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Female 1917 - 2001  (84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Florence Owen was born 1917, Cocke County, Tennessee (daughter of Donald Juan Owen and Myrtle Rutherford); died 11 Apr 2001; was buried 13 Apr 2001, Wellston, Michigan.

    Notes:

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

    Florence — Caudill. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. James Caudill died Bef 11 Apr 2001.
    2. Dremia Caudill
    3. Jesse Caudill

    Florence — Prunski. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Brenda Prunski
    2. Robert Prunski

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 — Myrtle Rutherford. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Myrtle Rutherford
    Children:
    1. 1. Florence Owen was born 1917, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 11 Apr 2001; was buried 13 Apr 2001, Wellston, Michigan.


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.


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.


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