Adam Joseph Branch: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Adam Joseph Branch was born 8 Sep 1984 (son of Eugene Branch and Kathy Mae Purkey).

Generation: 2

2.	Eugene Branch was born 23 Dec 1949 (son of Floyd T. Branch and Louise Bohanan). Eugene married Kathy Mae Purkey 30 May 1985, Greene County, Tennessee; divorced 23 May 1990, Hamblen County, Tennessee. Kathy was born 12 Dec 1959. [Group Sheet]

3.
Kathy Mae Purkey was born 12 Dec 1959.
Children:

1. Adam Joseph Branch was born 8 Sep 1984.

Generation: 3

Floyd T. Branch was born 14 Oct 1924, Tennessee (son of John Thomas Branch and Nola M. Green).

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 160.

Floyd married Louise Bohanan 17 Sep 1945. Louise (daughter of Amos Decator Bohanan and Isabell Gibson) was born 25 Sep 1929, Tennessee; died 24 May 2004; was buried 27 May 2004, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Louise Bohanan was born 25 Sep 1929, Tennessee (daughter of Amos Decator Bohanan and Isabell Gibson); died 24 May 2004; was buried 27 May 2004, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 9, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 160.

Children:

Troy Floyd Branch was born 2 Sep 1946.
Beatrice Nolie Branch was born 27 Jan 1948, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 2007; was buried 15 Feb 2007, Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Eugene Branch was born 23 Dec 1949.
James "J. B." Branch was born 6 Sep 1953.
Dennis Amos Branch was born 16 Sep 1957.
Shirley Elaine Branch was born 5 Jul 1961.
Loyie Dale Branch was born 1 Jun 1962.

Generation: 4

John Thomas Branch was born 24 Jul 1885, North Carolina (son of Wiley W. Branch and Elizabeth "Liza" Arrowood); died 16 Nov 1957, Charleston, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried Laurel Branch Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina.

John — Nola M. Green. Nola (daughter of Joseph Greene and Mary M. Guffey) was born 1 Aug 1899, North Carolina; died 13 Jun 1990; was buried Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Nola M. Green was born 1 Aug 1899, North Carolina (daughter of Joseph Greene and Mary M. Guffey); died 13 Jun 1990; was buried Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, Fines Creek Township, Haywood County, North Carolina
Census: 1910, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

Gladys Irene Branch was born 27 Apr 1918; died 13 Jun 2007; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Leroy Ervin Branch was born 14 Aug 1920, North Carolina; died 11 Nov 1981; was buried Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Artrie Myrlida Branch was born 26 Jan 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1998; was buried Richardson Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Floyd T. Branch was born 14 Oct 1924, Tennessee.
Manuel Branch was born 5 Mar 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Aug 2006; was buried 15 Aug 2006, Sims Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Coy Branch was born 4 Aug 1927; died 4 Jan 1939; was buried Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Evelyn M. Branch was born 8 Apr 1929, South Carolina; died 27 Oct 2016, Sevier County Health Care Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Howard-Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dora Jeneva Branch was born 4 Apr 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Mar 1933, P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Carl Branch was born 7 Feb 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 2006; was buried 26 Apr 2006, Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Earl Branch

10.

Amos Decator Bohanan was born 19 May 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Mark Bohanan and Matilda Plemmons); died 27 Nov 2002, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Nov 2002, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 9, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 157, 160.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 111.

Amos married Isabell Gibson 22 Dec 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee. Isabell (daughter of Benjamin Gibson and Mary A. Bales) was born 3 Mar 1908, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 2004, Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Dec 2004, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Isabell Gibson was born 3 Mar 1908, Tennessee (daughter of Benjamin Gibson and Mary A. Bales); died 1 Dec 2004, Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Dec 2004, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, District 10, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 9, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 157, 160.

Children:

5. Louise Bohanan was born 25 Sep 1929, Tennessee; died 24 May 2004; was buried 27 May 2004, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Laura Marinda Bohanan was born 17 Oct 1931; died 17 Mar 2002, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Mar 2002, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Frank William Bohanan was born 31 Aug 1933; died 13 Nov 2003, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Nov 2003, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Amos Clayton Bohanan was born 8 Apr 1952; died 13 Dec 2016, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 17 Dec 2016, Mountain View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.