Ben Leonard Whaley: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Ben Leonard Whaley (son of Herbert Whaley and Willie May Williams).

Children:

Ben — Mattie Louise Suits. Mattie (daughter of Homer Edward Suits and Mary Ruth) was born 26 May 1941; died 28 May 2008, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Herbert Whaley was born 17 Oct 1917, West Virginia (son of Walter Whaley and Lena Ridley); died 7 Apr 1988; was buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 55.

Herbert — Willie May Williams. [Group Sheet]

3.
Willie May Williams
Notes:
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 55.

Children:

1. Ben Leonard Whaley

Generation: 3

Walter Whaley was born 29 Oct 1888, Tennessee (son of Samuel Whaley and Mary Roseann Ogle); died 9 Dec 1959.

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 55.

Walter — Lena Ridley. Lena (daughter of Henry Ridley and Martha Jane Ledford) was born 26 May 1888, Georgia; died 6 Dec 1970. [Group Sheet]

Lena Ridley was born 26 May 1888, Georgia (daughter of Henry Ridley and Martha Jane Ledford); died 6 Dec 1970.

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 55.

Children:

Rockford Whaley was born 3 May 1914, Georgia.
2. Herbert Whaley was born 17 Oct 1917, West Virginia; died 7 Apr 1988; was buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
Louise Whaley was born 17 Oct 1920.
Clyde Whaley was born 9 Dec 1927.
Walter Willard Whaley was born 21 Apr.

Generation: 4

Samuel Whaley was born 17 Aug 1854, Tennessee (son of Aaron Whaley and Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby); died 19 Jun 1936; was buried Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia.

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 107.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 312.

Samuel married Mary Roseann Ogle 3 Jun 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Elisha Ogle and Beda Ogle) was born 10 May 1856, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 1931; was buried Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Mary Roseann Ogle was born 10 May 1856, Tennessee (daughter of Elisha Ogle and Beda Ogle); died 8 Feb 1931; was buried Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia.

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 312.

Children:

Minyard D. Whaley was born 25 Mar 1872, Tennessee; was buried Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia.
Jemima Whaley was born 21 Sep 1874, Tennessee; died 11 Aug 1933; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Silas Lee Whaley was born 28 Mar 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Jan 1971; was buried Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia.
Alice Whaley was born 8 May 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Aug 1962.
Ollie Whaley was born 25 Sep 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1979; was buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
David J. Whaley was born 4 Nov 1882.
Amos Whaley was born 9 Nov 1884; died 20 Jan 1946.
Nola Whaley was born 30 Sep 1887; died 26 May 1915.
4. Walter Whaley was born 29 Oct 1888, Tennessee; died 9 Dec 1959.
Benjamin Ajah Whaley was born 3 Feb 1894, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 1960.
Alonzo Whaley was born 3 Feb 1894; died 14 Dec 1947.
Willard Whaley was born 20 May 1896.
Ferdinand Whaley was born 6 Apr 1898.

10.	Henry Ridley was born Georgia. Notes: ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 55. Henry — Martha Jane Ledford. Martha was born Georgia. [Group Sheet]

11.

Martha Jane Ledford was born Georgia.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 55.

Children:

5. Lena Ridley was born 26 May 1888, Georgia; died 6 Dec 1970.