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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bessie Dodgen (daughter of Charles Alvin Dodgen and Flora Whaley).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 119.

    Bessie — Paul Eugene King. Paul (son of Robert Walter Henry King and Lillie Francis Manis) was born 15 Feb 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Mar 1992; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Paul E. King, Jr.
    2. Charles A. King
    3. Linda G. King

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Alvin Dodgen was born 12 Apr 1897, Tennessee (son of William "Will" Dodgen and Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Newman); died 15 Oct 1975; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 22.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 22.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 119, 139.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 82.

    Charles — Flora Whaley. Flora (daughter of John Mitchell Whaley and Lillie Reagan) was born 15 Nov 1899, Tennessee; died 5 Jun 1983; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Flora Whaley was born 15 Nov 1899, Tennessee (daughter of John Mitchell Whaley and Lillie Reagan); died 5 Jun 1983; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 22.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 22.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 29, 119, 229.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 146.

    Children:
    1. John Pryor Dodgen was born 10 Feb 1918, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Dec 2001, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 2001, Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nadine Lillian Dodgen was born 24 Jul 1920, Tennessee; died 11 Jul 1967; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Jerry Dodgen died Bef 2 Dec 2001.
    4. Carolyn Kate Dodgen was born 25 Jun 1926, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 2002; was buried 3 Feb 2002, Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 1. Bessie Dodgen
    6. John L. Dodgin was born 5 Jul 1936; died 31 Dec 2010; was buried 2 Jan 2011, Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Jean Dodgin
    8. Edward "Eddy" Dodgin was born 11 Apr 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jun 2008, Stevens Memorial Hospital, Edmonds, Washington; was buried 28 Jun 2008, Peshastin Cemetery, Washington.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William "Will" Dodgen

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 281.

    William — Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Newman. Sarah (daughter of David Newman and Nancy Elizabeth Ogle) was born 25 Dec 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Newman was born 25 Dec 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of David Newman and Nancy Elizabeth Ogle); died 19 Feb 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18, 149.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 90, 97, 126, 216.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 281.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 82, 111.

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Alvin Dodgen was born 12 Apr 1897, Tennessee; died 15 Oct 1975; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  John Mitchell Whaley was born 11 Mar 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mary Ownby); died 23 May 1946; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 57.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18, 22.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 22, 72, 86.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 16, 29, 30.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 148.

    John married Lillie Reagan 6 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Lillie (daughter of Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan and Sarah Caroline Bradley) was born 23 Jan 1880; died 20 Feb 1964. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lillie Reagan was born 23 Jan 1880 (daughter of Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan and Sarah Caroline Bradley); died 20 Feb 1964.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18, 21.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 22, 72.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 10, 30.

    Children:
    1. Maggie Whaley was born 8 Sep 1897, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1992; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 3. Flora Whaley was born 15 Nov 1899, Tennessee; died 5 Jun 1983; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Otto Richard Whaley was born 20 Jan 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  David Newman was born 12 Nov 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Vance Newman and Elizabeth Loveday); died 16 Feb 1942; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Lived in the Sugarlands and later on Middle Creek.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1074, p 94.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 193.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 211.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 281, 335.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 91.

    David married Nancy Elizabeth Ogle 22 Nov 1877. Nancy (daughter of Elijah Ogle and Elizabeth "Betsy" Conner) was born 1856, Tennessee; died 28 Feb 1944; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Nancy Elizabeth Ogle was born 1856, Tennessee (daughter of Elijah Ogle and Elizabeth "Betsy" Conner); died 28 Feb 1944; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Lived in the Sugarlands and later on Middle Creek.

    Sevier County Heritage list marriage as 21 February 1877.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 94.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 193.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 211.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 281, 335.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 82, 91.

    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Newman was born 25 Dec 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Vineyard "Bud" Newman was born 24 Dec 1880, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1908; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James Columbus "Jim" Newman was born 6 Sep 1882, Tennessee; died 22 Jul 1970; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Anna Newman was born 7 Oct 1884; died 29 Mar 1975; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Alice Newman was born 8 Apr 1887, Tennessee; died 11 Aug 1986; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Samuel Newman was born 14 Oct 1889, Tennessee; died 20 Feb 1970; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. William Arthur "Will" Newman was born 26 Feb 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Feb 1996; was buried 1 Mar 1996, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Pearl Lucreta Newman was born 28 Sep 1895, Tennessee; died 11 May 1998; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Frank Newman was born 5 Dec 1897, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1976; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Fred Newman was born 5 Dec 1897; died 5 May 1986.

  3. 12.  John H. "Bullhead" WhaleyJohn H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B71M-KG
    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer $300 property able to read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 106, 129.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30, 307.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.

    John married Mary Ownby 17 Jun 1870. Mary (daughter of Nicholas H. Ownby and Mary Ogle) was born 10 Aug 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Mary OwnbyMary Ownby was born 10 Aug 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Nicholas H. Ownby and Mary Ogle); died 12 Feb 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 10 August 1836.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 43, 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 112,
    129.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30, 307.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 579.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.

    Children:
    1. Mary Roseann "Nannie" Whaley was born 11 Mar 1871; died 6 Feb 1934; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 6. John Mitchell Whaley was born 11 Mar 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 May 1946; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Stephen "Steve" Whaley was born 25 Dec 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1942, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 17 Feb 1942, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Laura Whaley was born 13 Jan 1876, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1956; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Isabelle Whaley was born 2 Jul 1877; died 2 Jul 1877.
    6. Sophia Whaley was born 2 Jul 1877; died 2 Jul 1877.
    7. Martha Whaley was born 12 Jun 1878, Tennessee; died 6 Mar 1959; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 14.  Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" ReaganRichard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan was born 12 Nov 1830, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle); died 17 Apr 1912; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1DDV-7W

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer.

    Richard Reason lived all his life in the Gatlinburg area. Some time after the Civil War he moved his home and store to the Sugarlands.

    R. R. Reagan served the district for many years as a Justice of the Peace and as a tax collector. He was the county sheriff from 1870 to 1874. When the Gatlinburg Post Office was established in 1856 by the U. S. Postal Department, Richard served from 12 December 1871 to 10 July 1883 as postmaster, but not the first.

    Serving the Union during the Civil War, R. R. Reagan enlisted 16 Sep 1862 in Company E, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. A commissary sergeant, he was discharged 5 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. His personal description at that time was: 5' 9" in height, dark hair, dark complexion and yellow eyes.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 17.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 144, 171.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 8.

    Richard married Sarah Caroline Bradley 9 Jun 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of James Holland Bradley and Martha Grant) was born 31 Jul 1842, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina; died 16 Jan 1886, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Sarah Caroline BradleySarah Caroline Bradley was born 31 Jul 1842, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina (daughter of James Holland Bradley and Martha Grant); died 16 Jan 1886, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 145-146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 15.

    Children:
    1. 7. Lillie Reagan was born 23 Jan 1880; died 20 Feb 1964.
    2. Arra Jane Reagan was born 8 Sep 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 May 1952; was buried Elkmont Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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