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Robert Ross Lawson

Male Abt 1934 - 2005  (~ 71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Ross Lawson was born Abt 1934 (son of John Ross Lawson and Irene Keeler); died 27 Sep 2005; was buried 30 Sep 2005, Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Robert married Edna Faye Abt 1956. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Robert Brian "Robby" Lawson

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Ross Lawson was born 16 Jun 1909 (son of Joseph J. Lawson and Mary E. Carr); died 25 Jun 1974; was buried Sherwood Cemetery.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 52, 70.

    John — Irene Keeler. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Irene Keeler

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 52.

    Children:
    1. 1. Robert Ross Lawson was born Abt 1934; died 27 Sep 2005; was buried 30 Sep 2005, Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Linda Gail Lawson


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph J. Lawson was born 21 Jun 1877, Tennessee (son of Thomas H. "Huse" Lawson and Winnie Texanna Tuck); died 10 Nov 1949; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Joe Lawson ran the commissary at Elkmont.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 52, 144, 195.

    Joseph married Mary E. Carr 8 May 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Joel Kear and Mary "Polly" McCarter) was born 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee; died 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary E. Carr was born 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee (daughter of Joel Kear and Mary "Polly" McCarter); died 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Twin of Sally.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 52, 70, 232.

    Children:
    1. Martha Lawson
    2. Leonard Lawson was born 30 Apr 1897, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1941; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Cora Mary Lawson was born 17 May 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jun 1930; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Tilda Irene Lawson was born 11 Aug 1902; died 5 Apr 1961; was buried Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.
    5. Charles Grant Lawson was born 11 Jun 1904, Tennessee; died 2 May 1989; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Lillie Lawson was born 6 Jan 1906; died 6 Jan 1906; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. William Louis Lawson was born 18 Dec 1906, Tennessee; died 25 Apr 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Apr 1943, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 2. John Ross Lawson was born 16 Jun 1909; died 25 Jun 1974; was buried Sherwood Cemetery.
    9. Houston Tommy "Huse" Lawson was born 16 Jun 1911, Tennessee; died 19 Mar 1967; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Chelsia Pearlena "Pearl" Lawson was born 18 Jun 1913; died 23 Dec 1976; was buried Tuckaleechee Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    11. Sam J. Lawson was born 17 Aug 1917; died 7 Dec 1980; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Ada Lawson
    13. Jennie Lawson
    14. Ruby Lawson


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas H. "Huse" Lawson was born 25 Apr 1854, Tennessee (son of James Houston "Red Jim" Lawson and Hettie Elizabeth Mattox); died 15 Jun 1930; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 52, 144, 160, 260.

    Thomas — Winnie Texanna Tuck. Winnie (daughter of Josiah Tobias Tuck and Elizabeth Peterson) was born 19 Dec 1858, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Winnie Texanna Tuck was born 19 Dec 1858, Tennessee (daughter of Josiah Tobias Tuck and Elizabeth Peterson); died 11 Dec 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 4, Blount County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 52, 260.

    Children:
    1. James Henry "Buckeye Jim" Lawson was born 12 Aug 1875; died 14 Jan 1938; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 4. Joseph J. Lawson was born 21 Jun 1877, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1949; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. G. V. Lawson was born 11 Oct 1879; died 7 Oct 1880; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Laura E. Lawson was born 29 Sep 1882, Tennessee; died 24 Nov 1973; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. William Ernest "Bill" Lawson was born 28 Apr 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Sep 1966; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Sarah Lawson was born 27 Apr 1886; died 24 Jun 1961; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Grant H. Lawson was born 7 Aug 1888, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1947; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Jake Lawson was born 19 Dec 1890, Tennessee; died 9 Nov 1948; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Boyd Lawson was born 24 Mar 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 May 1952; was buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    10. Mary Laverna "Vernie" Lawson was born 24 Nov 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jun 1990; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Leona Lawson was born 18 Sep 1901, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1985; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff); died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Joel married Mary "Polly" McCarter 18 Aug 1870. Mary (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey) was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey); died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Children:
    1. James S. Kear was born 1871, Tennessee; died 1957; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
    2. Minerva Kear was born 30 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1965; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Arbinzia Kear was born 14 Mar 1876; died 8 Apr 1898; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah L. "Sally" Kear was born 27 Feb 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1966, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    5. 5. Mary E. Carr was born 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee; died 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Elbert H. Carr was born 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1953; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Matilda "Tilda" Kear was born 29 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1974; was buried Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
    8. Rev. Joel L. Carr was born 15 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 18 May 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Richard Evans Carr was born 18 Dec 1896, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.