Beverly Kay Melton: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Beverly Kay Melton was born 9 Oct 1947 (daughter of Jesse Clint Melton and Ollie Lea Owenby).
Beverly married Philip Grames 16 Jul 1977. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Jesse Clint Melton was born 9 Apr 1919 (son of John Melton and Gertrude Richards); died 7 Mar 2011, Wellington Place Assisted Living, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Mar 2011, New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 77.

Jesse married Ollie Lea Owenby 5 Jul 1941. Ollie (daughter of Henry Ownby and Sophia Ownby) was born 25 Jul 1919; died 3 Sep 2006; was buried New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Ollie Lea Owenby was born 25 Jul 1919 (daughter of Henry Ownby and Sophia Ownby); died 3 Sep 2006; was buried New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 77.

Children:

Jesse Clint Melton, Jr. was born 11 Nov 1942.
1. Beverly Kay Melton was born 9 Oct 1947.

Generation: 3

4. John Melton
John — Gertrude Richards. [Group Sheet]

Gertrude Richards

Children:

2. Jesse Clint Melton was born 9 Apr 1919; died 7 Mar 2011, Wellington Place Assisted Living, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Mar 2011, New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama.

Henry Ownby was born 20 Jun 1880 (son of Rev. Pinkney I. Ownby and Isabella Whaley); died 10 Sep 1958; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 13, 77, 83.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 110.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 76.

Henry — Sophia Ownby. Sophia (daughter of Laymon Stuart Ownby and Amillia E. "Millie" Trentham) was born 19 Feb 1885; died 20 Mar 1959; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sophia Ownby was born 19 Feb 1885 (daughter of Laymon Stuart Ownby and Amillia E. "Millie" Trentham); died 20 Mar 1959; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 13, 77, 83.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 110.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 76.

Children:

Winnie Mae Ownby was born 28 Oct 1901, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1985; was buried Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Dillard Stewart Owenby was born 17 Nov 1904; died 13 Jan 1988, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Mazie Isabella Ownby was born 17 May 1907; died 28 Apr 1969; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ura E. Ownby was born 17 May 1907; died 9 Jul 1992, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Flossie Ownby was born 17 Apr 1909; died 15 Sep 1929.
Iva Ownby was born 18 Sep 1911; died Bef 8 Aug 2007.
Maurice Pinkney Ownby was born 14 Apr 1914, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 May 1997; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Charles Henry "Smokey" Owenby was born 25 Jul 1919; died 8 Aug 2007; was buried 11 Aug 2007, Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
3. Ollie Lea Owenby was born 25 Jul 1919; died 3 Sep 2006; was buried New Canaan Cemetery, Morgan County, Alabama.

Generation: 4

12.

Rev. Pinkney I. Ownby was born 1857, Tennessee (son of Nicholas H. Ownby and Mary Ogle); died 6 Apr 1936; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

SMHS lists birth as 1858.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 12, 13, 69, 77.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 162.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 76.

Pinkney married Isabella Whaley 12 Jul 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee. Isabella (daughter of John Brabson Whaley and Lydia "Aunt Liddy" Kear) was born 1 Jul 1863, Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1941; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Isabella Whaley was born 1 Jul 1863, Tennessee (daughter of John Brabson Whaley and Lydia "Aunt Liddy" Kear); died 15 Dec 1941; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 12, 13, 69, 77.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 283.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 76.

Children:

Arminda Ownby was born 19 Aug 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1954; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Henry Ownby was born 20 Jun 1880; died 10 Sep 1958; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Minyard Ownby was born 5 Dec 1888, Tennessee; died 4 May 1969; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Dallard Ownby was born 15 Feb 1895, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1968; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

Laymon Stuart Ownby was born 22 Feb 1851, Tennessee (son of David Ownby and Eliza Ogle); died 19 Feb 1924; was buried Elkmont Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 77, 80, 83.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107, 110.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 251, 257.

Laymon married Amillia E. "Millie" Trentham 13 Apr 1876. Amillia (daughter of Robert Lee "Rob" Trentham and Mary R. "Polly" Fancher) was born 15 Feb 1861, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1936; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Amillia E. "Millie" Trentham was born 15 Feb 1861, Tennessee (daughter of Robert Lee "Rob" Trentham and Mary R. "Polly" Fancher); died 15 Mar 1936; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Some sources list burial in Elkmont Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 77, 80, 83.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107, 110.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 251, 257.

Children:

Mary Ann Ownby was born 22 May 1878, Tennessee; died 12 Apr 1948; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Louisa Ownby was born 22 Apr 1880, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1958; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ida Ownby was born 14 Mar 1883, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1948; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Sophia Ownby was born 19 Feb 1885; died 20 Mar 1959; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
M. J. Ownby was born 20 Feb 1886; died 27 Dec 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lillie Ownby was born 24 Sep 1888; died 1889.
Hettie Ownby was born 24 Sep 1888; died 25 Dec 1894.
Sally Armintha Ownby was born 24 Jan 1894, Tennessee; died 25 Dec 1964; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.