1. | Lydia "Aunt Liddy" Kear was born 24 May 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff); died 4 Dec 1926, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes:
"Aunt Liddy" was a noted basket weaver, midwife, preacher (could quote the Bible from "kiver to kiver"), undertaker, and a tailor of men's suits. (This included shearing the sheep, carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving the wool fabric). She tanned leather to make her shoes, hunted game for meat and did all her cooking and baking in her fireplace. She gathered herbs and made medicine for many ailments and went wherever there was sickness and unselfishly helped many, many folks throughout the Smoky Mountain area. She doctored herself when she became seriously ill from a snake bite. She reached into a hens nest and a copperhead bit her.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 11, 283.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 29, 30, 293.
Lydia married John Brabson Whaley 9 Feb 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee. John (son of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey) was born 25 Feb 1842, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Perry W. Whaley was born 24 Apr 1861; died 11 Aug 1864; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
- Isabella Whaley was born 1 Jul 1863, Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1941; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
- Lorsinda B. Whaley was born 22 Feb 1865; died 13 Feb 1948; was buried Chilhowee Cemetery, Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee.
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