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Clyde Clabo

Clyde Clabo

Male 1924 - 1991  (66 years)

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  1. 1.  Clyde ClaboClyde Clabo was born 3 Nov 1924, Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Eddie Lee Clabo and Charity Alice Reagan); died 18 Jan 1991, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio; was buried Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Clyde married Emmalee Breeden 10 Aug 1951, Sevier County, Tennessee. Emmalee (daughter of Grady Fletcher Breeden and Eva May Ownby) was born 2 Feb 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 2011, Miami Valley Hospital; was buried Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Clida Mae Clabo was born 22 Jul 1952.
    2. Ronald Fletcher Clabo was born 5 Dec 1954.
    3. Donald Lee Clabo was born 14 Mar 1960.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eddie Lee ClaboEddie Lee Clabo was born 20 Sep 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Rev. James Ray Clabaugh and Mary Rebecca McMahan); died 28 Nov 1933, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Grace Lamons Clabo said Charity Clabo always said "Granny Mack" raised Eddie Lee Clabo. Granny Mack must have been Nancy (Townsend) McMahan.

    Eddie was working for the Townsend Railroad when Charity got sick.

    Family tradition has claimed Eddie Lee Clabo stepped on a rusty nail and died from "lock jaw" or tetanus poisoning. However, further investigation reveals a doctor's report indicating he died from stab wounds while living in the poor farm.
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    Reference:
    Family tradition.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 39, 40.
    Newell Clabo

    Eddie married Charity Alice Reagan 12 Feb 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee. Charity (daughter of Westley O. Reagan and Louisa Watson) was born 8 Oct 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1997, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio; was buried 3 Jan 1998, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Charity Alice ReaganCharity Alice Reagan was born 8 Oct 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Westley O. Reagan and Louisa Watson); died 30 Dec 1997, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio; was buried 3 Jan 1998, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 8, Knox County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 8, Knox County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Named after her grandmother Mary Charity Ownby Watson.

    Charity suffered a nervous breakdown after complications from birth of her last child (possibly postpartum depression). She never fully recovered.
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    Reference:
    Family tradition.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 28.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 165.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 128.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 98, 150.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo. p 39, 40.

    Children:
    1. Newell Clabo was born 18 Sep 1922, Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Sep 2017, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts.
    2. 1. Clyde Clabo was born 3 Nov 1924, Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1991, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio; was buried Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio.
    3. Jeanette Lee Clabo was born 12 Mar 1927, Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. June Mae Clabo was born 21 Jun 1929, Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Jun 2008, Summit Place, Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina; was buried 11 Jun 2008, Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, South Carolina.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rev. James Ray ClabaughRev. James Ray Clabaugh was born 5 Jan 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Clabough and Anna Maples); died 4 Jul 1923, Parham Hill, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Jul 1923, Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, District 9, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    James Ray Clabough was a Baptist preacher in Sevier and Blount Counties, Tennessee.

    Millican Grove Baptist Church pastor January 1896 - June 1900.

    Rev. J. R. Clabough and Mary R. Clabough are listed as members of the Shady Grove Baptist Church, Sevier County, Tennessee in 1895.

    Gardner Clabo lists death as 7 April 1923.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo. p 38, 39.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 198.
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 112.
    Melvin Clabough, emelvyn@worldnet.att.net, 29 March 1997.

    James married Mary Rebecca McMahan 2 Jan 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Francis Marion McMahan and Nancy Townsend) was born 4 Feb 1867, Tennessee; was christened 26 Sep 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1901; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Rebecca McMahanMary Rebecca McMahan was born 4 Feb 1867, Tennessee; was christened 26 Sep 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Francis Marion McMahan and Nancy Townsend); died 25 Oct 1901; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1870 Federal Census of 13th District, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Mary Rebecca McMahan was baptized by Rev. J. W. Townsend in the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee with Harrett M. McMahan and Thursey A. Townsend.
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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 112.
    Shady Grove Baptist Church minutes.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo. p 38, 39.

