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William Rufus Whaley

Male 1889 - 1979  (89 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Rufus Whaley was born 2 Jul 1889, Tennessee (son of Sandridge Monroe "Bud" Whaley and Alezania Whaley); died 28 Feb 1979; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 32, 37.

    William — Olive Coker. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Kenneth Whaley
    2. Dorothy Whaley

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sandridge Monroe "Bud" WhaleySandridge Monroe "Bud" Whaley was born 13 Apr 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Perry Commodore Whaley and Sarah Ogle); died 16 Jun 1949; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 13 April 1862.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 29, 32, 36, 37.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 12.

    Sandridge married Alezania Whaley 4 Sep 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee. Alezania (daughter of Colonel Preston Whaley and Jane Ogle) was born 15 Oct 1865, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1956; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Alezania WhaleyAlezania Whaley was born 15 Oct 1865, Tennessee (daughter of Colonel Preston Whaley and Jane Ogle); died 26 Jun 1956; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 29, 32, 36, 37.

    Children:
    1. Thomas Winfield Whaley was born 27 Jun 1886, Tennessee; died 24 Mar 1974; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 1. William Rufus Whaley was born 2 Jul 1889, Tennessee; died 28 Feb 1979; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Eliza J. Whaley was born 21 Oct 1891, Tennessee; died 13 Nov 1968; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Joseph Austin Whaley was born 30 Jul 1894, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 1983; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Clisby W. Whaley was born 17 Dec 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1962; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Minda E. Whaley was born 30 May 1899, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1987; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Carroll Olin Whaley was born 17 Nov 1906, Tennessee; died 11 Aug 1988; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Alverta Whaley was born Abt 1903; died 21 May 2002, Sevier County Health Care Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 25 May 2002, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Perry Commodore Whaley was born 19 Mar 1828, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died 14 Feb 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Serving the Union Army during the Civil War, Perry C. Whaley enlisted 11 September 1863 in Company E, 11th Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry. He was discharged 31 December 1863 at Blaines Croos Roads, Grainger County, Tennessee. His personal description at that time was: 5' 10" in height, dark hair, light complexion and blue eyes.

    They were listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee and also in the 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 278.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 29.

    Perry married Sarah Ogle Abt 1842, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of William Haggard "Buck" Ogle and Sarah Thurman) was born 26 Sep 1824, Tennessee; died 26 Aug 1892; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Ogle was born 26 Sep 1824, Tennessee (daughter of William Haggard "Buck" Ogle and Sarah Thurman); died 26 Aug 1892; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 29.

    Children:
    1. Colonel Preston Whaley was born Oct 1843, Tennessee; died 1900/1910.
    2. Mary Ann "Polly" Whaley was born Dec 1848, Tennessee; died Abt 1895; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. John B. Whaley was born Mar 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Nov 1928; was buried Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. William Brazelton Whaley was born Jan 1852, Tennessee; died Bef 1911.
    5. Samuel Whaley was born 1854; died Bef 1900.
    6. Rebecca Whaley was born Jan 1855, Tennessee.
    7. Nancy E. Whaley was born 1858, Tennessee; died Bef 1890.
    8. James C. Whaley was born 1860, Tennessee.
    9. 2. Sandridge Monroe "Bud" Whaley was born 13 Apr 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Jun 1949; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. James Ishmael "Ish" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1864, Tennessee; died 9 Apr 1940; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Andrew H. Whaley was born 25 Oct 1865, Tennessee; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Sarah Jane Whaley was born 23 Jun 1866, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1956, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Feb 1956, Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    13. Perry Whaley was born 1869; died See Notes.

  3. 6.  Colonel Preston Whaley was born Apr 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died Aft 1900.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1860 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee and
    also in the 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    References:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 36.

    Colonel married Jane Ogle 27 May 1860. Jane (daughter of James Ogle and Rachel Huskey) was born Apr 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Jane Ogle was born Apr 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Ogle and Rachel Huskey); died Aft 1900.

    Notes:

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    References:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 36.

