Home Search  
Share Print Bookmark

Ruby E. Cotter

Female 1941 -  (83 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan chart    |    Media    |    PDF    |   Map

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ruby E. Cotter was born 21 Apr 1941 (daughter of Oliver Cotter and Margret Leona Shelton).

    Ruby married Billy C. Hurst 5 May 1962. Billy (son of Samuel Joe Hurst and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Patterson) was born 21 Jan 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 May 2009; was buried 22 May 2009, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Lynda Hurst
    2. Faye Hurst
    3. Tammy Hurst

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Oliver Cotter was born 19 Jul 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William T. Cotter and Julia Cordelia Huskey); died 17 Jun 2009; was buried 20 Jun 2009, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Oliver — Margret Leona Shelton. Margret (daughter of James Baldwin Shelton and Sarah Caroline Walker) was born 8 Oct 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1994. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margret Leona Shelton was born 8 Oct 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Baldwin Shelton and Sarah Caroline Walker); died 13 Jan 1994.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 1. Ruby E. Cotter was born 21 Apr 1941.
    2. William J. "Billy" Cotter was born 14 Jun 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 May 2012; was buried 2 Jun 2012, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Earl Gene Cotter was born 4 Jan 1946, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1959; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Jimmy Cotter
    5. Loris Cotter
    6. Myrtle Cotter
    7. Pearl Cotter
    8. David Cotter died Bef 17 Jun 2009.
    9. Dallas Ray Cotter was born 7 Jan 1964.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William T. Cotter was born 1865, Tennessee (son of James W. Cotter and Elizabeth Jane Hardin); died 1924; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 75.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 155.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 138.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 171.

    William — Julia Cordelia Huskey. Julia (daughter of Isaac Bradley Huskey and Nancy McCarter) was born 18 Dec 1884, Tennessee; died 25 Mar 1976; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Julia Cordelia Huskey was born 18 Dec 1884, Tennessee (daughter of Isaac Bradley Huskey and Nancy McCarter); died 25 Mar 1976; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 75.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 138, 139.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 171.

    Children:
    1. Charles Edmond Cotter was born 18 Jul 1909, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1988; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Bessie Jane Cotter was born 4 Jul 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1993, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 2. Oliver Cotter was born 19 Jul 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jun 2009; was buried 20 Jun 2009, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  James Baldwin SheltonJames Baldwin Shelton was born 24 Apr 1886, Tennessee (son of Andrew J. "Drew" Shelton and Margaret Gilbert); died 7 Sep 1977, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    An early mountain photographer.
    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 41.
    "Smoky Mountain Historical Society Journal", Summer 1995, Vol XXI, No. 2, p 6.

    James married Sarah Caroline Walker 27 Dec 1907. Sarah (daughter of John N. Walker and Margaret Jane King) was born 6 Feb 1886, Tennessee; died 5 Feb 1966, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sarah Caroline Walker was born 6 Feb 1886, Tennessee (daughter of John N. Walker and Margaret Jane King); died 5 Feb 1966, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 41.

    Children:
    1. 3. Margret Leona Shelton was born 8 Oct 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1994.
    2. Mary Effie Shelton was born 16 Jun 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Jul 1995; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Martha Hazel Shelton was born Abt 1913; died 9 Jun 2002, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Jun 2002, Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. John Andrew Shelton was born 3 Apr 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1989; was buried Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Charles Shelton was born 27 Sep 1917; died 16 Oct 1917; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Edith Shelton was born 22 Oct 1918; died 15 Dec 1918; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Stella Shelton was born 7 Jan 1921; died 17 May 1921; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James W. Cotter was born 22 Jan 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Dec 1896; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 155.

    James married Elizabeth Jane Hardin 11 Feb 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Hardin and Nancy Stroud) was born 3 May 1843, Blount County, Tennessee; died 24 Aug 1920; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Jane Hardin was born 3 May 1843, Blount County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas Hardin and Nancy Stroud); died 24 Aug 1920; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 155.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Caroline Cotter was born 19 May 1863, Tennessee; died 4 Apr 1949; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 4. William T. Cotter was born 1865, Tennessee; died 1924; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. George C. Cotter was born Abt 1869, Tennessee.
    4. Martha Elizabeth Cotter was born 9 Nov 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 1963; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Sarah Maranda Cotter was born 7 Oct 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1947; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Hettie Ann Cotter was born 21 Nov 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jan 1959; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. James Edward Cotter was born 21 Jan 1881, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1962; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Mary Cotter was born 10 May 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Jan 1962; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Isaac Bradley Huskey was born 22 Feb 1857, Tennessee (son of James Wesley Huskey and Anna Ogle); died 31 Dec 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Jan 1941, Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 104.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 72.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74, 75.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 171.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 103.