    Children:
    1. Benjamin Harrison Clabaugh was born Oct 1892; died 29 Jan 1919, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.
    2. Marion Luther Clabough was born 17 Nov 1893, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1968, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Clarks Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Nancy Ann Clabough was born 26 Feb 1895, Tennessee; died 2 Mar 1965, Loudon County, Tennessee; was buried Lenoir City Cemetery, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee.
    4. Melvin Jether Clabough was born 17 May 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 1969, Englewood, McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried Cochran Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    5. Allie Virene "Rene" Clabough was born 1 Mar 1898; died 9 Jul 1987, Loudon County, Tennessee.
    6. Julia Lucinda Clabough was born 28 Jul 1900, Tennessee; died 18 Jun 1986, Loudon County, Tennessee.
    7. 2. Eddie Lee Clabo was born 20 Sep 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Nov 1933, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Westley O. ReaganWestley O. Reagan was born 6 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan and Cynthia Jane Whaley); died 18 Apr 1958, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 183V-0g
    • Residence: West O Reagan homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    The "O" in West's name was used only to distinguish him from others of same name according to his family. Buried in West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery with his second wife.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 27-28.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 165.

    Westley married Louisa Watson 6 Jan 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee. Louisa (daughter of David Joel Watson and Mary Charity Ownby) was born 24 Mar 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Jan 1963; was buried West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Louisa WatsonLouisa Watson was born 24 Mar 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of David Joel Watson and Mary Charity Ownby); died 25 Jan 1963; was buried West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B71N-7V
    • Residence: West O Reagan homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 28.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 165.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 83.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 42, 98, 132, 150, 160, 231.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 106.

    Children:
    1. 3. Charity Alice Reagan was born 8 Oct 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1997, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio; was buried 3 Jan 1998, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. John Renney Reagan was born 19 Mar 1903, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Oct 1991; was buried West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Litha Mae Reagan was born 13 Oct 1906, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1988, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Island Home Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
    4. Lillie Reagan was born 29 Jan 1909, Tennessee; died 19 Sep 1985, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Holly Hills Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    5. Lura Reagan was born 22 Jun 1911, Tennessee; died 24 Sep 1985, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Mayme Reagan was born 21 Sep 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jul 1999, Sevier Medical Center; was buried 14 Jul 1999, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Janie Nancy Reagan was born 12 Jan 1916, Tennessee; died 7 Jan 2007, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
    8. Gracie Rozella Reagan was born 9 Feb 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 2010; was buried 13 Feb 2010, West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Hazel Reagan was born 24 Aug 1920, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 2009, Life Care Center of Athens; was buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James ClaboughJames Clabough was born 1 Sep 1839, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Clabough, Jr. and Elizabeth Handley); died 29 Mar 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 8 Sep 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    James Clabough was a private in Company I, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry of Union Army during the Civil War. His military record is filed under James Clabber. James enlisted 1 August 1863 in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee for a three year term. His description at the time was age 24, farmer, blue eyes, dark hair, fair Complexion, five feet eight inches high.

    James 27 December 1863 muster roll listed him absent on detached duty in Nashville, Tennessee. He was mustered out 6 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 189, 198.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 38.
    James Clabber Civil War Pension papers, US National Archives.
    "2nd Tennessee Cavalry Reg.", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Regiment_Tennessee_Volunteer_Cavalry.

    Civil War details:
    2nd TN Cavalry
    Organized: on 7/1/62
    Mustered Out: 7/6/65

    Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
    Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 0
    Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 14
    Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 208

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    Left Wing, 14
    Army of Cumberland


    Jan '63
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    Cavalry
    Dept and Army of Ohio and Cumberland


    Jan '64
    Apr '64
    3
    1st Cav
    16
    Department of the Tennessee


    Apr '64
    Oct '64
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    Dept and Army of Ohio and Cumberland


    Oct '64
    Nov '64
    1
    4
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    Military Division of the Mississippi


    Nov '64
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    Cavalry
    Military Division of the Mississippi


    Mar '65
    Jul '65
    Unattached Cav
    District of Vicksburg

    Department of the Tennessee
    Mustered Out

    2ND TENNESSEE CAVALRY REGIMENT, U.S.A.

    Also called 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry Regiment

    Organized in East Tennessee July to November, 1862; original muster rolls destroyed at Nolensville, December 30, 1862; re-mustered at Murfreesboro, January 26, 1863; mustered out at Nashville, July 6, 1865.

    FIELD OFFICERS
    Colonel-Daniel M. Ray.
    Lieutenant Colonels-William R. Cook, William F. Prosser.
    Majors-George W. Hutsell, Will R. Mc-Bath, Charles Inness, William F. Prosser.

