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Hettie Odessa Townsend

Female 1895 - 1948  (53 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hettie Odessa Townsend was born 8 Jul 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Millard Townsend and Nancy Elizabeth Ogle); died 2 Aug 1948, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Aug 1948, Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 57.

    Hettie — Eli Wilson. Eli (son of William R. Wilson and Rachel V. Williams) was born 7 Feb 1892, Tennessee; died 28 Nov 1986; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Wilda Faye Wilson
    2. Claude Wilson died Bef 3 Apr 2008.
    3. Nina Virginia Wilson was born 20 Oct 1927; died 3 Apr 2008; was buried 5 Apr 2008, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Wilma Raye Wilson was born 3 Mar 1931, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1984; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Edna Wilson
    6. Carroll Dot Wilson died Bef 3 Apr 2008.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Millard Townsend was born 1 Mar 1861, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of James M. Townsend and Mary Evalina Young); died 16 Apr 1926; was buried Deep Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.

    Notes:

    James Millard Townsend was a farmer.

    All of his children were educated and could read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 302.
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 26, 57.

    James married Nancy Elizabeth Ogle 31 Aug 1883. Nancy (daughter of John Ogle and Eliza Margaret Clabough) was born 5 Jan 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jul 1939; was buried Deep Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Nancy Elizabeth Ogle was born 5 Jan 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of John Ogle and Eliza Margaret Clabough); died 20 Jul 1939; was buried Deep Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Lower Tenth, Whitfield County, Georgia

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 302.
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 57.

    Children:
    1. Mary Jane Townsend was born 26 Jun 1884, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1920, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried 28 Mar 1920, Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    2. Eliza E. Townsend was born Dec 1885.
    3. Ida Viola Townsend was born Jun 1888.
    4. Jetty B. Townsend was born Jul 1890.
    5. Newton C. Townsend was born 4 Sep 1892, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1978, Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. 1. Hettie Odessa Townsend was born 8 Jul 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Aug 1948, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Aug 1948, Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. John M. Townsend was born 3 Sep 1897, Tennessee; died 10 Apr 1984, Whitfield County, Georgia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James M. Townsend was born 3 Sep 1835, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of John Townsend and Mary "Polly" Baldridge); died 1 Apr 1876; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Census near John and Polly Townsend.

    James M. Townsend served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was Private, 5th Tennessee Calvary enlisted for one year in 1862 discharged in 1863. James Townsend along with his brother Thomas were accused of murder in Blount County, Tennessee. He fled to Sevier County, Tennessee about 1869. No evidence was given to prove his guilt. The Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census listed him as a farmer with $500 personal property and $179 worth of land.

    Charter member of the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee where he is buried with his wife.

    Kathy Townsend lists parents as Thomas and Mary (Robinson) Townsend. However, based on Cocke County 1850 and 1860 census, James seems to be son of John and Mary "Polly" Townsend.
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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 15, 23, 26, 28, 111, 112.

    James — Mary Evalina Young. Mary (daughter of Young and Theresa Paine) was born 17 Jun 1846, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1901; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Evalina Young was born 17 Jun 1846, Tennessee (daughter of Young and Theresa Paine); died 1 Oct 1901; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1860 Census of Cocke County, Tennessee with husband and first son.

    Mary E. Townsend was listed as charter member of the Shady Grove Baptist Church of Sevier County, Tennessee on 24 March 1871.
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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 28, 111, 112.

    Children:
    1. Rev. William Duett "Uncle Billy" Townsend was born 4 Jul 1859, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 6 Dec 1937, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 2. James Millard Townsend was born 1 Mar 1861, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 16 Apr 1926; was buried Deep Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    3. Elbert Grovan Townsend was born 1 Mar 1863, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 1904; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Townsend was born 10 Apr 1865; died 19 Apr 1865.
    5. Harriet Maranda Townsend was born 5 May 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; was christened 26 Sep 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 May 1919; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. George Matson Townsend was born 13 Sep 1869, Tennessee; died 29 Oct 1937; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Theresa Angelina "Aunt Tex" Townsend was born 25 Aug 1871, Tennessee; was christened 26 Sep 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jan 1941; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Jettey Etter Townsend was born 28 May 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1918; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  John Ogle was born 18 Feb 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Haggard "Buck" Ogle and Sarah Thurman); died 20 Mar 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana; was buried Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

