Delmar Hugh Maples: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Delmar Hugh Maples was born 25 Feb 1950 (son of Mary Ruth Maples); died 3 Jun 2014; was buried 6 Jun 2014, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Delmar married Karen Jo Elliott 7 May 1980, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced 1 Jun 1990, Sevier County, Tennessee. Karen (daughter of Clarence Edward "Ted" Elliott, Jr. and Charlotte Ann Douglass) was born 22 Jul 1962. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Amanda Maples was born 13 Nov 1980.
Delmar Hugh Maples, Jr.

Delmar married Margaret Ann McCarter NOT MARRIED. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Mary Ruth Maples was born 26 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Nathaniel Springfield "Baldy" Maples and Anna Mae Owens); died 26 Oct 2009; was buried 28 Oct 2009, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

1. Delmar Hugh Maples was born 25 Feb 1950; died 3 Jun 2014; was buried 6 Jun 2014, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

Nathaniel Springfield "Baldy" Maples was born 1 Mar 1909, Tennessee (son of Thomas Redmond Maples and Lania Ellen King); died 13 Aug 1967; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, District 2, Bradley County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 209, 244.

Nathaniel married Anna Mae Owens 2 Mar 1930, Sevier County, Tennessee. Anna (daughter of James Robert "Jim" Owens and Mary Melinda Messer) was born 12 Feb 1907, Oliver Springs; died 19 Apr 1989; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Anna Mae Owens was born 12 Feb 1907, Oliver Springs (daughter of James Robert "Jim" Owens and Mary Melinda Messer); died 19 Apr 1989; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 209, 244.

Children:

Verna Marie Maples was born 28 Feb 1931, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Feb 2004; was buried 9 Feb 2004, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dorothy Katherine Maples was born Abt 1933, Tennessee; died 6 Nov 2013; was buried 9 Nov 2013, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Mary Ruth Maples was born 26 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Oct 2009; was buried 28 Oct 2009, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
James Robert "Bub" Maples was born 28 Feb 1942, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Jul 1998; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Victor Weldon Maples was born 17 Sep 1944, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1998.
Freddie Eugene Maples was born 23 Oct 1947, Tennessee; died 25 Jul 1966; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dolly Caroline Maples

Generation: 4

12.

Thomas Redmond Maples was born 10 May 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Abijah Maples and Elizabeth McMahan); died 11 Jan 1921; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: CFPM-2D
Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Serving the Union Army during the Civil War, Redman A. Maples enlisted 22 September 1862 at Sevierville, Tennessee in Company I, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. He served in 16 major battles and was discharged 6 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. His personal description at the time was: 5' 8" in height, fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 189, 209, 241, 244.
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 21, 50.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 119.

Thomas married Lania Ellen King 18 Nov 1895. Lania (daughter of Nathaniel Wiley "Black Nat" King and Barbara Henry) was born 22 Apr 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Nov 1952; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Lania Ellen King was born 22 Apr 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Nathaniel Wiley "Black Nat" King and Barbara Henry); died 29 Nov 1952; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: CFPM-3K
Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 189, 209, 241, 244.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Children:

Bessie Lucinda Maples was born 27 Aug 1896, Tennessee; died 7 Jan 1969; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lula Alice Maples was born 27 Oct 1899, Tennessee; died 15 Jul 1954, Lyons, Illinois; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Julia Lee Maples was born 26 Oct 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1974; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Redman McKinley Maples was born 7 Oct 1903, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1987; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Barbara Mary Maples was born 28 Sep 1906, Tennessee; died 12 May 1978; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Nathaniel Springfield "Baldy" Maples was born 1 Mar 1909, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1967; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Susan Maples was born 6 May 1911; died 20 May 1911.
Washington Weldon Maples was born 5 May 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Alie C. Maples was born 27 Mar 1917.

14.

James Robert "Jim" Owens was born 15 Feb 1877, North Carolina (son of Samuel Paxton Owens and Annie Sutton); died 3 May 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 5 May 1940, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 28.

James married Mary Melinda Messer 11 Mar 1898, Blount County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Isaac A. Messer and Hannah Harriett Jane Conard) was born 29 Aug 1880, Waynesville, North Carolina; died 29 Nov 1959; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Mary Melinda Messer was born 29 Aug 1880, Waynesville, North Carolina (daughter of Isaac A. Messer and Hannah Harriett Jane Conard); died 29 Nov 1959; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

Rev. Jacob Robert "Jake" Owens was born 25 Jul 1899, Waynesville, North Carolina; died 13 May 1992, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Jerry Andy Owens was born 23 Dec 1901, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 2 Feb 1986; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Elijah Phillip Owens was born 29 Jul 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Oct 1994; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Victor Owens died Bef 20 Feb 2008.
7. Anna Mae Owens was born 12 Feb 1907, Oliver Springs; died 19 Apr 1989; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Vonnie Isaac Owens was born 9 Oct 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1988; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Prince Albert Owens was born 7 Mar 1912, Tennessee; died 22 Nov 1982; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lillie Owens was born 22 Sep 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1998; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dolly Irene Owens was born 14 Oct 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Feb 2008, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Feb 2008, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.