    Isaac married Nancy McCarter 19 Oct 1876. Nancy (daughter of Eli McCarter and Dicy Ownby) was born 20 Dec 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Jan 1941, Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Nancy McCarter was born 20 Dec 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Eli McCarter and Dicy Ownby); died 30 Dec 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Jan 1941, Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 104.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 72.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74, 75.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 205.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 171.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Huskey was born 1877; died See Notes.
    2. Eli Huskey was born 27 Dec 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1956; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Mary Ellen Huskey was born Sep 1880, Tennessee.
    4. Ephraim James Huskey was born 1882, Tennessee.
    5. 5. Julia Cordelia Huskey was born 18 Dec 1884, Tennessee; died 25 Mar 1976; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Cora Alice Huskey was born 17 May 1887, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1969, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Dicie Huskey was born 11 Aug 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Apr 1916.
    8. Walter Lee Huskey was born 22 Feb 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Feb 1961, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 22 Feb 1961, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Oliver Huskey was born 11 Apr 1892, Tennessee; died 27 Nov 1927; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Jesse Huskey was born 1896; died See Notes.
    11. Arminda Huskey was born Jul 1898, Tennessee; died See Notes.
    12. Etter Huskey was born 1900; died See Notes.
    13. Claude Baxter Huskey was born 13 Jun 1903, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1962; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    14. Ruth Mae Huskey was born 12 Jul 1904, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1983; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    15. Conley I. Huskey was born 15 May 1907, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1970; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Andrew J. "Drew" Shelton was born Abt 1851; was buried North Carolina.

    Andrew married Margaret Gilbert 30 May 1882, Cocke County, Tennessee. Margaret was born Abt 1855. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Margaret Gilbert was born Abt 1855.
    Children:
    1. Mary Shelton was born Abt 1882.
    2. Nancy Shelton was born Abt 1882.
    3. 6. James Baldwin Shelton was born 24 Apr 1886, Tennessee; died 7 Sep 1977, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Robert Shelton was born Abt 1890.

  7. 14.  John N. WalkerJohn N. Walker was born 3 Mar 1841, Blount County, Tennessee (son of Thomas Jones Walker and Eliza Jane Myers); died 13 Apr 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Apr 1921, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Parents of the Smoky Mountain's well-known Walker Sisters. Their homeplace is being preserved by the National Park Service in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    John was known as "Hairy John", and " Beaver John" Walker.

    Sevier County, Tn Sevier County, Tn
    1870 Census 1880 Census

    John N. 29 (1841) John N. 39 (1841)
    Margaret J. 23 (1847) Margaret 33 (1847)
    James T. 3 (1867) John T. 12 (1868)
    William W. 1 (1869) William W. 10 (1870)
    Margaret J. 8 (1872)
    John H. 6 (1874)
    Mary E. 4 (1876)
    Martha A. 3 (1877)
    Nancy M. 4/12 (1880)
    Margaret King 77 (1803)

    John Walker served in the Civil War as a Union soldier, Company E. 1st Light Artillery Battalion, Tennessee.
    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 232, 235.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 209.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    John married Margaret Jane King 29 Mar 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Wyley King and Margaret "Peggy" Adair) was born 18 Jul 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Jan 1909, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Margaret Jane King was born 18 Jul 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Wyley King and Margaret "Peggy" Adair); died 15 Jan 1909, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    ----------
    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 232, 235.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. James Thomas Walker was born 22 Feb 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jun 1944; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. William Wiley Walker was born 2 Sep 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Feb 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Feb 1925, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Margaret Jane Walker was born 29 Aug 1870, Tennessee; died 20 Dec 1962; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. John Henry Walker was born 20 Oct 1872, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1942; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Walker was born 6 Feb 1875, Tennessee; died 13 Jun 1945; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Martha Ann Walker was born 8 Jul 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1951; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Nancy Malinda Walker was born 31 Jan 1880, Tennessee; died 2 Jul 1931; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Louisa Susan Walker was born 23 Dec 1882, Tennessee; died 13 Jul 1964; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. 7. Sarah Caroline Walker was born 6 Feb 1886, Tennessee; died 5 Feb 1966, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Hettie Rebecca Walker was born 4 Jul 1889, Tennessee; died 24 Dec 1947; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Giles Daniel Walker was born 10 Oct 1891, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1971; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


© Copyright 1995-2024, David L. Beckwith all rights reserved.