    Notes:

    Serving the Union during the Civil War, John Ogle enlisted 8 Nov 1862 at Sevierville, Tennessee in Company M, 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry. He died 20 Mar 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana of chronic dysentery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 144.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 302.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 231.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    John married Eliza Margaret Clabough 6 Sep 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee. Eliza (daughter of William Clabaugh and Lavina King) was born 22 Aug 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Mar 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Eliza Margaret Clabough was born 22 Aug 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Clabaugh and Lavina King); died 16 Mar 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978 p 144.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 302.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 231.
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 57.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. William M. Ogle was born 25 Aug 1851, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1913; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    2. Madison Cates Ogle was born 6 Aug 1853, Tennessee; died 4 Feb 1919; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Martha Ogle was born 1857.
    4. John Ogle was born 1860.
    5. 3. Nancy Elizabeth Ogle was born 5 Jan 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jul 1939; was buried Deep Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John TownsendJohn Townsend was born Abt 1813, North Carolina (son of Elizabeth); died 8 Jan 1890; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1860, District 8, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    There is a Thomas and Francis Stapleton (Gaddy) Townsend who had the following children in North Carolina:
    1794 William
    1796 Daniel
    1798 Alexender McConkey
    abt 1800 James
    abt 1802 John
    abt 1804 Nancy
    abt 1806 Elizabeth

    There is a Thomas Townsend listed in the 1839 District 7, Cocke County, Tennessee tax list with 250 acres school land and 1 white polls.

    1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census
    John 34 M NC Farmer Illiterate
    Polly 34 NC Illiterate
    Penelope 16 F TN School
    James 14 M TN School
    William 12 M TN School
    Philip 10 M TN School
    Nancy 4 F TN
    Mary 9/12 TN (census taken 10/2/1850)
    Baldridge, Nancy 70 F NC Illiterate

    Also listed in the 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census are the following Townsends:

    Family 842 page 803:
    Peter 30 M NC Laborer Illiterate
    Jane 20 F TN Illiterate
    Nebo 4 M TN
    Larina? 2 F TN

    Family 841 page 803:
    William 28 M NC Laborer Illiterate
    Nancy 28 F TN Illiterate
    Sarah 7 F TN
    Rachel 5 F TN
    Elizabeth 2 F TN
    Elizabeth 65 F NC Illiterate

    1850 Buncombe, North Carolina Census (appears to be different Townsend family).
    John 46 M
    Mary 30 M
    Appie 12 M
    Oscar N. B. 9 M
    Robter R. 7 M
    Nancy P. 5 F
    Mary M. 3 M

    John Townsend is listed in the 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee census as a farmer unable to read or write. His real estate was valued at $2,000 and personal property at $746.

    In the 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Census is listed a James Townsend next to John Townsend with personal property of $325 born in Tennessee, age 24, farmer able to read and write. He is with Mary E. 18 years and William D. 1 year. This must be John Wesley's first son living on rented property which conflicts with Kathy Townsend's listing of James' ancestry.

    In the late 1860's the family moved to Sevier County, Tennessee. John Townsend and his wife were charter members of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee on 24 March 1871. Wesley Townsend was the second pastor of the church serving 1872 through 1874.
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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage," Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 7, 8, 26, 111, 112.
    Hannibal's online 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census,
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censust.txt.

    John — Mary "Polly" Baldridge. Mary (daughter of John Baldridge and Nancy Taylor) was born 16 Dec 1813, North Carolina; died 25 Apr 1875; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary "Polly" Baldridge was born 16 Dec 1813, North Carolina (daughter of John Baldridge and Nancy Taylor); died 25 Apr 1875; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1860, District 8, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    There is a James Baldridge listed in the 1839 District 3, Cocke County, Tennessee tax list.

    There is a John Baldridge who married Nancy Taylor/Tylor 19 September 1810 in Rutherford County, North Carolina who had the following children born in North Carolina:
    Mary about 1811
    William about 1813
    James about 1815
    Jincy about 1817

    Listed in 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Census as unable to read or write.

    Charter member of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Kathy Townsend lists name as Mary Carolina Clark.
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    Reference:
    Hannibal's online 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census,
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censust.txt.

