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John D. Oakley

Male Abt 1932 -  (~ 92 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John D. Oakley was born Abt 1932, Tennessee (son of Earnest Elmer Oakley and Oma Jane Mize).

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 4, Knox County, Tennessee


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Earnest Elmer Oakley was born 21 Jul 1895, Tennessee (son of Henry Coleman Oakley and Sarah Catherine Webb); died 30 Jan 1963; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 4, Knox County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 253.
    Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

    Earnest — Oma Jane Mize. Oma (daughter of Cicero Harrison Mize and Mary J. Clinton) was born 16 May 1899, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1968, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Oma Jane Mize was born 16 May 1899, Tennessee (daughter of Cicero Harrison Mize and Mary J. Clinton); died 31 Jan 1968, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 4, Knox County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

    Children:
    1. Mildred Starr Oakley was born 6 Jan 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Roy Lynn Oakley
    3. William E. Oakley was born 12 Apr 1925, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1982; was buried Thomas Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Geneva A. Oakley was born Abt 1927, Tennessee.
    5. James C. Oakley was born 11 Aug 1929, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 2015, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 4 May 2015, East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. 1. John D. Oakley was born Abt 1932, Tennessee.
    7. Wanda Ruth Oakley was born 8 Apr 1936, Tennessee; died 16 Apr 2010, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Apr 2010, Pollard Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Sarah Rea Oakley was born Abt 1939, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Coleman Oakley was born Dec 1850, Washington County, Tennessee (son of Leonard Henderson Oakley and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead); died 1920, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    They were listed in the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 80.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 227, 232.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Henry married Sarah Catherine Webb 7 Oct 1894. Sarah (daughter of Perry Webb and Mary Jane Williams) was born 19 Feb 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Mar 1943; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Catherine Webb was born 19 Feb 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Perry Webb and Mary Jane Williams); died 22 Mar 1943; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 232.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 382, 388.

    Children:
    1. 2. Earnest Elmer Oakley was born 21 Jul 1895, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1963; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Josie Caldonia Oakley was born 13 Jul 1898, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1986; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Cicero Harrison Mize was born 10 Nov 1873, North Carolina (son of Elizabeth Mise); died 9 Jun 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 10 Jun 1941, Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Cicero married Mary J. Clinton 17 Apr 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John Taylor Clinton and Oma Jane Richardson) was born 24 Dec 1866, Tennessee; died 19 Jan 1937; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary J. Clinton was born 24 Dec 1866, Tennessee (daughter of John Taylor Clinton and Oma Jane Richardson); died 19 Jan 1937; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. Florence Mize was born Abt 1892, Tennessee.
    2. Walker Mize was born Abt 1894, Tennessee.
    3. Pearlie Mize was born 1 Sep 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1989; was buried Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Jannie Mize was born Abt 1898, Tennessee.
    5. 3. Oma Jane Mize was born 16 May 1899, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1968, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Josie Elizabeth "Betty" Mize was born 24 Jan 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Nov 1994; was buried Dupont-Reagan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Ida B. Mize was born 8 Jul 1903, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1937; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Rev. Frances Oscar Mize was born 7 Jan 1906, Tennessee; died 27 Oct 1989, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Leonard Henderson Oakley was born 1804, Person County, North Carolina (son of Thomas Oakley and Parthenia Van Hook); died 27 Jun 1874, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Leonard Henderson Oakley lived with his parents in the watershed of Little Panther Creek until his marriage. He and his wife Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Person County, North Carolina.

    Circa 1845, Leonard Henderson Oakley and his family migrated to Knox County, Tennessee. Family tradition indicated that this Oakley family came by covered wagon to "Big Spring" (now Fountain City - part of Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee) area in Tennessee from North Carolina. Some of the older children of Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley married and settled along migration route from the state of North Carolina.

    Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Washington County, Tennessee.

