Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest Pending Changes


My father, Roy Henry Clabough, was a son of James Ray Clabaugh and a half-brother to Eddie Clabo. James Ray Clabaugh was born on 5 January 1864, the son of James and Anna Maples Clabaugh. He married Mary Rebecca McMahan and they had seven children.
1. Benjamin Harrison Clabough  	b. October 1892
				d. 1919, Loudon Co., Tn.

2. Marion Luther Clabough	b. 17 November 1893
				d. 25 October 1968, Blount, Tn
   md Nola Mae McGhee		m. 29 January 1921
	Children were:
	Dorothy Clabough	b. 
	R. L. Clabough		b. 21 Oct 1931, Blount Co., Tn
				d. 12 Nov 1931, Blount Co., Tn

3. Nancy Ann Clabough		b. Feb 1895
   md Earl B. Underwood
   	Children were:
	Ann Underwood
	E. B. Underwood

	Earl B. and Nancy Ann Clabaugh Underwood lived in Lenoir City, 	Loudon
	County, Tennessee.

4. Melvin J. Clabough		b. 17 May 1896
				d. 19 June 1969, McMinn, Tn
    md Lillie Smith		m. 22 April 1922, Blount, Tn
	Divorced from Lillie Smith.
    md Georgia .....

	Melvin J. Clabough had no children.

5. Allie Rene Clabough		b. March 1898
    md Carl Stanton

	Not known to have had any children.

6. Julia Clabough		b. August 1899
    md Raymond Madison		m. 01 May 1927, Blount Co., Tn
	Raymond Madison		b. 13 April 1899, Blount Co., Tn
				d. 01 January 1927, Blount County
	Children were:
	Ray Madison

    After death of Raymond Madison, Julia Clabough Madison married
    Otha M. Kerr on 16 October 1927.

	Children of Julia Clabough Madison and Otha M. Kerr were:
	Quinton Kerr
	Melvin Luther [M. L.] Kerr
	Carl Kerr	

7. Edward Clabough [Clabo]	b. 20 Sept 1901
				d. 28 Nov 1933, Sevier Co., Tn
    md Charity Alice Reagan
Sometime shortly after the death of Mary Rebecca McMahan Clabaugh, James
Ray Clabaugh married Martha Louise [Mattie] Baker, daughter of Eli and
Vina Gossett Moore Baker.
Martha Louise Baker b. 08 Sept 1885, Sevier Co., Tn d. 06 Dec 1968, Blount Co., Tn James Ray and Martha Louise Baker Clabaugh had two children. 1. Roy Henry Clabough b. 11 Nov 1902 d. 10 Dec 1969, Blount Co., Tn md. Mayme Allie Wilson on 13 June 1923, Blount Co., Tn b. 15 Nov 1898, Blount Co., Tn d. 13 Feb 1969, Blount Co., Tn Roy Henry and Mayme Allie Wilson Clabough had four children. 1) Emma Kathleen Clabough b. 16 July 1925, Blount Co., Tn md Charles A. Phelps, Jr. on 19 Feb 1948, Blount Co., Tn 2) Earl Melvyn Clabough b. 15 Dec 1927, Blount Co., Tn md Leah Etheleen Moore on 30 Aug 1952, Blount Co., Tn 3) Billy Gene Clabough b. 26 July 1930, Blount Co., Tn md Phyllis Marion Gregory on 27 Nov 1954, Blount Co, Tn 4) Charles Marvin Clabough b. 20 Dec 1933, Blount Co., Tn md Patsy Kay Shamblin on 29 Dec 1952, Blount Co., Tn 2. Samuel E. Clabough b. 03 Oct 1905 d. 15 Nov 1906
James Ray Clabaugh, his second wife Martha Louise [Mattie] Baker Clabaugh and their son, Samuel E. Clabaugh are buried in Prospect Cemetery in Blount County, Tennessee. James Ray Clabaugh suffered a stroke and died on 04 July 1923, not in April of 1923. His obituary appeared in the 11 July "Maryville [Tennessee] Enterprise and stated:

"Rev Jas. R. Clabough died of paralysis the 4th of July at his home on Parham Hill. He leaves a wife and children. He was 69 [sic] years old. The funeral was held last Friday, interment being in Prospect Cemetery."

Melvyn Clabough

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