    Notes:

    31 January 1835 Charleston Observer
    Married at Bugby, Wadmalaw Island on Thursday 22d (22 Jan 1835) inst., by the Rev. Mr. Hanckel, John Townsend Esq. of Edisto Island, to Mary Caroline, only daughter of the late Richard Jenkins, of Johns Island.

    Children:
    1. Penelope Townsend was born Abt 1834, Tennessee.
    2. 4. James M. Townsend was born 3 Sep 1835, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 1 Apr 1876; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. William Townsend was born Abt 1838, Tennessee.
    4. Phillip "Barney" Townsend was born Abt 1840, Tennessee; died 1877; was buried Townsend Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Townsend was born 13 Sep 1846, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Sep 1922, Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary M. Townsend was born 15 Sep 1848, Tennessee; died 22 Mar 1889; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Rev. John Wesley Townsend was born Abt 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Royal S. Townsend was born Abt 1853, Tennessee.
    9. Margaret E. Townsend was born Abt 1855, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Young was born North Carolina.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 28.

    Theresa Paine. Theresa (daughter of Paine) was born Abt 1822, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Theresa Paine was born Abt 1822, Virginia (daughter of Paine).
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Evalina Young was born 17 Jun 1846, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1901; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  William Haggard "Buck" Ogle was born 1804, Edgefield County, South Carolina (son of Hercules "Hike" Ogle and Elizabeth Haggard); died Aft 1880; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    William H. Ogle, called Buck or Bucky, came to Sevier County with his family about 1805. He is listed in the census records of Sevier County from 1830 through 1880. He died after 1880 and is buried in Little Greenbrier Cemetery in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 87.

    William married Sarah Thurman Abt 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah was born Abt 1807; died 1834. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Sarah Thurman was born Abt 1807; died 1834.

    Notes:

    Parents unknown.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountaion Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Ogle was born 26 Sep 1824, Tennessee; died 26 Aug 1892; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 6. John Ogle was born 18 Feb 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana; was buried Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
    3. Perry Ogle was born 1828, Tennessee.
    4. William Cleason Ogle was born 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Ogle was born 2 Aug 1832, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1876; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Hulda Ogle was born Jan 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  William Clabaugh was born 1782, Frederick County, Maryland (son of John Clabaugh, Jr. and Margaret Ferguson); died 1856/1860, Middle Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    From the Records of Commissions of Officers in Tennessee Militia 1796-1815, compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, we find that William Clabough was appointed as an Ensign, Light Infantry Company of the 11th Regiment for Sevier County, Tennessee on July 8, 1808. Later, in his early thirties, as he claimed in 1852 he served in the Creek Indian War in Alexander Hill's Company, Colonel William Carrol's Regiment, Tennessee Drafted Militia. He was drafted in McMinnville, Tennessee, in October 1813 for six months duty. He was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee in June 1814. He applied for a Bounty Land Warrant on two different dates: March 30, 1852, and September 6, 1855 with the United States Government on his war of 1812 military services. It was rejected because of insufficient information.

    William and Lavina are listed in 1830 through 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee as Cleaubeaugh 68 and 54. William died at his homeplace.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 35-36.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 246.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 230, 231.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    William married Lavina King 1815, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee. Lavina (daughter of Nathaniel King and Elizabeth Runyan) was born 1798, South Carolina; died 1870/1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Lavina King was born 1798, South Carolina (daughter of Nathaniel King and Elizabeth Runyan); died 1870/1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Lavina lived with her son and daughter-in-law, William and Elizabeth Handley Clabough Jr. as listed in the 1860 through 1870 Federal Census.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 35-36.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 246.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 230, 231.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, 10s.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. William Clabough, Jr. was born 1820, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James R. Clabough was born 1822, Tennessee; died 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Clabaugh was born 1824.
    4. Martin Nathaniel Clabough was born 1827, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Nov 1898, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 7. Eliza Margaret Clabough was born 22 Aug 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Mar 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Nancy Jane Clabough was born 25 Nov 1830, Tennessee; died 31 Dec 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Roberts Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Lavina Clabough was born 8 Nov 1836, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Marion C. Clabough was born 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Jackson Clabough was born 1840, Tennessee.