Ilar May Owenby: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Ilar May Owenby (daughter of Robert Madison "Matt" Owenby and Nancy Cordelia Brendle). Notes: ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294. Ilar — John Hadley Self. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Robert Madison "Matt" Owenby was born 7 Mar 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Bohanan and Nancy Ownby); died 4 Feb 1940, Cherokee County, North Carolina; was buried 5 Feb 1940, Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Notes:

Matt left Sevier County, Tennessee at age thirteen and went across Smoky
Mountains to Swain County, North Carolina. Matt carried only a hunting knife
with him.

Buried in Shoal Creek Cemetery.

Donald Reagan lists Matt as son of Nancy's parents.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69.

Robert married Nancy Cordelia Brendle 18 Oct 1887, Swain County, North Carolina. Nancy was born 1 Jan 1869; died 19 Sep 1961; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Nancy Cordelia Brendle was born 1 Jan 1869; died 19 Sep 1961; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Notes:

Buried in Shoal Creek Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Children:

John Mitchell Owenby
Martha Elenor Owenby was born 29 Oct 1889; died 17 Dec 1968; was buried Big Springs Cemetery.
Sarah Arminda Owenby
Nora Bell Owenby died See Notes.
Rhoda Lucy Ann Owenby
William Humphrey Owenby was born 4 Aug 1898; died 6 Nov 1984; was buried Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Isaac Thomas Owenby died See Notes.
1. Ilar May Owenby
Western Theodore Owenby was born 15 Aug 1911; died 2 Jan 1986; was buried Clarks Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Wesley Owenby died See Notes.

Generation: 3

4.	Bohanan Notes: ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294. married Nancy Ownby NOT MARRIED. Nancy (daughter of Nicholas H. Ownby and Mary Ogle) was born Aug 1844, Tennessee; died Aft 1900. [Group Sheet]

Nancy Ownby was born Aug 1844, Tennessee (daughter of Nicholas H. Ownby and Mary Ogle); died Aft 1900.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Children:

2. Robert Madison "Matt" Owenby was born 7 Mar 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Feb 1940, Cherokee County, North Carolina; was buried 5 Feb 1940, Shoal Creek Cemetery, Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Generation: 4

10.

Nicholas H. Ownby was born 11 Dec 1812, Rutherford, North Carolina (son of John Ownby and Mary Jane "Granny" Coone); died 15 Aug 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Listed in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 193.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 69.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Nicholas married Mary Ogle Abt 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Jan 1815, Tennessee; died 7 Feb 1903; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Mary Ogle was born 24 Jan 1815, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 7 Feb 1903; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 193
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 69.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Children:

William Cuberston Ownby was born 1 Oct 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 May 1914; was buried Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Hulda Ownby was born 1836, North Carolina.
Mariah Ownby was born 25 Dec 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1905; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary Ownby was born 10 Aug 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sophia Ownby was born 10 Apr 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1920; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dicy Ownby was born Aug 1842, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Nancy Ownby was born Aug 1844, Tennessee; died Aft 1900.
Thomas Nicholas Ownby was born 12 Jul 1846, Tennessee; died 3 Aug 1920; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Ownby was born 18 Jan 1848, Tennessee; died 1 May 1917; was buried Myers Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Mary "Polly" Ownby was born 11 Dec 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1874; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nicholas H. Ownby, Jr. was born 25 Jul 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Mar 1934; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Martha Jane Ownby was born 25 May 1853, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 1925; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Humphrey Ownby was born 4 Mar 1855, Tennessee; died 11 May 1937; was buried Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Rev. Pinkney I. Ownby was born 1857, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1936; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.