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Gene Douglas Parton

Male 1927 - 1987  (60 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gene Douglas Parton was born 25 Jul 1927, Tennessee (son of William Roy Parton and Lennie E. Reagan); died 2 Aug 1987.

    Gene — . [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Roy Parton was born 24 Jul 1898, Tennessee (son of Jake Whitten Parton and Alice Allen); died 18 Mar 1974; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    William married Lennie E. Reagan Abt 1924. Lennie (daughter of Solomon E. Reagan and Rebecca Ann Floyd) was born 16 Jul 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1988; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lennie E. Reagan was born 16 Jul 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Solomon E. Reagan and Rebecca Ann Floyd); died 16 Jul 1988; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 225.

    Children:
    1. 1. Gene Douglas Parton was born 25 Jul 1927, Tennessee; died 2 Aug 1987.
    2. Mildred Parton
    3. Peggy Parton
    4. Betty Parton
    5. Irene Parton


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jake Whitten Parton was born 22 Apr 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Margaret Jane); died 11 Mar 1956; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Jake — Alice Allen. Alice (daughter of Sanford A. Allen and Martha Jane Carey) was born 10 Mar 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1964; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Alice Allen was born 10 Mar 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Sanford A. Allen and Martha Jane Carey); died 2 Jun 1964; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 2. William Roy Parton was born 24 Jul 1898, Tennessee; died 18 Mar 1974; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Barbara Ann Parton was born 28 Oct 1901, Tennessee; died 3 Oct 1982; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James Otha Parton was born 28 Sep 1906, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Aug 1965, Clark County, Kentucky.
    4. Mae Cordia Parton was born 9 Jan 1909, Tennessee; died 30 Oct 1980; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Cora Alice Parton was born 4 Jul 1911, Tennessee; died 9 Aug 1983; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Hoyl Clyde Parton was born 26 Mar 1916; died 22 Sep 1997; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hendersonville, North Carolina.
    7. Frances Gale Parton was born 28 Feb 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Jan 1995, Plant City, Florida.

  3. 6.  Solomon E. Reagan was born 22 Sep 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John H. Reagan and Sarah Cynthia Elizabeth Cogdill); died 2 Feb 1965; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 57, 58.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 224.

    Solomon married Rebecca Ann Floyd 20 Mar 1898, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Rebecca (daughter of Rev. Thomas Hill Floyd and Elizabeth McFalls) was born 15 Aug 1879, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1950; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rebecca Ann Floyd was born 15 Aug 1879, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. Thomas Hill Floyd and Elizabeth McFalls); died 30 Apr 1950; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 33.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 57, 58.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 224.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 258.

    Children:
    1. Charles Elmer Reagan was born 28 Dec 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1949, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Dec 1949, Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary M. Reagan was born 1902, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 3. Lennie E. Reagan was born 16 Jul 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1988; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Richard T. Reagan was born 1906, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. William Howard "Bill" Reagan was born 4 Nov 1908, Tennessee; died 31 Mar 1987; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Reagan was born Abt 1910, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died See Notes.
    7. Ernest Reagan
    8. Josephine Reagan
    9. Mae Reagan


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Margaret Jane
    Children:
    1. 4. Jake Whitten Parton was born 22 Apr 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1956; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  2. 10.  Sanford A. Allen was born 20 Sep 1848, Tennessee (son of Absolum R. Allen and Elizabeth Duggan); died 16 Oct 1934; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Sanford married Martha Jane Carey 15 Oct 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of William Harrison Carey and Nancy Ann Dyer) was born 8 May 1855, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Feb 1919, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  3. 11.  Martha Jane Carey was born 8 May 1855, Jefferson County, Tennessee (daughter of William Harrison Carey and Nancy Ann Dyer); died 25 Feb 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Feb 1919, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Delila A. Allen was born 14 Jul 1878, Tennessee; died 4 Feb 1901; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Allen was born 21 Jun 1880; died 23 Sep 1880; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 5. Alice Allen was born 10 Mar 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1964; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Absalom R. Allen was born 13 Jun 1882; died 28 Jul 1883; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. John H Allen was born 1885, South Carolina; died 16 Mar 1944, Seneca Township, Oconee County, South Carolina; was buried 21 Mar 1944, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. James Albert Allen was born 31 Mar 1889, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1920; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Lavator L. Allen was born 23 Aug 1891, Tennessee; died 1 Nov 1918; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  4. 12.  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]


  5. 13.  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. 6. 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. 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.

  6. 14.  Rev. Thomas Hill Floyd was born 14 Apr 1838, Tennessee (son of Richard Birdgetts "Byrd" Floyd and Elizabeth "Liza" Childress); died 7 Mar 1918; 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 232.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    Doris Carrigan, Dontest@aol.com, 13 September 1999.

    Thomas married Elizabeth McFalls 31 May 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of James Alexander McFalls and Mary Ann King) was born 31 Mar 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Dec 1929; was buried Carr Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  7. 15.  Elizabeth McFalls was born 31 Mar 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Alexander McFalls and Mary Ann King); died 21 Dec 1929; was buried Carr Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Sevier County Heritage lists birth as 21 January 1847.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 232.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 689, 34.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. James Richard "Jim" Floyd was born 12 Jul 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 1956; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary E. Floyd was born Abt Dec 1869, Tennessee.
    3. Arthur E. Floyd was born 1870/1871; was buried Carr Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Margaret Malinda Floyd was born 2 Jan 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1957; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Wiley L. Floyd was born 1877; was buried Carr Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 7. Rebecca Ann Floyd was born 15 Aug 1879, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1950; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Frances Isabelle Floyd was born 4 May 1883, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1962; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.