Burlys Mathes

Calvin — Crettie Parton. Crettie (daughter of Albert Michael "Mike" Parton and Ellen White) was born 10 Aug 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1957; was buried Black Gum Gap Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

John — Lera A. Sutton. Lera (daughter of William "Bill" Sutton and Mary M. Weeks) was born Abt 1864, Tennessee; died 30 Sep 1949; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Michael was a hard worker. He farmed and cooked in logging camps. Later he cooked in the CCC camp at Greenbriar, Tennessee. After he and Lonnie divorced he raised their two kids. Later he lived with his son on Cosby, Tennessee.

Jo Ann Schimmel lists birth as 18 May 1886.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 168.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304, 305.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.

Albert — Ellen White. [Group Sheet]

William married Mary M. Weeks 2 Jun 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Weeks and Sarah Webb) was born 5 May 1835, Tennessee; died 19 Dec 1903; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Lived on Copeland Creek, Tennessee. Had many twins.

Killed by a train.
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Reference:
Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 9 December 2000.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.

Phillip married Margaret E. Teague 7 Jul 1883. Margaret (daughter of Michael Teague and Mary "Polly" Ridings) was born 13 Jan 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jul 1949; was buried Rector Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Vance
• Census: 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1930, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Promised a lifetime stay on her 600 acre homestead by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She was a petite red head. She raised her large family and kept house until she died.

Surname also listed as Vance.

The following is from a letter written in October 1997 and in the possession of Jay S. Webb, a Parton descendant. "Granny Margaret told me several times (when I was small and in later years) that during the war between the north and the south, there was a young soldier who come from New Jersey who was separated from his unit. Her mother hid him under the house when rebel scouts came looking for him or when neighbors came visiting. You could not trust many people in those times. This went on for months until the young man had a chance to make it back to his own lines. His name was MICHAEL TEAGUE. The couple fell in love, the results of was that Mary "Pop" became pregnant with Granny Margaret. In time the young man left and went back to his own army. Several years later his father and sister came to granny's mother on Copeland Creek, Sevier County and asked her to let Margaret go home with them. They promised the best of schooling, a good home with the best of food and clothing, with lots of love. They were very well off, but granny Mary said she would raise her daughter herself." The letter is signed 'Helen Lucille Parton Phillips' Helen, a great-grandaughter of Mary "Pop", was borm October 15, 1925 and is doing just fine in Cocke County, TN.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.
Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 4 June 2000, 9 December 2000.