Laura Texana Gregory^{[1, 2]}

1876 - 1927  (51 years)

• Name	Laura Texana Gregory
  Born	13 Apr 1876	Blount County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	District 16, Blount County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	21 Nov 1927	Blount County, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	22 Nov 1927	Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I216656	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	John Cheo Gregory,   b. 10 Jan 1852, North Carolina ,   d. 9 Mar 1918  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Ruth Shields,   b. 28 Dec 1852, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jun 1927, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1875	Blount County, Tennessee   [5]
  Family ID	F86346	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Samuel Lafate Sparks,   b. 18 Dec 1870, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Jul 1944  (Age 73 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1893
  Children	+ 1. Autie Iowa Sparks,   b. 10 Mar 1895, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 1981, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years) + 2. Josephine "Josie" Sparks,   b. 4 Mar 1897, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jan 1984  (Age 86 years) + 3. Willie Davis Sparks,   b. 26 Mar 1899, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Nov 1979  (Age 80 years) + 4. John Nathan Sparks,   b. 26 Mar 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Oct 1971, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years) + 5. David Ellis Sparks,   b. 23 May 1903, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Jan 1944, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 40 years) + 6. Charles Bluford Sparks,   b. 26 Feb 1906, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jan 1981, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)   7. Offa Sparks   8. Ova Etta Sparks,   b. Abt 1909, Tennessee  (Age ~ 115 years) + 9. John Woodrow Sparks,   b. 15 May 1911, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Aug 1975  (Age 64 years) + 10. Lawrence Eugene Sparks,   b. 31 Mar 1914, Georgia ,   d. 6 Feb 1976  (Age 61 years)   11. Irma Lucille Sparks,   b. Abt 1917, Tennessee  (Age ~ 107 years)
  Family ID	F82746	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Apr 1876 - Blount County, Tennessee Died - 21 Nov 1927 - Blount County, Tennessee Buried - 22 Nov 1927 - Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Miller Funeral Home, (http://www.millerfuneralhome.org), 13 Jan 1984. Josephine Cable obituary [S84] E-Mail, Cathy Jenkins [cjenkins@chartertn.net], 16 Oct 2007. [S112] Census, 1880. Name: Laura T. Grigory Residence: District 16, Blount, Tennessee Birthdate: 1876 Birthplace: Tennessee, United States Relationship to Head: Daughter Spouse's Name: Spouse's Birthplace: Father's Name: John Grigory Father's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States Mother's Name: Rutha Grigory Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States Race or Color (Expanded): White Ethnicity (Standardized): American Gender: Female Martial Status: Single Age (Expanded): 4 years Occupation: NARA Film Number: T9-1245 Page: 234 Page Character: C Entry Number: 920 Film number: 1255245 Household Gender Age Parent John Grigory M 28 Parent Rutha Grigory F 27 Laura T. Grigory F 4 Paula J. Grigory F 3 Charls F. Grigory M 7M [S87] Death Certificate. Name: Sarah Texana Sparks Event: Death Event Date: 21 Nov 1927 Event Place: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Race or Color: White Age: 51 Estimated Birth Year: Birth Date: 13 Apr 1896 Birthplace: Blount Co. Spouse: Father: John Gregory Father's Birthplace: N. C. Mother: Ruth Shields Mother's Birthplace: Blount Co. Occupation: Street Address: Residence: Cemetery: Cades Cove Burial Place: Burial Date: 22 Nov 1927 Informant: Additional Relatives: Digital Folder Number: 4183597 Image Number: 1160 Film Number: 1876732 Volume/Page/Certificate Number: cn 23652 [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Rutha Shields Also Known As: Suffix: Event: Marriage Event Date: 20 Aug 1875 Event Place: Blount, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Spouse: John Gregory Spouse's Also Known As: Spouse's Prefix: Spouse's Suffix: Page: 81