    CAPTAINS-Solomon Irick, John H. Byrd, Co. "A". Organized at Jacksboro, Campbell County, August 1, 1862; moved to Cumberland Gap.

    Thomas A. Jones, Co. "B". Organized at Sevierville, Sevier County, August 15, 1862; ordered on duty at Cumberland Gap, August 21, 1862; moved to Lexington, Kentucky, September 30, 1862.

    John M. Raines, James H; Knight. Co. "C". Organized at Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, July 27, 1862. Re-organized at Covington, Kentucky, November 15, 1862.

    Thomas Stephens, Aaron G. McReynolds, Moses L. McConnell, Co. "D". Organized at Maryville, Blount County, September 1, 1862; moved to Lebanon, Kentucky.

    John Henry, Co. "E". Organized at Sevierville, September 16, 1862; moved to Lexington, Kentucky, September 30, 1862; to Gallipolis, Ohio, October 1, 1862.

    James H. Walker, Co. "F". Organized at Maryville, August 1, 1862; moved to Cumberland Gap.

    Charles S. Berry, William Odle, Robert N. Hood, Co. "G". Organized at Maynardyille, Union County, October 1, 1862; moved to Nicholasville, Kentucky, November 12, 1862.

    Sam P. Rowan, Theophilus F. Wallace, Co. "H". Organized at Maryville, October 10, 1862; moved to Nicholasville, Kentucky, November 3, 1862; to Louisville, Kentucky, November 6, 1862.

    George W. Gorman, Co. "I". Organized at Sevierville, September 22, 1862; moved to Lexington, Kentucky, October 1, 1862; to Louisville, Kentucky, November 5, 1862.

    William W. Montgomery, James A. Montgomery, Co. "K". Organized at Cumberland Gap, August 15, 1862, with 56 men; reorganized at Lexington, Kentucky October 16, 1862 with recruits who had marched from Sevierville; and moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, October 20, 1862.

    James H. Morris, James H. Knight, 1st Co. "L": Organized at Cumberland Gap, August 25, 1862, with men from Anderson and Claiborne counties; re-organized at Covington, Kentucky, November 15, 1862; moved to Louisville, Kentucky, November 18, 1862; consolidated with Co. "C", January 19, 1864.

    James M. Henry, 2nd Co. "L". Recruited at Maryville, Tennessee, September 8, 1863; mustered at Knoxville, October 12, 1863. Originally organized for 4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment; transferred to 2nd Tennessee Cavalry January 19, 1864.

    Robert A. Montgomery, Elknah M. Wynne, Co. "M". Organized at Sevierville, November 8, 1862; moved to Nicholasville, Kentucky, November 20, 1862; to Louisville, Kentucky, November 22, 1862.

    Colonel Ray was previously Adjutant of the 3rd East Tennessee Infantry; Major McBath was formerly a captain in the 1st East Tennessee Cavalry; and Major Hutsell a captain in the 3rd East Tennessee Infantry.

    Companies "A", "B", "C", "F", "K", and 1st Co. "L" first saw duty under Brigadier General George W. Morgan, commanding the 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, at Cumberland Gap. General Morgan evacuated Cumberland Gap on September 16, 1862, and retreated through Kentucky to Gallipolis, Ohio. Field officers were appointed on September 1, 1862, and all the companies of the regiment assembled for the first time at Louisville, Kentucky in November, 1862, at which time the regiment was assigned to the Cavalry Division, XIV Army Corps, Department of the Cumberland.

    The first record found in the Official Records was October 31, 1862, when the 1st East Tennessee Cavalry, Colonel R. M. Edwards, and the 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry, Colonel William R. Cook, were listed as the cavalry attached to the District of Western Virginia. Colonel Edwards' regiment was later known as the 4th Tennessee Cavalry. On November 14, 1862, an order was issued from Headquarters Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, directing that these same two regiments, described as incomplete cavalry organizations. "on arrival at Cincinnati:, will proceed via Bowling Green, Kentucky, to report for duty to Major General W. S. Rosecrans, Department of the Cumberland." On November 17, Brigadier General James G. Spears, at Louisville, Kentucky, reported: "I am here with residue of my command, 5th Tennessee Infantry, 1st and 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. Second Tennessee has 1030 men. Colonel Cook's 1st Tennessee, Colonel Edwards says 300." Apparently, General Spears got the numbers of the regiments reversed and meant to report Colonel Cook's 2nd Tennessee with 300 men. On December 4, 1862, Major General H. G. Wright advised General Rosecrans: "The 1st and 2nd East Tennessee and part of the 5th, are still at Louisville, awaiting transportation to join you."