    Children:
    1. Zachariah "Zack" Whaley was born Mar 1860, Tennessee; died 1900; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Winfield Scott Whaley was born Oct 1862, Tennessee; died 28 May 1930; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Susanah Whaley was born Abt 1864, Tennessee.
    4. 3. Alezania Whaley was born 15 Oct 1865, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1956; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. William Walker "Laughing Bill" Whaley was born May 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Mar 1951; was buried Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Jemima Whaley was born 1 Mar 1869, Tennessee; died 14 Apr 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Apr 1932, Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Luthenia C. Whaley was born 10 Mar 1877, Tennessee; died 15 Jul 1957; was buried Candles Creek Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    8. Salina Whaley was born 1874, Tennessee.
    9. Mary "Polly" Whaley was born Mar 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1944; was buried Headrick Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Rebecca E. Whaley was born Jul 1878, Tennessee; died 21 Sep 1932; was buried Headrick Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William M. Whaley was born 15 Aug 1788, South Carolina (son of Alexander Whaley and Unknown, son of Alexander Whaley and Abigail Leverich); died 30 May 1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    In the 1880 Mortality Schedule for Sevier County, Tennessee gave the birthplace of William M. Whaley's parents -- father and mother were born in South Carolina.

    Some researchers say he was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina but have not provided the source.

    Family traditions say William M. Whaley, his two brothers, John and Middleton, and a sister, Delania, came to Sevier County, Tennessee from South Carolina.

    Records of William M. Whaley's military service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. He enlisted on 13 November 1814 as a fifer in Captain John Porter's Company, Colonel Edwin E. Booth's Regiment, East Tennessee Drafted Militia and was discharged on 20 May 1815 at Mobile, Alabama.

    On 4 November 1850 (aged 62 years) and 2 April 1855 (aged 66 years), William M. Whaley filed applications and received bounty land grants as a result of his service in the War of 1812.

    William M. Whaley filed for pension for his War of 1812 service in the East Tennessee Militia. His pension papers give a detailed story of his military service in the War of 1812. It is given below:

    "State of Tennessee)
    Sevier County SS. On this 22nd day of May A.S. one
    thousand eight hundred and Seventy one, personally appeared before me W. H.
    Duggan, Clerk of County Court, a court of record within and for the County and
    State aforesaid, William Whaley, aged Eighty two years, a resident of 2nd
    district, County of Sevier, State of Tennessee who being duly Sworn according
    to law declares that he is married that his wifes name was Mary Ogle to whom he
    was married in Sevier County, State of Tennessee on the 26th day of December
    1811 that he served the full term of Sixty days in the military Service of the
    United States in the War of 1812. That he is the identical William Whaley who
    was drafted in Captain Wilson Maples Company, Col Booths Regiment -- Brigade --
    Division at Sevier County, State of Tennessee on or about the day of November
    1814 and was honorably discharged at Mobile, Alabama on or about the day of
    March 1815 that he does not recollect the Numbers of the Regiment or Brigade,
    that Captain Maples resigned and the Company was then Commanded by Captain John
    W. Porter that he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of
    the United States adhered to the Cause of the enemies of the Government giveing
    them aid or comfort or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any
    authority or pretend authority in hostility to the United States and that he
    will support the Constitution of the United States, that he is not in receipt
    of a pension under any previous act, that he makes this declaration for the
    purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the
    provision of the act approved February 14, 1871 and he hearby constitutes and
    appoints with full power of Substitution and revocation M.W. McCown of
    Sevierville, Tennessee his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim and
    obtain the pension certificate that may be issued. And that his post office is
    at Sevierville, Sevier County, State of Tennessee and that his domicile or
    place of abode is on the big East fork of Little Pigeon river in Greenbyor
    Cove"

    "Attest His
    Jeremiah Chamberlain William X Whaley
    John W. Huskey Mark

    Applicant

    "Also personally appeared Jeremiah Chamberlain residing in 2nd district, County
    of Sevier & John W. Huskey residing in 2nd district, County of Sevier persons
    whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me
    duly Sworn Say, They were present and Saw William Whaley, the claiment make his
    mark to the foregoing declaration, that they have every reason to believe from
    the appearance of Said claiment and their acquaintance with him that he is the
    identical person he represents himself to be, and that at no time during the
    late rebellion against the authority of the United States did he adhere to the
    cause of the enemies of the Government giving them aid or comfort, and they
    have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

    Jeremiah Chamberlain
    John W. Huskey

    "Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 22nd day of May 1871 and I hearby
    Certify that the Contents of the foregoing declaration & c were fully made
    Known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before Swearing and that I
    have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim

    "Given under my hand and Seal of office at office in
    Sevierville this 22nd day of May 1871

    "W. H. H. Duggan, Clear"

    In December 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Fork of Little Pigeon Baptist Church in Sevierville, William Whaley and his wife were listed as charter members.

    At the July 1833 meeting of the Church, William M. Whaley said, "he had been led to think it (is) his duty to Execrcise a public gift where upon the Church grants to him the privileges of Exercising where in the County as duty may call him". At this meeting William M. Whaley was ordained as moderator.

