Brandon Watson: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Brandon Watson (son of Michael Watson and Vivian Evora).
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Reference:
Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000.

Generation: 2

2.	Michael Watson was born 6 Mar 1952 (son of Noah Hugh Watson and Iva Nora Kear). Notes: ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 74. Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000. Michael married Vivian Evora 6 May 1972. [Group Sheet]

3.
Vivian Evora
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Reference:
Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000.

Children:

1. Brandon Watson

Johnathon Watson

Generation: 3

Noah Hugh Watson was born 10 May 1932 (son of David Ellis Watson and Lillie Mae Trentham).

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 112, 166.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 24, 63, 68, 71, 73, 187.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000.

Noah — Iva Nora Kear. Iva (daughter of Elmer Calvin Kear and Viola Ogle) was born 31 Dec 1935, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Sep 1998; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Iva Nora Kear was born 31 Dec 1935, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Elmer Calvin Kear and Viola Ogle); died 24 Sep 1998; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 271
Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000.

Children:

Diane Watson was born 3 May 1950.
2. Michael Watson was born 6 Mar 1952.

Generation: 4

David Ellis Watson was born 9 Nov 1888, Tennessee (son of David Joel Watson and Mary Charity Ownby); died 4 Oct 1970; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

SMHS lists death as 1968.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 111, 166.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 84.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 63, 68, 71, 73,
74, 160, 187, 271.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 150.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 106, 110, 117.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000.

David married Lillie Mae Trentham 24 Mar 1910. Lillie (daughter of Noah H. Trentham and Sophia A. Ogle) was born 4 Mar 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1954; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Lillie Mae Trentham was born 4 Mar 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Noah H. Trentham and Sophia A. Ogle); died 5 Jan 1954; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 111, 166.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 84.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 63, 71, 129, 187, 271.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 150.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 117, 123, 125.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000.

Children:

Olin Watson was born 27 Apr 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1988.
Clell David Watson was born 24 Dec 1917, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Dec 2002, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Dec 2002, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Charles Watson was born 5 Nov 1919; died 2 Jun 1921.
4. Noah Hugh Watson was born 10 May 1932.

10.

Elmer Calvin Kear was born 12 Jun 1892, Tennessee (son of John Kear and Martha Jane Ownby); died 17 Aug 1981; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 76.

Elmer married Viola Ogle 10 May 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee. Viola (daughter of Edward Ogle and Delilah Huskey) was born 10 Mar 1893, Tennessee; died 10 May 1967; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Viola Ogle was born 10 Mar 1893, Tennessee (daughter of Edward Ogle and Delilah Huskey); died 10 May 1967; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1940, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 260.

Children:

Estel Lee Kear was born 11 Jul 1913, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Nov 1993; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Stella D. Kear was born 8 Jan 1916, Tennessee; died 11 Oct 1988; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Elmer Alvin Kear was born 24 Apr 1918, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1925; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Omah Early Kear was born 3 Mar 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 2007, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Apr 2007, Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lillie Mae Kear was born 9 Nov 1930, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 2018; was buried 17 Apr 2018, Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Iva Nora Kear was born 31 Dec 1935, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Sep 1998; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.