    In the reports of the campaign around Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 26, 1862 - January 5, 1863, the 2nd Tennessee under Colonel Daniel M. Ray, suffered 18 casualties, as part of the Reserve Cavalry, under Major General D. S. Stanley, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland. It was assigned to cover the Right Wing, Major General A. McDowell McCook's command, and Colonel Lewis Zahm, 3rd Ohio Cavalry, reporting on an attack by the Confederates at Overall's Creek on December 31, stated: "The 2nd East Tennessee broke and fled like sheep."

    On January 31, 1863, Colonel Robert G. Minty was in command of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, composed of the 4th U.S., 400 men, 2nd Tennessee, 200 men, and 3rd Tennessee 40 men. In a skirmish at Middleton, on that date, the 2nd Tennessee captured Major DeWitt C. Douglass, one captain, one lieutenant and 41 men from Douglass' Battalion, Confederate Cavalry.

    The regiment took part in the scouting and skirmishing around Murfreesboro the first half of 1863, including the fight at Franklin on April 10 with Confederate forces under General Van Dorn. Colonel Ray reported one killed and six wounded from the 2nd, and continued: "Resumed march on the 13th for Murfreesboro, burning on the way 10 dwellings and outhouses belonging to persons who had sons in the Confederate Army, as per orders of Major General Stanley."

    On June 30, 1863, the regiment was reported in Colonel Edward M. McCook's 2nd Brigade, Brigadier General Robert B. Mitchell's 1st Division of the Cavalry Corps under General Stanley. In the operations which resulted in pushing General Bragg's army back from Tullahoma, through Chattanooga, into North Georgia, the 2nd Tennessee operated in the country around Winchester and Sewanee, and on July 16 was ordered to Stevenson, Alabama, to guard the bridges. On August 23, it was ordered to Jasper, Tennessee, and on the 31st, in a scout to the point of Lookout Mountain, two miles from Chattanooga, it captured Confederate agent R. L. Hawkins, with $2736.50 in Confederate money.
    During the battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, Colonel McCook was in command of the division, Colonel Ray of the 2nd Brigade, and Lieutenant Colonel Cook of the regiment. The Brigade was not heavily engaged, but had some fighting at Crawfish Springs in support of Major General McCook's division, and on September 20 covered the withdrawal of the trains to Chattanooga.

    Following the battle, the regiment was sent to Jasper, to guard the fords, where on September 30 it reported an aggregate of 407 men. It remained on guard at the fords across the Tennessee River during Major General Joseph Wheeler's raid in October, 1863. On November 17, 1863, Major General Washington L. Elliott, now commanding the 1st Division, ordered Colonel Ray, with his regiment, to "proceed to Kingston, and aid Colonel Byrd, or whoever may be in command at that place." If he found he was not needed he was directed to return to his present post.

    Evidently his services were not needed for long, for on December 19, 1863, the regiment was at Lebanon, when Major General W. Sooy Smith, Chief of Cavalry, requested that the regiment be ordered to report to him immediately at Nashville, where he was organizing a force to cross into West Tennessee to operate on the flanks and rear of General Forrest and drive him from West Tennessee.

    The expedition left Nashville December 28, 1863, but by the time it reached West Tennessee, Forrest had withdrawn into North Mississippi, and General Smith and his forces went on to Memphis, and to Collierville, Tennessee. Here, on January 10, 1864 Major General William T. Sherman reported he found General Smith with about 2500 cavalry who had been in pursuit of General Forrest. Sherman arranged with Smith for a joint expedition against Meridian, Mississippi; one column of cavalry under General Smith to move from Tennessee, while he, Sherman, led another column from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The plans were for General Smith to leave Memphis on February 1, but Smith was ten days late, and did not get started until February 11. After getting as far as West Point, Mississippi, under harassment from General Forrest, he gave up the idea of reaching Meridian, and started back for Memphis, and, at Okolona, Mississippi, on February 22, was badly beaten by General Forrest.

