John Brabson Whaley^[1]

1842 - 1864  (22 years)

• Name	John Brabson Whaley
  Born	25 Feb 1842	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Sep 1864	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I5065	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	John H. "Bullhead" Whaley,   b. 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Mar 1909  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Mourning Ownbey,   b. 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 52 years)
  Married	Abt 1834	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F225	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lydia "Aunt Liddy" Kear,   b. 24 May 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Dec 1926, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)
  Married	9 Feb 1860	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Perry W. Whaley,   b. 24 Apr 1861,   d. 11 Aug 1864  (Age 3 years) + 2. Isabella Whaley,   b. 1 Jul 1863, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Dec 1941  (Age 78 years) + 3. Lorsinda B. Whaley,   b. 22 Feb 1865,   d. 13 Feb 1948  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F1917	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Feb 1842 - Tennessee Married - 9 Feb 1860 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 5 Sep 1864 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, 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

  Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census with parents attending school. Serving the Union Army during the Civil War, John Brabson Whaley was "a private in temporary service of the United States on 5 September 1864 who was killed while trying to rescue a Federal soldier" at a fort near what is now the Chimney Picnic area in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 11. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 29. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] The Mountain Press, 7 Dec 2013. Upland Chronicles: Joel Whaley left his mark in the Smokies [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 253, page 403b, line 3, 29 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0396a.txt [S9] Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, Vol. XXV, No. 3, p 7. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 579.