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Elizabeth "Bess" Mize

Female 1888 - 1957  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth "Bess" Mize was born 25 May 1888 (daughter of James H. Mize and Sarah Kathryn Thomas); died 7 Jul 1957; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 218, 275.

    Elizabeth married Rev. Jerome E. Hicks 1916. Jerome (son of David Crockett Hicks and Margret Jane Denton) was born 24 Jul 1883; died 4 Oct 1974; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Paul R. Hicks was born 1918; died 5 Feb 1999, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Feb 1999, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Hugh Hicks died Bef 5 Feb 1999.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James H. Mize was born 1856, Tennessee (son of William Alexander Mize and Ludema Moon); died 16 Apr 1937; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed with parents in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 107, 116.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 275.

    James — Sarah Kathryn Thomas. Sarah (daughter of Rev. William Thomas and Nancy R. Huff) was born Jan 1858, Tennessee; died 6 Nov 1937; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sarah Kathryn Thomas was born Jan 1858, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. William Thomas and Nancy R. Huff); died 6 Nov 1937; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 107.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 275.

    Children:
    1. Nancy "Ludema" Mize was born 28 Apr 1882, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1966; was buried John McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Ada Carolyn Mize was born 5 Mar 1884, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1973; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Ollie Mize was born 6 May 1886; died 3 May 1905; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 1. Elizabeth "Bess" Mize was born 25 May 1888; died 7 Jul 1957; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Docia E. Mize was born 22 Oct 1897, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1983; was buried Bethany Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Frank Mize
    7. William Rufus Mize was born 15 May 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Aug 1960; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Lawton Mize was born 23 Dec 1899; died 14 Jan 1917; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Mize
    10. Mize


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Alexander Mize was born 14 Sep 1830, Tennessee (son of Jonathan Mize and Nancy Chambers); died 31 Dec 1902; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Sevier County Heritage lists first name as Wistley and birth as South Carolina.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 242.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 159.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 349.

    William — Ludema Moon. Ludema (daughter of Mitchell Moon and Mahaly Quarles) was born 13 Apr 1832, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1901; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ludema Moon was born 13 Apr 1832, Tennessee (daughter of Mitchell Moon and Mahaly Quarles); died 15 Sep 1901; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Sevier County Heritage lists name as Lou Ella and birth as South Carolina.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 242.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 349.

    Children:
    1. John Asa Mize was born 16 Feb 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Oct 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Oct 1939, Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 2. James H. Mize was born 1856, Tennessee; died 16 Apr 1937; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Nancy Marandy Mize was born 5 Oct 1858, Tennessee; died 8 May 1929; was buried Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    4. Robert P. "Bob" Mize was born 3 Jul 1862, Tennessee; died 14 Jul 1894; was buried Trundles Crossroads Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Rufus M. Mize was born Abt 1865, , Tennessee.
    6. Emanuel Mize was born 30 Aug 1868, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1969; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. S. E. Mize was born Abt 1871, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Rev. William Thomas was born 1 Sep 1838, Tennessee; died 22 Nov 1924; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    William — Nancy R. Huff. Nancy (daughter of Joseph Huff and Rhoda Breeden) was born 23 Aug 1840, Tennessee; died 27 Jun 1914; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Nancy R. Huff was born 23 Aug 1840, Tennessee (daughter of Joseph Huff and Rhoda Breeden); died 27 Jun 1914; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 3. Sarah Kathryn Thomas was born Jan 1858, Tennessee; died 6 Nov 1937; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jonathan MizeJonathan Mize was born 1804, Rockingham County, North Carolina (son of Jeremiah Mize); died 14 Dec 1863; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Moved to Georgia and from there to "Gists Creek" area in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 274.

    Jonathan married Nancy Chambers 19 Sep 1829, Greene County, Tennessee. Nancy was born 1804, North Carolina; died 1887; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Nancy Chambers was born 1804, North Carolina; died 1887; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 4. William Alexander Mize was born 14 Sep 1830, Tennessee; died 31 Dec 1902; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Catherine Mize was born 30 Oct 1834, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1919; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. John Clark Mize was born Abt 1837.
    4. Rufus Lee Mize was born 26 Apr 1840; died 15 Feb 1916; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Robert P. Mize was born 3 Jan 1843; died 4 May 1934; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. James Harold "Doc" Mize was born 21 Sep 1845, Tennessee; died 17 Sep 1913; was buried Old Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Mary A. Mize was born 3 Dec 1854, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1894; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Mitchell Moon

    Mitchell — Mahaly Quarles. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mahaly Quarles
    Children:
    1. 5. Ludema Moon was born 13 Apr 1832, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1901; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 14.  Joseph Huff was born 1820, Tennessee (son of Rev. John Huff and Nancy Allen); died 1856.

    Joseph — Rhoda Breeden. Rhoda was born Abt 1822, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Rhoda Breeden was born Abt 1822, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 7. Nancy R. Huff was born 23 Aug 1840, Tennessee; died 27 Jun 1914; was buried Thomas (Mize) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Sally Huff was born Abt 1843, Tennessee.
    3. Matilda Huff was born Abt 1846, Tennessee.


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