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Wesley Amos Ownby

Male 1873 - 1948  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Wesley Amos Ownby was born 16 Aug 1873 (son of Lorenzo Dow Owensby and Lydia Angeline Hefner Butcher); died 24 Aug 1948.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 108.

    Wesley — Mary E. Maddux. Mary was born 6 Feb 1872; died 12 Feb 1965. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Ethel Ownby was born 26 Dec 1902; died 9 May 1955.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lorenzo Dow Owensby was born 31 Mar 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Amos Ownbey and Mary Aurris Tunas); died 19 Oct 1921.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.
    Marie Owensby, owen@montrose.net, 27 February 2000.

    Lorenzo married Lydia Angeline Hefner Butcher 19 Oct 1865, LaClede County, Missouri. Lydia (daughter of Westley Butcher) was born 27 Feb 1850; died 9 Jun 1890, Leadmine, Dallas County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lydia Angeline Hefner Butcher was born 27 Feb 1850 (daughter of Westley Butcher); died 9 Jun 1890, Leadmine, Dallas County, Missouri.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.

    Children:
    1. Albert Ownby died See Notes.
    2. Henry Lorenzo Ownby was born 22 Jan 1868; died 1 Jan 1928.
    3. Mary Ester Ownby was born 28 Aug 1871; died 4 May 1956.
    4. 1. Wesley Amos Ownby was born 16 Aug 1873; died 24 Aug 1948.
    5. James Walter Ownby was born 3 Apr 1875; died 25 Jan 1970.
    6. Lenora Ownby was born 9 Apr 1877; died 5 Nov 1963.
    7. Carrie Ann Ownby was born 6 Feb 1879; died 20 Mar 1947.
    8. Stella Mae Ownby was born 8 Dec 1881; died 18 Jan 1970.
    9. Oscar Monroe Ownby was born 8 Jan 1883; died 26 Dec 1956.
    10. Arthur Dow Owensby was born 8 Jan 1885, Missouri; died 9 Mar 1944.
    11. Jesse Allison Ownby was born 5 Dec 1886; died 17 Jul 1974.
    12. Nola Joyce Owensby was born 12 Sep 1889; was buried Pinecrest Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Amos Ownbey was born 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina (son of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-8F

    Notes:

    Amos Ownby seems to have been very restless ... he moved many times. In 1845
    they left Sevier County, Tennessee for North Carolina, from North Carolina to
    Walker County, Georgia, then to Fulton County, Arkansas. Here in Fulton
    County, Arkansas, Amos Ownby served as a sheriff for a brief time. Later they
    moved to Reynolds County, Missouri.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 107.
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    13.

    Amos married Mary Aurris Tunas Abt 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Tunas and Lucy) was born 1809, , Georgia; was buried , Reynolds, Missouri. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Aurris Tunas was born 1809, , Georgia (daughter of William Tunas and Lucy); was buried , Reynolds, Missouri.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 107.

    Children:
    1. Martha Ownby was born 1833, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1850; was buried , Walker, Georgia.
    2. Eli Ownby was born 1835, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1852; was buried , Walker, Georgia.
    3. 2. Lorenzo Dow Owensby was born 31 Mar 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Oct 1921.
    4. James Willis Ownby was born 10 May 1839, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1907; was buried Lockney, Floyd, Texas.
    5. Hardy Edward Ownby was born 1841, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. West Walker Ownby was born 1843, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1861/1865.
    7. Mary Elizabeth Ownby was born 1844, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois.
    8. Clarissa Ownby was born 6 Nov 1846, , North Carolina; died 25 Apr 1889; was buried , Reynolds, Missouri.
    9. Nancy Isabell Ownby was born 1849.
    10. John Hills Ownby was born 29 Apr 1852; died 16 Oct 1865, , Reynolds, Missouri.

  3. 6.  Westley Butcher

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.

    Children:
    1. 3. Lydia Angeline Hefner Butcher was born 27 Feb 1850; died 9 Jun 1890, Leadmine, Dallas County, Missouri.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Ownby, Jr. was born 11 Jul 1781, Amherst County, North Carolina (son of John "Johny" Ownbey and Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter); died 5 Sep 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-13

    Notes:

    John Ownby Jr. served in the War of 1812 with the North Carolina malitia. Records from the National Archives show John Ownby as a private in Captain Bradly's Company of North Carolina militia for six months but was not called out until February and continued in actual service for over fourteen days. He was discharged in Rutherford County, North Carolina on 6 March 1815. In 1858 John Ownby applied for a bounty land grant on the basis of his military service. He received a grant of 158 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee.

    In 1816, just after the War of 1812 was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee. This Ownby family was the only one listed in the 1830 Federal Census of East Tennessee.

    On 4 February 1858, John Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property. In his will, he said, "I give and bequeath to my son John H. Ownby all my property both real and personal consisting of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land, Cattle, Hogs, Horses, household furniture, etc. I have given and bequeath all my property to said son John in consequence of his kindness in taking care of myself and wife in our age and during our infirmity."
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    John married Elizabeth Hill 14 Mar 1803, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hill) was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Hill was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Hill); died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-28

    Notes:

    Donald B. Reagan has birth date as 6 November 1786.
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    Notes:

    Bride: Elizabeth Hill
    Groom: John Ownby
    Bond Date: 11 Mar 1805
    County: Rutherford
    Record #: 01 245
    Bondsman: Arthur Ownby
    Witness: R Lewis, Clerk of Court
    Bond #: 000135548

    North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

    Children:
    1. 4. Amos Ownbey was born 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri.
    2. Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Westly Ownbey was born 6 Apr 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died Nov 1869, Wayne County, Missouri; was buried New Prospect Cemetery, Wayne County, Missouri.
    4. Harrison Ownbey was born 22 Jan 1814, , Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    5. Aaron Ownbey was born 26 Oct 1815, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 29 Oct 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1898, Aaron Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mourning Ownbey was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Rhoda Ownbey was born 17 Aug 1819, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey was born 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. James Ownbey was born 17 Jun 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Ann Ownbey was born 9 Dec 1825, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. John H. "Humpy John" Ownbey was born 27 Oct 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1875; was buried Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Martha Ownbey was born 1829, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Son Ownbey was born 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died See Notes.

  3. 10.  William Tunas

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.

    William — Lucy. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Lucy

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Aurris Tunas was born 1809, , Georgia; was buried , Reynolds, Missouri.


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