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Ida Katie Dockery

Female 1889 - 1944  (54 years)


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  1. 1.  Ida Katie Dockery was born 13 Dec 1889, Tennessee (daughter of Ambrose Burnside Dockery and Mary Ann Wilson); died 2 Dec 1944, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Dec 1944, Westpark Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 6, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Ida married Bruce Gilchrist 14 Dec 1904, Tennessee. Bruce (son of Hugh Gilchrist and Eliza) was born 2 Sep 1884, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 20 Jun 1966, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Gum Springs Union Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Catherine I Gilchrist was born Abt 1907, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 13 Sep 1930, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Sep 1930, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Ernstine Elizabeth Gilchrist was born 17 Dec 1909, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 2005; was buried Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    3. Gladys Gilchrist was born 7 May 1910, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1997; was buried Gum Springs Union Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. Letha B. Gilchrist was born 24 Feb 1913, Tennessee; died Aug 1981; was buried Gum Springs Union Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. Julie Gilchrist was born 14 Jul 1915, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1932, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. James Charles Gilchrist was born 12 Apr 1919, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1950; was buried Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. Helen Gilchrist was born Abt 1923, Tennessee.
    8. Edward Gilchrist was born Abt 1924, Tennessee.
    9. Walter C. Gilchrist was born Abt 1926, Tennessee; died 29 Dec 1964, Sullivan County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ambrose Burnside Dockery was born May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Isaac Dockery and Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas); died 30 Jan 1946, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Feb 1946, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Ambrose married Mary Ann Wilson 27 Jul 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Elkanah Mitchell Wynn and Lucy Wilson) was born 15 Mar 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 1924, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Jul 1924, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Wilson was born 15 Mar 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Elkanah Mitchell Wynn and Lucy Wilson); died 8 Jul 1924, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Jul 1924, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 1. Ida Katie Dockery was born 13 Dec 1889, Tennessee; died 2 Dec 1944, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Dec 1944, Westpark Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Hugh Herbert Dockery was born 15 Mar 1891, Tennessee; died 13 Feb 1961; was buried Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Portsmouth City County, Virginia.
    3. Emma Dockery was born Apr 1895, Tennessee.
    4. Myrtle Dockery was born Apr 1897, Tennessee.
    5. Dockery was born Mar 1900, Tennessee.
    6. Oscar E. Dockery was born 6 Feb 1904, Tennessee; died 26 Aug 1965, Knox County, Tennessee.
    7. Iowa Dockery was born Abt 1907, Tennessee.
    8. Lessie Dockery was born Abt 1909, Tennessee; died Bef 17 Oct 2005.
    9. Clyde B. Dockery was born 3 Mar 1911, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 29 Oct 1995, Richland County, Ohio; was buried Mansfield Cemetery, Richland County, Ohio.
    10. Paul O. Dockery was born 4 Feb 1914; died 10 Nov 1975, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Gum Springs Union Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac DockeryIsaac Dockery was born May 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benjamin Dockery and Nancy Gibson); died 24 Jun 1910; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 10 Aug 1860, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 14 Jun 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1880, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    In the late 1860s, Isaac Dockery (1832-1910) built a brick kiln near Sevierville and established a brick masonry business. Dockery, who was born a free Black, moved to Sevierville to work as a merchant clerk for a white businessman, Henry M. Thomas, before the Civil War. After the war, Dockery became instrumental in establishing the brick masonry tradition within the African-American culture of Sevier County. Often, he inscribed his initials, “I D,” and sometimes a date on his bricks as a trademark. Dockery taught his brick masonry craft to his sons, his sons-in-law, and his grandsons.

    Dockery constructed brick foundations and chimneys for many dwellings throughout the county, but his most notable buildings were located in Sevierville. Recognized as Sevier County landmarks, these buildings include the New Salem Baptist Church (1886), the original Murphy College building (1891), the Sevierville Masonic Lodge (1893), and the elaborate Sevier County Courthouse (1896).

    Dockery moved to Newport in adjoining Cocke County in 1898 and died at his son’s home in Knoxville in 1910. He was buried in the public cemetery for African Americans near Sevierville.

    Several members of Dockery’s family also became well-known brick masons in Sevier County, including Paris Witt McMahan (1852-1929), a former slave who established the Riverside Steam Brick Company that operated near Sevierville until the 1930s; George and Stewart Burden (1890-1988), who established a highly productive collection company in the early twentieth century; Bill Coleman, who moved to neighboring Jefferson County; and Joe Leak McMahan, Sr. (1881- 1964).