    Circa 1857/58, Leonard Henderson Oakley and the remainder of his family migrated to the White Oak Flats community (now Gatlinburg), Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley were listed in the 1860 and 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 224, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Leonard — Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead. Elizabeth was born 12 Aug 1810, Person County, North Carolina; died 4 Jul 1895, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Pethindy GrindsteadElizabeth Pethindy Grindstead was born 12 Aug 1810, Person County, North Carolina; died 4 Jul 1895, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead, widow of Leonard Henderson Oakley, lived with
    her son, Henry Coleman Oakley until her death.

    SMHS lists surname as Guenston and birth as 12 August 1812.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 224, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth H. Oakley was born 1827, , Person, North Carolina; died Aft 1880.
    2. William E. Oakley was born 1829, , Person, North Carolina.
    3. Orion Oakley was born 1832, , Person, North Carolina.
    4. Solomon Oakley was born 1834, , Person, North Carolina.
    5. Louisa Oakley was born 1837, , Person, North Carolina.
    6. Leonard Henderson Oakley, Jr. was born 1840, , Person, North Carolina.
    7. Mary C. Oakley was born 1842, , Person, North Carolina.
    8. James Knox Polk Oakley was born 1845, , Person, North Carolina.
    9. Addison J. Oakley was born 1847, Knox County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880.
    10. 4. Henry Coleman Oakley was born Dec 1850, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1920, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Lucretia Annie Oakley was born 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1945; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    12. Rebecca Jane Oakley was born 1855, Washington County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Perry WebbPerry Webb was born 22 May 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Joseph Webb and Lydia Breeden); died 15 Sep 1915; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 381, 382.

    Perry married Mary Jane Williams 24 Mar 1868. Mary (daughter of Dillard Lee Williams and Julia Ann Bryant) was born 4 Mar 1840, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1904; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Jane Williams was born 4 Mar 1840, Cocke County, Tennessee (daughter of Dillard Lee Williams and Julia Ann Bryant); died 16 Feb 1904; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 382.

    Children:
    1. C. Columbus Webb was born 12 Feb 1859, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 1930; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Willie Webb
    3. Susannah E. Webb was born Abt 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sydney Jane Webb was born 25 Oct 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1949; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. John W. Webb was born 11 May 1868, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1948; was buried Mount Zion Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    6. Julia Caldonia Webb was born 31 Aug 1870, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1899; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Milas W. Webb was born 27 Oct 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Jan 1960; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 5. Sarah Catherine Webb was born 19 Feb 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Mar 1943; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. David Crockett Webb was born 19 Feb 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1955; was buried Richardson Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. George W. Webb was born 26 Mar 1877, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1950; was buried George Webb Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. James Meek Webb was born 5 Apr 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 1947; was buried Old Henry Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Charles Walter Webb was born 10 Dec 1881, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1970; was buried Bethany Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 13.  Elizabeth Mise was born 11 Jan 1849, North Carolina; died 15 Nov 1909; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 6. Cicero Harrison Mize was born 10 Nov 1873, North Carolina; died 9 Jun 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 10 Jun 1941, Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  6. 14.  John Taylor Clinton was born 29 Apr 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Clinton and Sarah Richason); died 15 May 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 May 1916, Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee

    John — Oma Jane Richardson. Oma (daughter of Abagale) was born 14 Jan 1841, Tennessee; died 15 Aug 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Aug 1914, Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  7. 15.  Oma Jane Richardson was born 14 Jan 1841, Tennessee (daughter of Abagale); died 15 Aug 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Aug 1914, Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary J. Clinton was born 24 Dec 1866, Tennessee; died 19 Jan 1937; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Julias T. Clinton was born 13 Apr 1868, Tennessee; died 23 Dec 1916; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Seldon W. Clinton was born 12 Aug 1871, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1953; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Bruse Clinton was born Abt 1872, Tennessee.
    5. Prisila "Cillar" Clinton was born 29 Oct 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Nov 1953; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Bates D. Clinton was born 8 May 1878, Tennessee; died 24 Oct 1959; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. John C. Clinton was born 18 Jul 1880, Tennessee; died 17 Jul 1968; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.