Louise Bales: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.
Louise Bales (daughter of Bruce P. Bales and Loreane Mattingly).
Louise — Barker. [Group Sheet]
Children:

Lora Barker

Carie Barker

Michael Barker

Generation: 2

Bruce P. Bales was born 7 Aug 1914, Tennessee (son of James Wesley "Jim" Bales and Mary Etter Cogdill); died 2 Jun 1975; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 148.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 233.

Bruce — Loreane Mattingly. Loreane (daughter of Elza Mattingly and Temple Douthitt) was born 25 Apr 1923; died 20 Apr 2004, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Loreane Mattingly was born 25 Apr 1923 (daughter of Elza Mattingly and Temple Douthitt); died 20 Apr 2004, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

Generation: 3

James Wesley "Jim" Bales was born 12 Jul 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Caleb Bales and Elizabeth Margaret Reagan); died 8 Mar 1939; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1870, District 14, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 31, 32, 197.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 137, 142.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 148.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 238, 239, 258, 300.

James married Mary Etter Cogdill , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Alfred Reagan and Nellie Jane Cogdill) was born 4 Sep 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1957; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary Etter Cogdill was born 4 Sep 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Alfred Reagan and Nellie Jane Cogdill); died 18 Apr 1957; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 137, 142.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 148, 164.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 238, 300.

Children:

James Isham Bales was born 18 Jul 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Dec 1958; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mintha Delia Bales was born 19 Aug 1906, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1986; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lillie May Bales was born 23 Dec 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1909; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Amos Garfield Bales was born 6 Feb 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1912; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Bruce P. Bales was born 7 Aug 1914, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1975; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Martha J. Bales was born 9 Aug 1917; died 12 Aug 1917; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Crettie Bales was born 3 Jul 1919.
Jessie Bales was born 2 Jun 1922; died 4 Jun 1922; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Roxey Evelyn Bales was born 27 Dec 1923; died 2 Jul 1925; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

6. Elza Mattingly died Bef 20 Apr 2004.
Elza — Temple Douthitt. Temple died Bef 20 Apr 2004. [Group Sheet]

Temple Douthitt died Bef 20 Apr 2004.

Children:

3. Loreane Mattingly was born 25 Apr 1923; died 20 Apr 2004, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mildred Mattingly died Bef 20 Apr 2004.
Edward Mattingly
Leonard Mattingly
Elwood Mattingly
Sylvester Mattingly
Edna Mattingly

Generation: 4

Caleb Bales was born Feb 1839, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: BQLK-BR
Census: 31 Aug 1870, District 14, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Caleb came to Gatlinburg from the 10th district of the county, first appearing in the census record of 1860 when he was in the household of Jacob Houser. He went to visit his folks in the 10th district of Sevier County where he died and was buried.

There is an Bales infant born 6 February 1831 died 19 February ?? in Bales Cemetery listed as son of J.W. and M. L. This infant may have been Caleb's brother thus making his parents J. W. and M. L. Bales.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 31, 59, 61.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 137.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 42, 88.

Caleb married Elizabeth Margaret Reagan 16 Apr 1861. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle) was born 8 Jun 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Mar 1912; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Margaret Reagan was born 8 Jun 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle); died 28 Mar 1912; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 2DDT-DR
Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 31 Aug 1870, District 14, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Lived on Roaring Fork after her marriage.

Notes:

Aaron Ownby, JP performed Elizabeth and Caleb's wedding.

Children:

Martha Ann Bales was born 1 Dec 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Dec 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 18 Dec 1929, Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ephraim L. Bales was born Jan 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1926; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. James Wesley "Jim" Bales was born 12 Jul 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Mar 1939; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nancy Ellen Bales was born 5 Sep 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Oct 1950, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Oct 1950, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Bales was born Abt 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; died INFANT.
Daniel Reagan Bales was born 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1896; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Bales was born Abt 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died INFANT.
Etta Bales was born 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 1897; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rebecca C. Bales was born Aug 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee.

10. Alfred Reagan
Alfred — Nellie Jane Cogdill. Nellie (daughter of Leonard Blackburn Cogdill and Nancy Jane Fleming) was born Mar 1867, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Nellie Jane Cogdill was born Mar 1867, Tennessee (daughter of Leonard Blackburn Cogdill and Nancy Jane Fleming).

Other Events:

AFN: B71N-6P

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 23, 26.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 12.

Children:

5. Mary Etter Cogdill was born 4 Sep 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1957; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.