    It is not known just when William M. and Mary Ann Ogle Whaley moved to Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee (now part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park), but they were well settled between 1830 and 1840.

    William Sr. is listed in the 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census 2 males 0-5, 3 males 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 40-50

    William M. Whaley died from "abcess of side" and was buried beside his wife Mary Ann.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 3-5.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 45, 186, 214.
    Wanda Schomp, wjcrafter@email.msn.com, 17 May 1999.

    William married Mary Ann Ogle 26 Dec 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey) was born 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina; died 1872/1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann Ogle was born 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died 1872/1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Mary moved with the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soonafter the death of her father.

    Verification of her marriage is from William M. Whaley's War of 1812 papers inthe National Archives, Washington, D. C.

    Mary and William were members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. Theirfamily appears in Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census Records, 1830 through 1880.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186, 214.

    Children:
    1. Alexander Whaley was born 1812, Tennessee; died Aft 1880.
    2. William M. Whaley, Jr. was born 1 Jan 1815, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1877; was buried New Hope Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. John H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Nancy Whaley was born 1823.
    5. Elizabeth Whaley was born 1825, Tennessee.
    6. William Isaac Whaley was born Aug 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1910; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Henry A. Whaley was born 1826, Rhea County, Tennessee; died Bef 1881.
    8. Jane "Jennie" Whaley was born 1827, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1883; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. 4. Perry Commodore Whaley was born 19 Mar 1828, Tennessee; died 14 Feb 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Martha Adeline Whaley was born 1829, Tennessee; died 19 Nov 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Rector Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Ira Whaley was born Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1908; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Rebecca Whaley was born 1833, Tennessee.
    13. 6. Colonel Preston Whaley was born Apr 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900.
    14. Rev. George Bradford Whaley was born Feb 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Oct 1914, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    15. Elijah Whaley was born 6 Jun 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Elijah Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  William Haggard "Buck" Ogle was born 1804, Edgefield County, South Carolina (son of Hercules "Hike" Ogle and Elizabeth Haggard); died Aft 1880; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    William H. Ogle, called Buck or Bucky, came to Sevier County with his family about 1805. He is listed in the census records of Sevier County from 1830 through 1880. He died after 1880 and is buried in Little Greenbrier Cemetery in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 87.

    William married Sarah Thurman Abt 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah was born Abt 1807; died 1834. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Thurman was born Abt 1807; died 1834.

    Notes:

    Parents unknown.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountaion Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.

    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Ogle was born 26 Sep 1824, Tennessee; died 26 Aug 1892; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. John Ogle was born 18 Feb 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana; was buried Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
    3. Perry Ogle was born 1828, Tennessee.
    4. William Cleason Ogle was born 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Ogle was born 2 Aug 1832, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1876; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Hulda Ogle was born Jan 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 14.  James Ogle was born 1812, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William "Black Bill" Ogle and Nancy Bohanon); died 1858/1860.

    Notes:

    On 13 Dec 1849, James Ogle bought 125 acres of land which was located on the
    waters of West Fork of Little Piegeon River - Reagan's Mill Creek (in the Great
    Smoky Mountains National Park) from William Ogle Senior. Later he sold it to
    Stephen Huskey on 13 Aug 1857.

    James Ogle is listed in the 1837 Tax List of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    The family appears in the 1840 and 1850 Fedearal Census of Sevier County,
    Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 92, 264.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

    James married Rachel Huskey Abt 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee. Rachel (daughter of Isaac Huskey and Jane Miller) was born 1813, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1879. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Rachel Huskey was born 1813, Tennessee (daughter of Isaac Huskey and Jane Miller); died 23 Apr 1879.

    Notes:

    Rachel appears in the 1870 census as head of household with the last two
    children.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 92, 104.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

    Children:
    1. Alfred Ogle was born 1832, Tennessee.
    2. Hulda Ogle was born 1834, Tennessee.
    3. Isaac B. "Bee" Ogle was born 1836, Tennessee; died Abt 1879/1880.
    4. 7. Jane Ogle was born Apr 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900.
    5. Mary Ogle was born 1841, Tennessee.
    6. James Ogle was born 1844, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah Ogle was born 17 Feb 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Jul 1931; was buried Moores Chapel Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    8. Nancy Ogle was born 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Louisa Ogle was born 1849, Tennessee.
    10. Sophia Ogle was born Mar 1851, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Jan 1923, Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Jason "Puffing Jason" Ogle was born Jun 1854, Tennessee.
    12. Martha Ogle was born 1856, Tennessee.


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