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Minerva Kear

Female 1873 - 1965  (91 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Minerva Kear was born 30 Jun 1873, Tennessee (daughter of Joel Kear and Mary "Polly" McCarter); died 22 Jun 1965; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, District 13, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 14, 15, 74.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 17, 18, 25, 70, 189.

    Minerva married Harkless R. "Good Harkless" Whaley 26 Apr 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee. Harkless (son of Perry Seehorn Commodore Whaley and Mary "Polly" Ownby) was born 24 Nov 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Dec 1941; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Richard Ellis Whaley was born 28 Jan 1891, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1951; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Armintha "Mintha" Whaley was born 6 May 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 1934; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Luther Lee Whaley was born 20 Oct 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Jan 1971.
    4. Sarah Rosalia Whaley was born Mar 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1987; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Roy Emond Whaley was born 20 Aug 1898, Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1984; was buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Claude C. Whaley was born 1 Jun 1901; died 17 Jul 1970; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Iva Whaley was born 1911, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1996, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff); died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Joel married Mary "Polly" McCarter 18 Aug 1870. Mary (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey) was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey); died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Children:
    1. James S. Kear was born 1871, Tennessee; died 1957; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
    2. 1. Minerva Kear was born 30 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1965; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Arbinzia Kear was born 14 Mar 1876; died 8 Apr 1898; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah L. "Sally" Kear was born 27 Feb 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1966, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary E. Carr was born 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee; died 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Elbert H. Carr was born 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1953; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Matilda "Tilda" Kear was born 29 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1974; was buried Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
    8. Rev. Joel L. Carr was born 15 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 18 May 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Richard Evans Carr was born 18 Dec 1896, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1796, North Carolina (son of James Kear and Molly Shelton); died 28 Jul 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    From Scotland.

    Some researchers list him buried in Forks of the River Cemetery.
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    References:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 29.

    Joel married Sarah Huff 6 Jun 1838. Sarah (daughter of Leonard Huff and Sarah Baker) was born 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah HuffSarah Huff was born 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee (daughter of Leonard Huff and Sarah Baker); died 15 Sep 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Ezalee Kear Spencer lists given name as Baker with sisters Lydia and Charity and a brother.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Kear was born 10 Nov 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1871, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Lydia "Aunt Liddy" Kear was born 24 May 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1926, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Joseph Kear was born 16 Jun 1841, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1923; was buried Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Mary Ann Kear was born 20 Mar 1843, Tennessee.
    5. John Kear was born 20 Oct 1844, Tennessee; died 6 Feb 1929; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Charity Manerva Kear was born 21 Jun 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Nov 1909; was buried Myers Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah Kear was born 8 May 1848, Tennessee; died 18 Jun 1923; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 2. Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Rev. Henry Baker Kear was born 12 Jan 1852, Tennessee; died Bef 1941; was buried New Mexico.
    10. James Kear was born 14 Sep 1854, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jul 1926; was buried Concord Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.

  3. 6.  James McCarter was born 7 May 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John McCarter and Nancy Anderson); died 28 May 1898; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 63, 102, 106, 142.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.

    James married Sarah Huskey Abt 1848, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle) was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sarah Huskey was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle); died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63.

    Children:
    1. Elbert McCarter was born 13 Oct 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Dec 1936, Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Stephen McCarter was born 26 Oct 1851; died 5 Oct 1866; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 3. Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah McCarter was born 12 Jan 1856, Tennessee.
    5. James "Bud" McCarter, Jr. was born 1 Mar 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Mar 1944; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Edman McCarter was born 29 Apr 1861, Tennessee; died 23 May 1935; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Kear was born Abt 1755.

    James — Molly Shelton. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Molly Shelton
    Children:
    1. 4. Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1796, North Carolina; died 28 Jul 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Leonard Huff was born 1770/1780 (son of Joseph Huff and Elizabeth); died 1842.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 212.

    Leonard — Sarah Baker. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Baker
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Huff was born 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  John McCarter was born 1805, , Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James McCarter and Rebecca Ogle); died Abt 1848.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 62, 63.

    John married Nancy Anderson Abt 1820/1821, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy was born 16 Mar 1804; died 23 Jun 1893; was buried Clear Springs Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Nancy Anderson was born 16 Mar 1804; died 23 Jun 1893; was buried Clear Springs Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 62, 63.

    Children:
    1. McCarter was born Abt 1823.
    2. 6. James McCarter was born 7 May 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 May 1898; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. McCarter was born Abt 1827; died 1830/1840.
    4. Josiah H. McCarter was born 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Dec 1863, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
    5. McCarter was born Abt 1832.
    6. McCarter was born Abt 1834.
    7. Lucinda McCarter was born 16 Mar 1836, Tennessee; died 26 Nov 1892; was buried Clear Springs Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Joseph McCarter was born 1838, Tennessee; died 5 May 1905; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. McCarter was born Abt 1840; died See Notes.
    10. McCarter was born Abt 1842; died See Notes.
    11. Mary Elizabeth McCarter was born 25 Sep 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. David McCarter was born 25 Sep 1844, Tennessee; died 23 May 1929.
    13. Nancy McCarter was born 1847.

  7. 14.  Stephen "Old Steve" HuskeyStephen "Old Steve" Huskey was born 8 Mar 1808, South Carolina (son of Isaac Huskey and Jane Miller); died 17 Jun 1887; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45, 47.

    Stephen married Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle Abt 1827/1828, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Hercules "Hike" Ogle and Elizabeth Haggard) was born Abt 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef Dec 1848; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle was born Abt 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Hercules "Hike" Ogle and Elizabeth Haggard); died Bef Dec 1848; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Polly Ann appears in the 1830 and 1840 census of Sevier County. A mention of Polly Ann's death is made in the church minute book of the White Oak Flats Church at the December 1848 meeting. Mary Ann is believed to be buried in the White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 101, 151.

    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah Huskey was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James Wesley Huskey was born 20 Sep 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1914; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Isaac Huskey was born 17 Jun 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1904; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Albert Huskey was born 23 Mar 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1885; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Jane Huskey was born 29 Jan 1837, Tennessee; died 27 Apr 1880; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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