Clyde Drinnen: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Clyde Drinnen (son of Robert Lee Drinnen and Martha Elizabeth "Epsie" Sims).

Generation: 2

Robert Lee Drinnen was born 31 Aug 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Thomas Drinnen and Mary J. Bryant); died 3 Mar 1951; was buried Asbury Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Robert — Martha Elizabeth "Epsie" Sims. Martha (daughter of Ruben Chesley "Chess" Sims and Sarah Ann Childness Russell) was born 23 Apr 1882; died 29 Jul 1973; was buried Asbury Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Martha Elizabeth "Epsie" Sims was born 23 Apr 1882 (daughter of Ruben Chesley "Chess" Sims and Sarah Ann Childness Russell); died 29 Jul 1973; was buried Asbury Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Children:

Generation: 3

4.	Thomas Drinnen was born 16 Jan 1838, Tennessee; died 23 Jan 1909; was buried Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Thomas — Mary J. Bryant. Mary was born 8 Aug 1840, Tennessee; died 25 Jul 1913; was buried Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary J. Bryant was born 8 Aug 1840, Tennessee; died 25 Jul 1913; was buried Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

Saly Bell Drinnen was born 27 Jun 1861; died 28 Dec 1872; was buried Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John K. Drinnen was born 19 Jan 1866, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1911; was buried Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Drinnen was born 27 Jun 1869; died 24 Feb 1870; was buried Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
William Luther Drinnen was born 31 Jan 1870, Tennessee; died 7 Sep 1933.
Amanda L. E. S. Drinnen was born 6 Mar 1873; died 15 Nov 1875; was buried Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Robert Lee Drinnen was born 31 Aug 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 1951; was buried Asbury Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Rufus Alexander "Alex" Drinnen was born 7 Mar 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Aug 1955; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Milton A. Drinnen was born Abt 1878, Tennessee.

Ruben Chesley "Chess" Sims was born 12 Dec 1842, South Carolina (son of Reuben P. Sims and Abernathy); died 3 Dec 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Dec 1922, Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Ruben — Sarah Ann Childness Russell. Sarah (daughter of Rev. John Jackson "Jack" Russell and Nancy Patterson) was born 9 Jan 1852, Tennessee; died 22 Aug 1893; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Ann Childness Russell was born 9 Jan 1852, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. John Jackson "Jack" Russell and Nancy Patterson); died 22 Aug 1893; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

Nancy Anna Sims was born 12 Jul 1870, Tennessee.
John Clayton Sims was born 20 Mar 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 1952; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary Francis Sims was born 8 Oct 1875, Tennessee; died 31 Mar 1912; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
William Charles "Charlie" Sims was born 8 Jun 1878, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1938; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Martha Elizabeth "Epsie" Sims was born 23 Apr 1882; died 29 Jul 1973; was buried Asbury Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
James Mack Sims was born 4 Jul 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 May 1967; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

12. Reuben P. Sims was born Abt 1804, South Carolina.
Reuben — Abernathy. was born South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

13.

Abernathy was born South Carolina.

Children:

6. Ruben Chesley "Chess" Sims was born 12 Dec 1842, South Carolina; died 3 Dec 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Dec 1922, Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

Rev. John Jackson "Jack" Russell was born 15 Jan 1814, Leadvale, Jefferson County, Tennessee (son of William Russell and Sarah Moorehead); died Dec 1905; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Beulah Linn Family Group Sheets, 1968.

Sevier County Heritage lists birth as 18 December 1815 and death as December 1905.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 140, 330, 331.

John married Nancy Patterson 4 Sep 1832. Nancy (daughter of Charles Patterson and Mary) was born 6 Feb 1815, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1888; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Nancy Patterson was born 6 Feb 1815, Tennessee (daughter of Charles Patterson and Mary); died 23 Feb 1888; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Sevier County Heritage lists death as 1887.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 331.

Children:

Elizabeth G. Russell was born 22 Jan 1841, Tennessee; died 14 Mar 1900; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nancy Russell was born Abt 1845, Tennessee.
John Henry Russell was born 9 Jul 1847, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1927; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary Jane Russell was born 2 Oct 1848, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1902; was buried Logans Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Thomas J. Russell was born 12 Oct 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Jul 1930; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Sarah Ann Childness Russell was born 9 Jan 1852, Tennessee; died 22 Aug 1893; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Martha Russell was born 8 Apr 1854, Tennessee; died 28 Oct 1924; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
George Russell was born Abt 1859, Tennessee.
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