    General Smith, in a letter to General Sherman, describing the campaign, wrote that at Okolona, the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, which had been acting as the rear guard of the column, "stampeded and galloped over our rear guard, and drove a little battery of pop guns into the ditch. They spread confusion everywhere, and the Rebels, taking advantage of it, pitched into us and gave us a pretty rough handling." In this engagement, Lieutenant Colonel Cook was severely wounded and, along with 15 others, captured. Major McBath, in his report, stated the regiment had 275 men engaged, blamed the disorder on the 4th U. S. Regular Cavalry, and claimed his officers and men "deserved credit for cool conduct and good behavior under most trying circumstances." According to his report, the 4th U. S. was the last regiment in the column, and under a flank attack from the Confederates, broke and charged over his regiment, which was thus thrown into confusion.

    After reaching Memphis, the 5th Kentucky, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Tennessee, and 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry, all of which had been in General Smith's column, were ordered on February 27 to proceed to Nashville via Fort Henry. On April 30, 1864, in the reorganization of the Cavalry Corps, the 2nd, under Lieutenant Colonel William F. Prosser, along with the 3rd and 4th Tennessee Regirnents and Battery "A", 1st Tennessee Light Artillery, were placed in the 1st Brigade of Brigadier General Alvan C. Gillem's 4th Division. The regiment remained on duty around Nashville until June, when the division was placed in the District of North Alabama under Brigadier General R. S. Granger. On August 8, the regiment was at Pond Springs, Alabama, with Lieutenant Colonel Prosser commanding the 1st Brigade, and Major McBath the regiment. General Granger, in reporting on the operations of his command during General Joseph Wheeler's raid in August and September, 1864, stated he sent the 2nd Tennessee to Athens, Alabama, and that they attacked and drove from the railroad Brigadier General Philip D. Roddey's forces at Sulphur Trestle on September 2, 1864. With General Granger's forces, the regiment took part in the skirmishing with Wheeler's forces in Middle Tennessee until September 7, when the pursuit of Wheeler was broken off at Lexington, Alabama.

    About 200 men from the regiment, under Major McBath, were at Athens, Alabama, when that point was attacked by Brigadier General Abraham Buford on October 2, and Major McBath was commended for his part in repelling that attack.

    On October 8, 1864, the regiment was reported as having 320 men present for duty, 200 with Brigadier General James D. Morgan, 120 at Decatur, Alabama. It was engaged in patrolling along the Tennessee River during October and early November. On October 25, Major General George H. Thomas, reporting to General Sherman on the forces available in his district, stated: I have the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th and 12th Tennessee Cavalry, aggregate about 1800 (but little better than militia)."

    On November 17, the regiment was reported at Decatur, Alabama, with 345 men, but only 152 mounted. It was still at Decatur on November 26, when that point was attacked by General John B. Hood's army. General Granger, in his report, commended "the admirable conduct of Lieutenant Colonel Prosser, commanding 2nd Tennessee, and 10th Indiana, who stubbornly resisted the advance of the enemy, and handled his small force very skillfully."

    On November 30, Major General James H. Wilson, who had been placed in command of all the Cavalry forces in Middle Tennessee, in the Military Division of the Mississippi, organized the 7th Division of Cavalry, and the 2nd Tennessee was placed in the 1st Brigade of this division. On December 7, under Lieutenant Colonel Prosser, the regiment was at Paint Rock Bridge, Alabama.

    In the battle of Nashville, December 15-16, Lieutenant Colonel Cook was back in command. The regiment was not engaged on the 15th; on the 16th, it was stationed on the Hillsboro Pike, and when the Confederate lines were broken, joined in the pursuit, and was engaged on the 17th at Hollow Tree Gap; on the 25th at Anthony's Hill; and on the 26th at Sugar Creek. On December 28, a detachment, under Lieutenant Colonel Prosser, was with Brigadier General James B. Steedman at Decatur, Alabama, and was engaged with Roddey near Courtland, Alabama on the 31st; at Russellville, Alabama on January 4 it took part in the burning of General Hood's pontoon train, and returned to Decatur, Alabama on January 6.

