Walter Runyan^[1]

1894 - 1970  (76 years)

• Name	Walter Runyan
  Born	25 May 1894	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	16 Nov 1970	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I50518	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Mitchell Runyan,   b. 9 Oct 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Feb 1952, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Dosiafine D. "Dosa" Hardin,   b. 1 May 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Dec 1949, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 81 years)
  Married	12 Jun 1892	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F18713	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Virgie Huff,   b. 28 Feb 1906, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Dec 1976  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Agnes Runyan,   b. Abt 1925, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 5 Jan 2018  (Age ~ 93 years)   2. Joy Runyan,   b. Abt 1927, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 5 Jan 2018  (Age ~ 91 years)   3. James Walter Runyan,   b. 21 Feb 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 95 years)   4. Harold Runyan,   b. Abt 1936, Tennessee  (Age ~ 88 years)   5. Marlene Runyan,   b. Abt 1938, Tennessee  (Age ~ 86 years) + 6. Franklin Delano Runyan,   b. 30 Jan 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jan 2018  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F18726	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 May 1894 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 16 Nov 1970 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, 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

  ---------- Reference: "The Final Irony", Katherine Lane Nichols, 1975, p 192. Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 330. [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Walter Runyan Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Sex: Male Age: 44 Marital Status: Married Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated): 1896 Last Place of Residence: Same House Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Walter Runyan Head Male 44 Tennessee Virginia Runyan Wife Female 34 Tennessee Agnes Runyan Daughter Female 15 Tennessee Jay Runyan Daughter Female 13 Tennessee James Runyan Son Male 11 Tennessee Harold Runyan Son Male 4 Tennessee Marlene Runyan Daughter Female 2 Tennessee "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-64KG?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-1SW%3A792528401%2C796114801%2C792569001%2C953146401 : accessed 30 January 2018), Tennessee > Sevier > Civil District 5 > 78-7 Civil District 5 outside Sevierville Town N of State Highway 35, W of State Highway 71, and NE of road from State Highway 71 to W District Line Across West Fork of Little Pigeon River and along Big Gists Creek > image 4 of 26; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012. [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 16 Nov 1970. Runyan, Walter 76 b. 5-25-94 TN d. 11-16-70 SCH farmer f. R M Runyan m. Docia Hardin Shiloh Cem Survivors: widow Vergie Huff R5 Sev 3 sons James Delano Harold 3 dau Mrs Carl Hance Mrs Bill DiMarzo Jr Mrs Lon Dockery 8 gc 1 bro Jim Runyan 5 sis Mrs Grace McCall Mrs Ray Sharp Miss Willie Mae Runyan Mrs Vola Davis Mrs Blanche Chilton. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 368.