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Arthur Ray Owen

Male 1907 - 1977  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Arthur Ray Owen was born 9 Feb 1907 (son of Donald Juan Owen and Martha C. Kear); died 3 Mar 1977; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Cpl. US Army WWII.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    Arthur married Lola Grace Connatser 28 Jun 1924, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Lola (daughter of Lavator Mitchell Connatser and Cordelia A. "Delia" Stafford) was born 22 Mar 1906, Tennessee; died 6 Oct 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Oct 1939, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Amos Owen was born Abt 1926, Tennessee.

    Arthur — Hannah Kear. Hannah (daughter of Hallick Kear and Sarah Catherine Loveday) was born 15 Oct 1928; died 28 Jan 2010, Farmville, Virginia; was buried 6 Feb 2010, Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Jack Clarence Owen was born 2 Feb 1954, Green Bay, Virginia; died 12 Mar 2008; was buried 18 Mar 2008, Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Doris Ray Owen
    3. Agnes Owen
    4. Martha Louise Owen
    5. Bonnie "Jo Ann" Owen
    6. Mildred Owen
    7. Mary Dale Owen

    Arthur — . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Ted Owen
    2. Andy Owen died Bef 12 Mar 2008.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Donald Juan Owen was born 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benjamin George Owen and Lucretia Annie Oakley); died 6 Jul 1935; was buried National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Donald Juan Owen served in the Spanish-American War. He was buried in the National Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    Donald married Martha C. Kear 5 Feb 1903, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Martha (daughter of John F. Kear and Lydia Allen) was born 1 Jan 1877, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1944; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha C. Kear was born 1 Jan 1877, Tennessee (daughter of John F. Kear and Lydia Allen); died 1 Sep 1944; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    Children:
    1. Dallas Owen
    2. George Owen died Bef 11 Apr 2001.
    3. Clarence Ernest Owen was born 31 Mar 1905, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1987; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 1. Arthur Ray Owen was born 9 Feb 1907; died 3 Mar 1977; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Laura Owen


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin George Owen was born 29 Aug 1832, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois (son of George C. Owen and Tabitha Caroline Cherry); died 5 Aug 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Owens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Bengimin G. Owen was buried in the family cemetery on the little knoll behind a frame house - the last house on the left of the old Ork Bank Road just before the site of the crossing of Dunn's Creek.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 227, 236.

    Benjamin married Lucretia Annie Oakley 19 Feb 1874. Lucretia (daughter of Leonard Henderson Oakley and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead) was born 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1945; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Lucretia Annie Oakley was born 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee (daughter of Leonard Henderson Oakley and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead); died 1 Jan 1945; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Owen family graveyard.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 227, 236.

    Children:
    1. Marietta Valeria Owens was born 9 Sep 1876, Tennessee; died 28 Jun 1960; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    2. 2. Donald Juan Owen was born 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1935; was buried National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee.
    3. Rosa L. Owen was born 1880; died 1901; was buried Owens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. George W. Owen was born 1882.
    5. Grover Cleveland Owen was born 1884; died 1916.
    6. Benjamin Gaines Owen was born 9 Jan 1886, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Mar 1963; was buried Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    7. Isham L. Owen was born 1888; died 1892.
    8. Beulah Lee Owen was born 1890.

  3. 6.  John F. Kear was born Abt 1832, Tennessee; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Co. M 2nd Tenn. Cav.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    John married Lydia Allen 21 Jun 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee. Lydia (daughter of Sanford Allen and Lydia) was born 23 May 1838, Tennessee; died 9 Jun 1881; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lydia Allen was born 23 May 1838, Tennessee (daughter of Sanford Allen and Lydia); died 9 Jun 1881; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    Children:
    1. Anderson F. Kear was born 1 Jan 1861, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1880; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. John S. Kear was born 14 May 1863, Tennessee; died 17 Jul 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Jul 1921, Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Melissa Lydia Kear was born 20 Mar 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 May 1906; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. James A. Kear was born Abt 1867, Tennessee.
    5. Robert Sherman "Bob" Kear was born 11 Dec 1868, Tennessee; died 13 Nov 1925; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. H. Kear was born Abt 1872, Tennessee.
    7. J. M. Kear was born Abt 1874, Tennessee.
    8. D. C. Kear was born Abt 1876, Tennessee.
    9. 3. Martha C. Kear was born 1 Jan 1877, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1944; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George C. Owen was born 12 Jun 1812, Fentress County, Tennessee (son of Wesley Owen and Susan Fulcher).

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    George — Tabitha Caroline Cherry. Tabitha (daughter of Peterson Cherry) was born 1815, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Tabitha Caroline Cherry was born 1815, Tennessee (daughter of Peterson Cherry).

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    Children:
    1. 4. Benjamin George Owen was born 29 Aug 1832, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois; died 5 Aug 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Owens Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  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]


  4. 11.  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. 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. 5. 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.

  5. 14.  Sanford Allen was born 1794, Virginia; died Dec 1865; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Sanford — Lydia. Lydia was born Abt 1804, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Lydia was born Abt 1804, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Nancy Allen was born 1822, Tennessee.
    2. Sarah Allen was born Abt 1828, Tennessee.
    3. Moses Allen was born 6 Oct 1829, Tennessee; died 5 Nov 1898; was buried Fox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Absalom Allen was born Abt 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Jane Allen was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
    6. 7. Lydia Allen was born 23 May 1838, Tennessee; died 9 Jun 1881; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Sanford Allen was born Abt 1840, Tennessee.
    8. Catherine D. Allen was born Abt 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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