    Meanwhile, on January 2, Major General Wilson ordered the regiment to be concentrated, the dismounted men sent to Nashville, and the mounted men to join their regiment at Athens, Alabama. In this connection he wrote: "The reckless and ill advised system of scattering the cavalry of this division in small squads over the country has been productive of more harm than good." The 2nd and 4th Tennessee, and the 9th and 10th Indiana Regiments, were placed in the 1st Brigade, 7th Division at Gravelly Springs, Alabama on February 3, 1865. The 7th Division was ordered to New Orleans, to report to Major General E. R. S. Canby. Provision was made for remounting the 1st Brigade, and the order specified that "as soon as the 1st Brigade is entirely mounted, it will be held in readiness to move to Eastport to embark." On February 28, it was reported as enroute to the Military Division of West Mississippi, with headquarters at New Orleans. On April 30, 1865, Colonel George W. Jackson's Brigade, Department of Mississippi, at Vicksburg, was composed of the 9th Indiana, four companies 4th Missouri, and the 2nd Tennessee, with Lieutenant Colonel Cook in command of the 2nd.

    On May 27, 1865, the regiment was ordered to report to Nashville, having arrived at Nashville on June 12, 1865, was directed to report to Lieutenant Colonel G. G. Miner, commanding Cavalry Depot at Edgefield. Edgefield was just across the river from Nashville, and is now a part of the City of Nashville. The regiment was mustered out of service on July 6, 1865.

    James married Anna Maples 22 Sep 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee. Anna (daughter of William Abijah Maples and Elizabeth McMahan) was born 7 Mar 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Feb 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Anna MaplesAnna Maples was born 7 Mar 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Abijah Maples and Elizabeth McMahan); died 20 Feb 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census with parents.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 189, 198.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 38.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 119.

    Notes:

    http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/Marriages/m.html

    Children:
    1. 4. Rev. James Ray Clabaugh was born 5 Jan 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Jul 1923, Parham Hill, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Jul 1923, Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Elizabeth Jane Clabough was born 17 Jul 1866, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1887; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Martha Rozanner Clabough was born 30 Jul 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1960; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Samuel M. Clabough was born 17 Jul 1870, Tennessee; died 2 Aug 1950, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Chilhowee Cemetery, Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Francis Marion McMahanFrancis Marion McMahan was born 26 May 1843, Tennessee; was christened 24 Mar 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Archibald D. McMahan and Rebecca F. McMahan); died 24 Feb 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Feb 1900, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Francis Marion McMahan is said to have enlisted first in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He may have collected a Confederate pension. None of this has been confirmed.

    Marion McMahan next served as a Private for the Union in Company E 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. He enlisted in Nicolasville, Kentucky 1 December 1862 age 21, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair with farmer as an occupation. He was mustered out 6 July 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee.

    2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry

    Organized at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July, 1862. Attached to 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to November. Unattached Cavalry, Cavalry Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, November, 1862. Reserve Cavalry, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1864. District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to March, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to May, 1865. Dept. of the Cumberland to July, 1865.

    SERVICE.-Operations about Cumberland Gap, Tenn., till September, 1862. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg, Ky., September 17-October 3. Operations in the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., till November. Ordered to Cincinnati,Ohio, thence to Louisville, Ky., and to Nashville, Tenn. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Nolensville December 27-28. Triune December 28. Wilkinson's Cross Roads December 29. Lizzard's between Triune and Murfreesboro December 29. Overall's Creek December 30. Battle of Stones River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Lytle's Creek January 5. Reconnoissance to Auburn, Liberty and Cainsville January 21-22. Expedition to Franklin January 31-February 13. Unionville, Middletown and Rover January 31. Rover February 13. Near Murfreesboro March 22. Operations against Pegram March 22-April 2. Danville March 24. Engagement at Franklin April 10. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. McMinnville April 21. Hickory Creek April 21. Slatersville April 22. Alexandria April 23. Wartrace April 29 and June 3. Triune June 9 and 11. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Eaglesville and Rover June 23. Middleton June 24. Fosterville, Guy's Gap and Shelbyville June 27. Bethpage Bridge, Elk River, July 1-2. Cocke County July 10. Expedition to Huntsville, Ala., July 13-22. Sparta August 9. Crossing Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 2. Reconnoissance from Shellmound toward Chattanooga August 30-31, Will's Valley August 31. Winston's Gap, Alpine, September 9. Alpine and Dirt Town September 12. Reconnoissance toward Lafayette September 13. Stevens' Gap September 18. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Dry Valley September 21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. Anderson's Cross Roads October 2. Fayetteville October 13-14. Duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till December. Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek December 24-28. Expedition to Memphis, Tenn., December 28-January 4, 1864, thence moved to Colliersville, Tenn., January 14. Skirmish near Mossy Creek, Tenn., January 12, 1864 (Detachment). Smith's Expedition to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26. Near Okolona February 18. Houston February 19. West Point February 20-21. Prairie Station February 21. Okolona February 22. Tallahatchie River February 22. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., February 27, and duty there till June. Duty on line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and in District of North Alabama till November. Operations in District of North Alabama June 24-August 20. Pond Springs, Ala., June 29. Operations against Wheeler August-September. Expedition from Decatur to Moulton August 17. Near Antioch Church August 18-19. Courtland and near Pond Springs August 19. Pursuit of Wheeler to Shoal Creek September 8-11. Operations against Forest and Hood September 16-November 3. Athens October 1-2. Defence of Decatur October 26-29. Nashville Campaign November-December. Owens' Cross Road December 1. Near Paint Rock Bridge December 7. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Hollow Tree Gap, Franklin and West Harpeth River December 17. Rutherford Creek December 19. Lynnville December 23. Anthony's Hill near Pulaski December 25. Sugar Creek December 25-26. Near Decatur December 27-28. Pond Springs and Hillsboro December 29. Near Leighton December 30. Russellville December 31. Duty at Gravelly Springs, Ala., till February 6, 1865. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to New Orleans, La., February 6-March 10. Return to Vicksburg, Miss., and duty there and at various points in the Dept. of Mississippi till May 27. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., reporting there June 12. Mustered out July 6, 1865.

    Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 14 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 208 Enlisted men by disease. Total 224.

    F. M. and Nancy were married by R. R. Ragan, Marriage License issued 2 March 1866 signed by W. H. Duggan, Sevier County, Tennessee County Clerk.

    Listed in 1870 Federal Census of 13th District, Sevier County, Tennessee as 27 year old farmer. Henry Weeks 22 is listed in the McMahan household as farm laborer.

    Charter member of the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee. He is also listed as one of the first teachers of the Union Sunday School formed at the church on the third Sunday in April 1884.

    Rosa Lee Downey lists Marion's birth date as 1841.
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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage," Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 33, 111, 112.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 12, 33.
    F. Marion McMahan Civil War pension and military papers, National Archives.
    "2nd Tennessee Cavalry Reg.", http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/usa2cav.html.

    Francis married Nancy Townsend 4 Mar 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of John Townsend and Mary "Polly" Baldridge) was born 13 Sep 1846, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Sep 1922, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Nancy TownsendNancy Townsend was born 13 Sep 1846, Tennessee (daughter of John Townsend and Mary "Polly" Baldridge); died 2 Sep 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Sep 1922, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1860, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 Cocke County, North Carolina Census with parents.

    Listed in the 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Federal Census with parents and her husband in the 1870 Federal Census of 13th District, Sevier County, Tennessee as house keeper unable to read or write.

    Charter member of the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Application for Reimbursement from Civil War pension lists cause of death as "old age and hurt from fall" and last sickness beginning 1 May 1922. She resided on Rural Route #9 at the time of her death. A $50.00 reimbursement was approved to Eddie Clabo (grandchild) and Charity Clabo.
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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 33, 111, 112.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 33.
    F. Marion McMahan Civil War pension papers.

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Rebecca McMahan was born 4 Feb 1867, Tennessee; was christened 26 Sep 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1901; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nellie L. McMahan was born 7 Dec 1869, Tennessee.
    3. Fanny Jane McMahan was born 5 Sep 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sanders McMahan was born 28 May 1874, Tennessee.
    5. Jane McMahan was born 24 Apr 1878, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 1915; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Casmer D. "Cad" McMahan was born 3 Jan 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan was born 24 Aug 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle); died 23 Jan 1924, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 183T-2N

    Notes:

    Ephraim was born in Gatlinburg and lived in the area all his life. He is not listed in the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census. He was a farmer and served from 27 June 1866 to 12 December 1871 and from 25 January 1886 to 13 July 1888 as a postmaster in Gatlinburg.

    A story is told of his skill with a gun and his knowledge of the woods. It seems he was going in home late one night. Along about the old swimming hole in the Park, he heard a noise in the hemlocks overhead. The night was very dark and he could barely see an outline of something crouched in the tree above the river road. Knowing he had only one chance to shoot at whatever it was, he decided to risk it and fired. It fell to the road with a crash. Waiting a few minutes to be sure it was more that just stunned, Ephraim went up to it, examined a paw and knew at once "it" was a "painter". Knowing the panthers usually traveled in pairs, he made tracks for home, Next morning he returned and found his panther still stretched across the road.

