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Bynum Decatur Lequire

Male 1881 - 1955  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bynum Decatur Lequire was born 17 Apr 1881 (son of Willis Womack Lequire and Deborah Ann Shields); died 4 Jan 1955; was buried Tuckaleechee Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Willis Womack Lequire was born 25 Oct 1855 (son of Joseph Lequire, Jr. and Martha Womach); died 5 Dec 1919; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 83.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

    Willis — Deborah Ann Shields. Deborah (daughter of Richard Stockton Shields and Emily Ellen Adams) was born 25 Oct 1859, Tennessee; died 21 Jun 1902, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Deborah Ann Shields was born 25 Oct 1859, Tennessee (daughter of Richard Stockton Shields and Emily Ellen Adams); died 21 Jun 1902, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 84.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

    Children:
    1. Andrew Perry Lequire was born 1876; died 18 Jan 1890; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Dr. Granville Dexter Lequire was born 21 Feb 1879, Blount County, Tennessee; died 18 Nov 1960; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Bynum Decatur Lequire was born 17 Apr 1881; died 4 Jan 1955; was buried Tuckaleechee Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. Calvin L. Lequire was born 4 Mar 1883, Blount County, Tennessee; died 19 May 1953; was buried Tuckaleechee Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Emma C. Lequire was born May 1887; died 1928; was buried Tuckaleechee Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    6. Martha Mae LeQuire was born 26 Feb 1897, Alabama; died 11 Jan 1970; was buried East Maryville Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Willis Lequire


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph Lequire, Jr. was born 22 Oct 1830 (son of Joseph "Little Frenchman" Lequire and Jane Watkins Green); died 17 Jul 1906; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Joseph — Martha Womach. Martha was born 5 Feb 1835; died 18 Dec 1907; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Martha Womach was born 5 Feb 1835; died 18 Dec 1907; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 2. Willis Womack Lequire was born 25 Oct 1855; died 5 Dec 1919; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. John Monroe Lequire was born 18 Jun 1858; died 23 Oct 1936; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Joseph Smith LeQuire was born 26 Mar 1861; died 22 Apr 1893; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    4. W. Grayson LeQuire was born 20 Oct 1867; died 26 Dec 1925; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. James Boyd Lequire was born 13 Jul 1870; died 29 Dec 1950; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Richard Stockton Shields was born 25 Sep 1794, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Robert Shields and Sabra S. White); died 31 Mar 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    War of 1812 (Indiana).

    Christine Brown lists birth as Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Listed in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census.

    Richard Shields was a farmer and miller and spent his entire lifetime in the Sevier County, Tennessee area.

    Will probated 28 March 1865 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 76.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 308, 339.

    Richard married Emily Ellen Adams 25 Oct 1843. Emily was born 13 Jan 1824, South Carolina; died 27 Sep 1907; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Emily Ellen Adams was born 13 Jan 1824, South Carolina; died 27 Sep 1907; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 311.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 60, 76.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 308, 339.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Jane Shields was born 12 Jan 1845, Tennessee; died 7 Mar 1932, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Skaggs Cemetery, Maynardville, Union County, Tennessee.
    2. Rev. Meida White Shields was born 12 Mar 1847, Tennessee; died 1933, Spring Place, Georgia.
    3. Sarah Ellen Shields was born 5 Dec 1850, Tennessee; died 10 Apr 1904; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Mary M. Shields was born Abt 1854, Tennessee; died Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    5. Robert Hodson Shields was born 13 Feb 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Aug 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Aug 1916, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 3. Deborah Ann Shields was born 25 Oct 1859, Tennessee; died 21 Jun 1902, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Richard McClellan Shields was born 18 Sep 1862, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1937; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph "Little Frenchman" Lequire was born 1798 (son of John Lequire and Mary); died 1872; was buried Blankenship Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina.

    Joseph — Jane Watkins Green. Jane was born 1800; died 26 Oct 1871; was buried Blankenship Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Jane Watkins Green was born 1800; died 26 Oct 1871; was buried Blankenship Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. Narcissus LeQuire was born 1820; died Abt 1890; was buried Melton Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
    2. Myra Lequire was born 2 Mar 1824; died 12 Feb 1867; was buried Davis Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina.
    3. John Lequire was born 22 Sep 1826; died 23 Sep 1895; was buried Harmony Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama.
    4. 4. Joseph Lequire, Jr. was born 22 Oct 1830; died 17 Jul 1906; was buried Methodist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    5. Alamance Mincy "Arty" Lequire was born 5 May 1837; died 2 Jun 1876; was buried Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. Isaac W. "Ike" Lequire was born 26 Apr 1840, North Carolina; died 4 Mar 1912; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

  3. 12.  Robert Shields was born 1772, Harrisburg, Augusta County, Virginia (son of Robert Shields and Nancy Stockton); died 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-Q5
    • Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Private Indiana Militia in War of 1812.
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    Reference:
    Misty Spinelli
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

    Robert married Sabra S. White 1792. Sabra (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor) was born Abt 1774, Tennessee; died Aft 16 Sep 1850. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Sabra S. White was born Abt 1774, Tennessee (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor); died Aft 16 Sep 1850.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9G-39

    Notes:

    Listed as age 94 living with William Ridings family in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census born in Virginia.
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    Reference:
    Misty Spinelli
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

    Children:
    1. 6. Richard Stockton Shields was born 25 Sep 1794, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Mar 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Deborah Shields was born 1798, Tennessee; died Aft 1879; was buried Old Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah "Sally" Shields was born Abt 1800, Tennessee; died Aft 1892.
    4. Meady White Shields was born Abt 1810, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Shields was born Abt 1811.
    6. Robert Shields was born 24 Jun 1816, Floyd County, Indiana; died Bef 17 Jan 1878.
    7. Jesse Shields was born Abt 1821.
    8. Sabra J. Shields was born 3 Jul 1824, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 1866; was buried Old Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    9. John Shields
    10. Polly Shields


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