Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Williams

1872 - 1920  (48 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Williams
  Born	24 Feb 1872	Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1920	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	30 Jun 1920
  Buried	Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I2666	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	William M. Williams,   b. 11 Oct 1835, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jul 1908  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Ogle,   b. 8 Apr 1840, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Mar 1897  (Age 56 years)
  Married	18 Mar 1857
  Family ID	F816	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Humphrey Ownby,   b. 4 Mar 1855, Tennessee ,   d. 11 May 1937  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Abt 1900
  Marriage License	2 Oct 1900	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Leonard Ownby,   b. 1901,   d. 1903  (Age 2 years)   2. Ernest N. Ownby,   b. 3 Oct 1904, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Dec 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 35 years) + 3. Frances Ownby,   b. 3 Jul 1906, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Apr 1987, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years) + 4. Gaither McKinley Ownby,   b. 7 Sep 1907, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Mar 1953, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 45 years) + 5. David Carl Ownby,   b. 15 Mar 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Oct 1986  (Age 76 years)   6. Wade W. Ownby,   b. 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Oct 1997, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F1016	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Feb 1872 - Tennessee Marriage License - 2 Oct 1900 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1910 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1920 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Bessie Ownby Feb. 24, 1872 June 30, 1920

  
  

• Notes

  Donald B. Reagan lists Elizabeth as being buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69, 76. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 12, 197. "Smoky Mountian Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 165.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 309D, 1880. [S112] Census, 1910. name: Bessie Ownby birthplace: Tennessee relationship to head of household: Wife residence: Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee marital status: Married race : White gender: Female immigration year: father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee family number: 12 page number: 1 Household Gender Age Birthplace self Humphrey Ownby M 54y Tennessee wife Bessie Ownby F 38y Tennessee dau Zella M Ownby F 16y Tennessee son Ezra J Ownby M 14y Tennessee son Ernest Ownby M 5y Tennessee dau Louranie Ownby F 3y Tennessee son Gather Ownby M 2y Tennessee son Karl Ownby M y 1m Tennessee [S112] Census, 1920. name: Bessie Ownby residence: , Sevier, Tennessee estimated birth year: 1872 age: 48 birthplace: Tennessee relationship to head of household: Wife gender: Female race: White marital status: Married father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee film number: 1821762 digital folder number: 4390948 image number: 00437 sheet number: 4 Household Gender Age Birthplace self Umphfrey Ownby M 63y Tennessee wife Bessie Ownby F 48y Tennessee son Earnest Ownby M 15y Tennessee dau Francie Ownby F 13y Tennessee son Gather Ownby M 12y Tennessee son Carl Ownby M 9y Tennessee son Wade Ownby M 8y Tennessee Susie Stinnett F 62y Tennessee [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 694.