Carl Gruder Searcy: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Carl Gruder Searcy was born 18 Jan 1894, Rocky Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 23 Jan 1985, Multnomah, Oregon; was buried Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.

Notes:

Carl G. Searcy, Portland, Oregon, wrote in 1971:

"The first family from North Carolina at Yale, Oklahoma was Ed and Ann Haydock
from Henderson County, North Carolina. Ed and Ann together with my Dad's
cousin, Rusha Barnwell and her husband moved to the Ozarks in Arkansas when
Oklahoma was opened up. Ed and Ann moved to Yale where they bought a small
forty acre farm about six miles southwest of Yale. In 1906 my Uncle John
Laughter, who married Grandpa Uriah's oldes girl Mary, and two of his
boys,Fulton and Roscoe, together with his nephew, Sherm Laughter, and Sid
Laughter moved to Yale, Oklahoma. In 1907 the Searcy family moved to Yale
also. All of us, Dad, mother and five of us kids lived on a farm three miles
west of Yale at first, but later moved to an Indian lease six miles north of
Cushing, Oklahoma. We were still about five miles from the other North
Carolina families. The Haydocks lived and died there, and Sherm and Sid, but
Uncle John and Aunt Mary went back to North Carolina. The still have one son
living Ben Laughter.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
26, 32, 35, 40.

Carl married Buena Edna Whillock 3 Jul 1921. Buena was born 19 Feb 1893; died 10 Mar 1937; was buried Fairlawn Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Julia Elizabeth Searcy was born 16 Dec 1931.

Carl — Nellie Janes Stines. Nellie was born 20 Aug 1908; died 21 Jun 1990, Multnomah, Oregon; was buried Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. [Group Sheet]

Children:

3. Charles Robert Searcy was born 16 Dec 1939.
4. David Lee Searcy was born 15 Jun 1941.
5. John Nelson Searcy was born 20 May 1955.

Generation: 2

2.	Julia Elizabeth Searcy (1.Carl¹) was born 16 Dec 1931. Notes: ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 40. Julia married David Orr 22 Jan 1955. David was born 7 Feb 1926. [Group Sheet]

Charles Robert Searcy

(1.Carl¹) was born 16 Dec 1939.

Notes:

Railroad employee of Union Pacific.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
40.

Charles — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Children:

6. Stanley Michael Searcy was born 5 Aug 1962, Portland, Oregon.

4.	David Lee Searcy (1.Carl¹) was born 15 Jun 1941. Notes: Railroad employee of Union Pacific. ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 40.

5.	John Nelson Searcy (1.Carl¹) was born 20 May 1955. Notes: Railroad employee of Union Pacific. ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 40.

Generation: 3

6.	Stanley Michael Searcy (3.Charles², 1.Carl¹) was born 5 Aug 1962, Portland, Oregon. Notes: ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 40.