Kelso Cleophis Archer: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Kelso Cleophis Archer was born 21 Jul 1900 (son of Absolom R. Archer and Caldona "Donna" Free); died 23 Nov 1971; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.

Kelso married Nora K. Harmon 25 Nov 1922, Blount County, Tennessee. Nora (daughter of William Edward Harmon and Mamie Renfrow) was born 31 Jul 1903, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1974, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Children:

A. R. Archer was born 18 Apr 1924; died 4 Nov 1970; was buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Edith Heloise Archer was born 11 Sep 1926; died 20 Oct 1993.
Billy Don Archer was born 23 Aug 1928; died 31 May 2016.

Generation: 2

Absolom R. Archer was born 20 Feb 1860 (son of Lee Archer); died 25 Dec 1920; was buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Absolom — Caldona "Donna" Free. Caldona (daughter of James Preston Free and Sarah Elizabeth Richardson) was born 1863, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 1934, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Feb 1934, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Caldona "Donna" Free was born 1863, Tennessee (daughter of James Preston Free and Sarah Elizabeth Richardson); died 26 Feb 1934, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Feb 1934, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Children:

1. Kelso Cleophis Archer was born 21 Jul 1900; died 23 Nov 1971; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

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Lee Archer
Children:

2. Absolom R. Archer was born 20 Feb 1860; died 25 Dec 1920; was buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

James Preston Free was born 1841, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of James Free and Nancy Jane "Jane"); died 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

James married Sarah Elizabeth Richardson 3 Dec 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah died Feb 1880; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Elizabeth Richardson died Feb 1880; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Children:

3. Caldona "Donna" Free was born 1863, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 1934, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Feb 1934, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
John Howard Free was born Abt 1867, Tennessee.
James Wilson Free was born 25 Dec 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1947, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried New Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Pinkney Mitchel "Pink" Free was born 10 Jan 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 1922, Greenback, Loudon County, Tennessee.
Mack Free was born Abt 1875, Tennessee.
Carrie Bell Free was born 22 Feb 1878, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1948; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

12.

James Free was born 1812, South Carolina (son of John Free and Mary); died Aft Aug 1860, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Free-Clevenger Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

James — Nancy Jane "Jane". Nancy was born 1814, Tennessee; died Aft Jun 1880; was buried Free-Clevenger Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Nancy Jane "Jane" was born 1814, Tennessee; died Aft Jun 1880; was buried Free-Clevenger Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Children:

Elizabeth Free was born 1831.
Nancy Free was born 3 Nov 1832, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1910, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
John M. Free was born 1836; died 1914, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Deborah Free was born 1837.
Mary "Polly" Free was born 1839, Cocke County, Tennessee.
6. James Preston Free was born 1841, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Anna Free was born 1842.
Jane Free was born 1844.
Hendley Free was born 1846.
Rev. Marion R. Free was born 2 Aug 1847, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1915, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Nov 1915, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.