Tina Tyson: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Tina Tyson (daughter of John Robert Tyson).

Generation: 2

2.
John Robert Tyson was born 6 Jul 1942 (son of Fred Wilson Tyson and Dorothy Benson).
Children:

Dale Tyson

1. Tina Tyson

Generation: 3

Fred Wilson Tyson was born 10 Jan 1916, Tennessee (son of Clarence Lee Tyson and Laura Ann Stinnett); died 11 Jan 1992; was buried Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, Cumberland County, Virginia

Fred — Dorothy Benson. Dorothy (daughter of Wilson Large Benson and Josie A. King) was born 5 May 1923, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1997; was buried Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Dorothy Benson was born 5 May 1923, Tennessee (daughter of Wilson Large Benson and Josie A. King); died 1 Jan 1997; was buried Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, Cumberland County, Virginia

Children:

Ernest H. Tyson was born 21 Jan 1940, Tennessee.
Freddie Tyson was born 1941.
2. John Robert Tyson was born 6 Jul 1942.
James Ronald Tyson was born 10 Oct 1943.
JoAnn Tyson was born 23 Jun 1945.
Wilbur N. Tyson was born 25 Jun 1947.
Jerry Tyson was born 30 Jan 1949.

Generation: 4

Clarence Lee Tyson was born 22 May 1876, Tennessee (son of Jessie Carol Tyson and Drusilla Catherine M. Huskey); died 15 Jun 1944; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, Cumberland County, Virginia

Notes:

SMHS lists birth as 22 May 1875.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 93.

Clarence married Laura Ann Stinnett 15 Nov 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee. Laura (daughter of David Crockett Stinnett and Catherine Large) was born 15 Oct 1877, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Laura Ann Stinnett was born 15 Oct 1877, Tennessee (daughter of David Crockett Stinnett and Catherine Large); died 22 Jun 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, Cumberland County, Virginia

Children:

Mack Hobart Tyson was born 31 Aug 1897, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1977; was buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Ernest Tyson was born 26 Sep 1898, Tennessee; died 23 Jul 1926, Tennessee; was buried 24 Jul 1926, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Jessie Otha Tyson was born Mar 1900, Tennessee.
Nancy Kate Tyson was born Abt 1901, Tennessee.
Tyson died INFANT; was buried McMahan Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
David Walter Tyson was born Abt 1906, Tennessee.
Martha Gladys Tyson was born 1910, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1993.
Jacob L. "Ben" Tyson was born 14 May 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Jan 1994; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Fred Wilson Tyson was born 10 Jan 1916, Tennessee; died 11 Jan 1992; was buried Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia.
Susie Murrell Tyson was born Abt 1917, Tennessee.

10.

Wilson Large Benson was born 15 Sep 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Benson and Cynthia Large); died 1 May 1941, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 May 1941, Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
John D. Radford Pedigree Charts, 1995, p 8.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 363.

Wilson married Josie A. King NOT MARRIED. Josie (daughter of Andrew Jackson King, Jr. and Tempie Jane Henry) was born May 1897, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Josie A. King was born May 1897, Tennessee (daughter of Andrew Jackson King, Jr. and Tempie Jane Henry).

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1910, District 15, Blount County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 265.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 218.

Children:

Eva Benson was born 16 Oct 1919, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 2000, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Dorothy Benson was born 5 May 1923, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1997; was buried Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia.