Feb 1868, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 335.

Children:

7. Lillie Mae Boling was born 10 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 26 Dec 1969; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Vernia J. Boling was born Oct 1890, Tennessee.
Ada Bertie Boling was born 25 Sep 1895, Tennessee; died 13 Feb 1965; was buried Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Isaac Mckinley Boling was born 25 May 1896, Tennessee; died 9 Dec 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Richard R. Boling was born May 1898, Tennessee.