    During the Civil War Ephraim served with the Union army in Company G, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. He enrolled 16 Sep 1862 and was mustered out 30 June 1865. He was described then as being 5 feet 7 inches tall, with dark hair, fair complexion and blue eyes.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 23.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 153.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 198.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 289.

    Ephraim married Cynthia Jane Whaley 9 Jun 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee. Cynthia (daughter of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey) was born 1840, Trentville, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Cynthia Jane WhaleyCynthia Jane Whaley was born 1840, Trentville, Jefferson County, Tennessee (daughter of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey); died 23 Mar 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 183T-3T

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as Synthia with parents attending school.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 23.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 198.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 289.
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt

    Children:
    1. Mourning Reagan was born 25 May 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Oct 1894; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nancy Elizabeth Reagan was born 16 Jul 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Nov 1921, Blue Eye, Carroll, Missouri; was buried 12 Nov 1921, Blue Eye Cemetery, Stone County, Missouri.
    3. Lydia Reagan was born 26 Jun 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1947; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. John E. (H.) Reagan was born 18 Sep 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Sep 1919; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Margaret L. Reagan was born 1 Mar 1862, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary "Polly" Reagan was born 23 Sep 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Meigs Mountain Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Ephraim J. Reagan, Jr. was born 3 Nov 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Oct 1920.
    8. Sarah R. "Sally" Reagan was born 31 Oct 1869, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sophia Reagan was born 25 Jul 1871, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. 6. Westley O. Reagan was born 6 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1958, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Arminda Reagan was born 23 Nov 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Dec 1947, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Dec 1947, Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Laura Jane Reagan was born 15 Jul 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Feb 1952; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
    13. Cynthia Jane Reagan was born 17 Jul 1876, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    14. Julia Ann Reagan was born 4 Oct 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1913/1914, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Knox County, Tennessee.
    15. Noah Robert Reagan was born 7 Apr 1882.

  7. 14.  David Joel WatsonDavid Joel Watson was born 15 Nov 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of David Corn Watson and Rachel Ogle); died 9 May 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 10 May 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Joel Watson's barn was on Dudley.

    On 14 August 1916, David Joel Watson made a will in which he disposed of his property in the 11th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Death certificate record number #106.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 28, 285.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 163.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 80, 83.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 158, 271.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 106.

    David married Mary Charity Ownby 10 Feb 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of David Ownby and Eliza Ogle) was born 31 Dec 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Aug 1947, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 Aug 1947, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Mary Charity Ownby was born 31 Dec 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of David Ownby and Eliza Ogle); died 20 Aug 1947, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 Aug 1947, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    At the Sixth Annual Old Timers' Day held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on 6 June 1931, "Aunt Chattie" won a silk scarf and fifty cents as prize for being the "Best Looking Old Lady" present. Seven years later she received recognition for being the oldest woman attending the 1938 Old Timers' Day.

    When asked for her recipe for raising good children, she replied that she "talked a lot, prayed a lot, and whipped a little."
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 28, 285.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 163.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 80, 83.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 13, 71, 160, 231, 271.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 106.

    Children:
    1. Litha Watson was born 29 Oct 1870, Tennessee; died 12 Apr 1921; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Sarah Watson was born 25 Sep 1872; died 20 Jul 1873; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Inman Watson was born 19 Jun 1874, Tennessee; died 16 Oct 1956; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Bosdell Saw Watson was born 17 May 1876, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1954; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 7. Louisa Watson was born 24 Mar 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Jan 1963; was buried West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary "Polly" Watson was born 22 Mar 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Nov 1961, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Nov 1961, P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. John Mitchell Watson was born 6 Mar 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Jan 1942; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Ashley Watson was born 9 Mar 1884, Tennessee; died 19 Oct 1937; was buried Jones Chapel Baptist Church, Cumberland County, Virginia.
    9. Russell S. Watson was born 16 Oct 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jan 1966; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. David Ellis Watson was born 9 Nov 1888, Tennessee; died 4 Oct 1970; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Watson was born Abt 1890; died See Notes.
    12. Ollie Lee Watson was born 6 Oct 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 May 1964; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Andrew Elmer Watson was born 8 Oct 1894.