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Karen Sue Bales

Female 1961 -  (62 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Karen Sue Bales was born 17 Sep 1961 (daughter of Herman E. Bales and Dortha Wilma Ownby).

    Karen — . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Teresa S. Bales

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Herman E. Bales was born 9 Sep 1930; died 19 Mar 1967, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

    Herman married Dortha Wilma Ownby 13 Feb 1959. Dortha (daughter of Robert James Ownby and Vesta V. Lethco) was born 1 Jun 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Dortha Wilma Ownby was born 1 Jun 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Robert James Ownby and Vesta V. Lethco).
    Children:
    1. 1. Karen Sue Bales was born 17 Sep 1961.
    2. Dwain Edward Bales was born 9 Apr 1963.
    3. Teresa Gail Bales was born 3 Jun 1964.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Robert James Ownby was born 14 Oct 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John N. "Injun John" Ownby and Mary E. Howard); died 8 Jul 1954, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Robert married Vesta V. Lethco 23 Sep 1923. Vesta (daughter of John Henry Lethco and Ruthie Ellen Miller) was born 23 Aug 1905, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1999, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Vesta V. Lethco was born 23 Aug 1905, Tennessee (daughter of John Henry Lethco and Ruthie Ellen Miller); died 30 Dec 1999, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. Willie Ray Ownby was born 12 Jun 1924, Tennessee; died 25 Dec 1987, Knox County, Tennessee.
    2. Clara F. Ownby was born 24 Nov 1926, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1964; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Ina Georgia Ownby was born Abt 1930, Tennessee.
    4. Ernest Ownby
    5. Leonard Ownby
    6. Velma Ownby
    7. 3. Dortha Wilma Ownby was born 1 Jun 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Margaret Ownby


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John N. "Injun John" Ownby was born Apr 1857, Tennessee (son of John B. Ownby and Jane "Jennie" Whaley).

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 91, 93-94.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 28, 98, 100.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 286.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 299.

    John married Mary E. Howard 8 Dec 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Madison "Matt" Howard and Martha Stinnett) was born 25 Dec 1869, Tennessee; died 30 Aug 1936; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Mary E. Howard was born 25 Dec 1869, Tennessee (daughter of James Madison "Matt" Howard and Martha Stinnett); died 30 Aug 1936; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 28, 98, 100.

    Children:
    1. Jackson Ownby was born 4 Oct 1894, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1967; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Amanda Ethel "Mandy" Ownby was born 20 Oct 1895, Tennessee; died 19 Jul 1985; was buried Mountain View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James R. Ownby was born Oct 1899.
    4. 6. Robert James Ownby was born 14 Oct 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 1954, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Iva Elza Ownby was born 25 Oct 1908, Tennessee; died 16 May 1969; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 14.  John Henry LethcoJohn Henry Lethco was born 23 May 1870, Washington County, Virginia (son of Henry E. Lethco and Emmie Ellen Blalock); died 31 Aug 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Sep 1938, Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    John married Ruthie Ellen Miller 2 Mar 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee. Ruthie (daughter of Nancy Ann Miller) was born 14 Jun 1881, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1965, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Ruthie Ellen Miller was born 14 Jun 1881, Tennessee (daughter of Nancy Ann Miller); died 25 Oct 1965, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. Adah Mae Lethco was born 6 Dec 1901, Tennessee; died 16 Dec 1965; was buried Ellejoy Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Carl O. Lethco was born 30 Nov 1903, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1951; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 7. Vesta V. Lethco was born 23 Aug 1905, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1999, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Myrtle Leona Lethco was born 22 Jan 1908, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1999, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mountain View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Clyde Cecil Lethco was born 16 May 1910, Tennessee; died 29 Sep 1987; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Lucrettie "Crettie" Lethco was born 16 Dec 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Dec 1998, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Claude Lethco