William Trasse "Tress" Rayfield^[1]

1852 - 1893  (40 years)

• Name	William Trasse "Tress" Rayfield
  Born	29 Jan 1852	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jan 1893
  Buried	Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I31875	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Charles Rayfield,   b. 10 Mar 1825, Lincoln County, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Feb 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Bohannon,   b. 10 Apr 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Apr 1925  (Age 99 years)
  Married	1852
  Family ID	F11280	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Purren Kersey Breeden,   b. May 1865, Tennessee ,   d. 1936  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	4 Jul 1879	Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Marriage License	4 Jul 1879	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Charles H. Rayfield,   b. 1 Apr 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jan 1959  (Age 78 years) + 2. John Westley Rayfield,   b. 10 Jun 1881, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Jan 1958  (Age 76 years) + 3. George Newton Rayfield,   b. 27 Jul 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jan 1965, Leavenworth, Chelan, Washington  (Age 82 years)   4. Mary Parlee Rayfield,   b. Feb 1885, Tennessee + 5. Martha J. Rayfield,   b. Feb 1887, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Feb 1964, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 76 years)   6. Henry Edward Rayfield,   b. Mar 1889, Tennessee   7. Amos L. Rayfield,   b. Feb 1891, Tennessee
  Family ID	F11745	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Jan 1852 - Tennessee Married - 4 Jul 1879 - Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage License - 4 Jul 1879 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Plemons 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

  
  

• Notes

  SMSH lists birth as 9 March 1852. ---------- Reference "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 144, 145. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 314.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 385C, 1880. Census Place: Wears Valley, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 385C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Wm. RAYFEILD Self M M W 24 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: TN Curreen RAYFEILD Wife F M W 19 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN Charles RAYFEILD Son M S W 3M TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Rebeca BREEDEN Other F S W 13 TN Occ: Works In The House Fa: TN Mo: TN [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 711. Birth 9 March 1852 [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 91618906). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Tres Rafield Event Type Marriage Event Date 04 Jul 1879 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Kersey Breeden Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-CT57?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1HH%3A1589264711%2C1589374329 : 22 December 2016), Sevier > image 400 of 757; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.