    Fred McMahan (1895- 1980), perhaps the most notable of Dockery’s descendants, attended Knoxville College in the late 1910s and earned his master’s degree in Architectural Engineering at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Around 1920, he returned to Sevierville and established the J. F & N McMahan Construction Company with his brothers, James and Newt McMahan.

    One of the most prolific black builders and brick masons in the state, McMahan and his construction company were responsible for scores of Sevier County buildings, beginning with the Pleasant View Rosenwald School in 1921-22. The company built landmark buildings throughout the county and in adjoining counties between 1920 and 1960, including dwellings, churches, schools and college campus buildings, automobile showrooms and service stations, a WPA-funded post office, and commercial buildings.

    One of the most important buildings that Fred McMahan constructed may be the Dwight and Kate Wade House, which was finished in 1940 at SevierviIle. This house was designed by Verna Cook Salomonsky, a leading female architect from New York City, and is a replica of an avant-garde exhibition dwelling at the 1939-40 New York World Fair’s “Town of Tomorrow” exhibit.

    McMahan’s own home still stands outside Sevierville.

    The Historic Architecture of Sevier County, Tennessee
    Robbie D. Jones

    Isaac — Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas. Charlotte (daughter of Mary Thomas) was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Mary Thomas); died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Adaline Dockery was born 1853, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1924; was buried 29 Jan 1924, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nancy E. Dockery was born 8 Feb 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Jun 1919, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Jun 1919, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    3. Louisa Dockery was born 12 Aug 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Feb 1918, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Isaac Wilburn Dockery was born 10 May 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1927, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Nov 1927, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mollie Caldonia Dockery was born 5 Oct 1862, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 1929; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 2. Ambrose Burnside Dockery was born May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1946, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Feb 1946, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. Samuel H. Dockery was born 1 Jan 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jun 1941, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Jun 1941, Daughter Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    8. Manervy J. Dockery was born Abt 1867, Tennessee.
    9. McKendre Porter Thomas was born Mar 1867, Tennessee; died 8 Jun 1940, Hawkins, Wood County, Texas; was buried 8 Jun 1940, Jarvis, Texas.
    10. Balzora Dockery was born 2 Jun 1869; died 17 Aug 1904; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Lewis N. Dockery was born 12 Oct 1869, Tennessee.
    12. Henry T. Dockery was born 8 Oct 1872, Tennessee.
    13. Frank P. Dockery was born Abt 1872, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1930, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; was buried 27 Apr 1930, Rose Mound.
    14. Julas C. Dockery was born Abt 1874, Tennessee.
    15. Ida P. Dockery was born Mar 1879, Tennessee.
    16. Charlie Julius Dockery was born Abt 1879, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 1952, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried 13 May 1952, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.
    17. Mattie Kate Dockery was born Abt 1881; died 13 Jun 1949, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Elkanah Mitchell Wynn was born 19 Oct 1833, Tennessee (son of Rev. Ashley Wynn and Nancy L. Porter); died 13 Sep 1909; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 269.

    Elkanah — Lucy Wilson. Lucy was born Abt 1853, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lucy Wilson was born Abt 1853, South Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Ann Wilson was born 15 Mar 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 1924, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Jul 1924, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Benjamin Dockery was born 1798, North Carolina.

    Benjamin — Nancy Gibson. Nancy was born Abt 1800, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Nancy Gibson was born Abt 1800, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. George Dockery was born Abt 1820, North Carolina.
    2. Solomon Dockery was born Abt 1832, Tennessee.
    3. 4. Isaac Dockery was born May 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Jun 1910; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. James M. Dockery was born Abt 1833, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Dockery was born Abt 1834, North Carolina.
    6. Benjamin Dockery was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
    7. Elizabeth Dockery was born Abt 1842, Tennessee.
    8. Wilson Dockery was born Abt 1843, Tennessee.

  3. 11.  Mary Thomas was born Abt 1820, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 5. Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  4. 12.  Rev. Ashley Wynn was born 21 Sep 1801, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Elkanah Wynn and Mary Muncy); died 1 Jan 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 398.

    Ashley married Nancy L. Porter 1830. Nancy (daughter of Mitchell Porter and Penelope West) was born 24 Dec 1799, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jul 1889; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  5. 13.  Nancy L. Porter was born 24 Dec 1799, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Mitchell Porter and Penelope West); died 11 Jul 1889; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 398.

    Children:
    1. Mary R. Wynn was born 22 Mar 1832, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1904; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 6. Elkanah Mitchell Wynn was born 19 Oct 1833, Tennessee; died 13 Sep 1909; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Esq. Thomas Dottery Wynn was born 14 Jan 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 May 1905; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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