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Katie Brabson

Female 1896 - 1968  (72 years)

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  1. 1.  Katie BrabsonKatie Brabson was born 27 Apr 1896, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Edward F. "Ed" Brabson and Balzora Dockery); died 8 Aug 1968, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Katie married Edward "Ed" Chandler 1918. [Group Sheet]

    Katie married Lon Mills Abt 1940. [Group Sheet]

    Katie — Neal. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward F. "Ed" BrabsonEdward F. "Ed" Brabson was born 1864, Tennessee (son of Bill Ogle and Easter Brabson); died 20 Mar 1928, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Edward married Balzora Dockery 9 Dec 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee. Balzora (daughter of Isaac Dockery and Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas) was born 2 Jun 1869; died 17 Aug 1904; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Balzora DockeryBalzora Dockery was born 2 Jun 1869 (daughter of Isaac Dockery and Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas); died 17 Aug 1904; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Mary V. Brabson was born Sep 1883, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1965.
    2. Charles E. Brabson was born Dec 1885, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1955, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Josie B. Brabson was born 1888, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1959; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Laura Nancey Brabson was born 1893, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1959; was buried Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    5. William "Bill" Brabson was born Dec 1894, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1972; was buried Knox County, Tennessee.
    6. 1. Katie Brabson was born 27 Apr 1896, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Aug 1968, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Frank P. "Tom" Brabson was born 26 Apr 1900, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 1967, Strawberry Plains, Tennessee; was buried Gillette Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    8. Oscar R. "Date" Brabson was born 3 Oct 1902, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1934; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Bill Ogle

    Bill — Easter Brabson. Easter was born Abt 1845, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Easter Brabson was born Abt 1845, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 2. Edward F. "Ed" Brabson was born 1864, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1928, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. M. Brabson was born Abt 1868, Tennessee.
    3. V. L. Brabson was born Abt 1871, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Isaac DockeryIsaac Dockery was born May 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benjamin Dockery and Nancy Gibson); died 24 Jun 1910; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 10 Aug 1860, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 14 Jun 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1880, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    In the late 1860s, Isaac Dockery (1832-1910) built a brick kiln near Sevierville and established a brick masonry business. Dockery, who was born a free Black, moved to Sevierville to work as a merchant clerk for a white businessman, Henry M. Thomas, before the Civil War. After the war, Dockery became instrumental in establishing the brick masonry tradition within the African-American culture of Sevier County. Often, he inscribed his initials, “I D,” and sometimes a date on his bricks as a trademark. Dockery taught his brick masonry craft to his sons, his sons-in-law, and his grandsons.

    Dockery constructed brick foundations and chimneys for many dwellings throughout the county, but his most notable buildings were located in Sevierville. Recognized as Sevier County landmarks, these buildings include the New Salem Baptist Church (1886), the original Murphy College building (1891), the Sevierville Masonic Lodge (1893), and the elaborate Sevier County Courthouse (1896).

    Dockery moved to Newport in adjoining Cocke County in 1898 and died at his son’s home in Knoxville in 1910. He was buried in the public cemetery for African Americans near Sevierville.

    Several members of Dockery’s family also became well-known brick masons in Sevier County, including Paris Witt McMahan (1852-1929), a former slave who established the Riverside Steam Brick Company that operated near Sevierville until the 1930s; George and Stewart Burden (1890-1988), who established a highly productive collection company in the early twentieth century; Bill Coleman, who moved to neighboring Jefferson County; and Joe Leak McMahan, Sr. (1881- 1964).

    Fred McMahan (1895- 1980), perhaps the most notable of Dockery’s descendants, attended Knoxville College in the late 1910s and earned his master’s degree in Architectural Engineering at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Around 1920, he returned to Sevierville and established the J. F & N McMahan Construction Company with his brothers, James and Newt McMahan.

    One of the most prolific black builders and brick masons in the state, McMahan and his construction company were responsible for scores of Sevier County buildings, beginning with the Pleasant View Rosenwald School in 1921-22. The company built landmark buildings throughout the county and in adjoining counties between 1920 and 1960, including dwellings, churches, schools and college campus buildings, automobile showrooms and service stations, a WPA-funded post office, and commercial buildings.

    One of the most important buildings that Fred McMahan constructed may be the Dwight and Kate Wade House, which was finished in 1940 at SevierviIle. This house was designed by Verna Cook Salomonsky, a leading female architect from New York City, and is a replica of an avant-garde exhibition dwelling at the 1939-40 New York World Fair’s “Town of Tomorrow” exhibit.

    McMahan’s own home still stands outside Sevierville.

    The Historic Architecture of Sevier County, Tennessee
    Robbie D. Jones

    Isaac — Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas. Charlotte (daughter of Mary Thomas) was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Mary Thomas); died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Adaline Dockery was born 1853, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1924; was buried 29 Jan 1924, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nancy E. Dockery was born 8 Feb 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Jun 1919, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Jun 1919, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    3. Louisa Dockery was born 12 Aug 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Feb 1918, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Isaac Wilburn Dockery was born 10 May 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1927, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Nov 1927, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mollie Caldonia Dockery was born 5 Oct 1862, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 1929; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Ambrose Burnside Dockery was born May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1946, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Feb 1946, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. Samuel H. Dockery was born 1 Jan 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jun 1941, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Jun 1941, Daughter Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    8. Manervy J. Dockery was born Abt 1867, Tennessee.
    9. McKendre Porter Thomas was born Mar 1867, Tennessee; died 8 Jun 1940, Hawkins, Wood County, Texas; was buried 8 Jun 1940, Jarvis, Texas.
    10. 3. Balzora Dockery was born 2 Jun 1869; died 17 Aug 1904; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Lewis N. Dockery was born 12 Oct 1869, Tennessee.
    12. Henry T. Dockery was born 8 Oct 1872, Tennessee.
    13. Frank P. Dockery was born Abt 1872, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1930, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; was buried 27 Apr 1930, Rose Mound.
    14. Julas C. Dockery was born Abt 1874, Tennessee.
    15. Ida P. Dockery was born Mar 1879, Tennessee.
    16. Charlie Julius Dockery was born Abt 1879, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 1952, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried 13 May 1952, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.
    17. Mattie Kate Dockery was born Abt 1881; died 13 Jun 1949, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Benjamin Dockery was born 1798, North Carolina.

    Benjamin — Nancy Gibson. Nancy was born Abt 1800, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Nancy Gibson was born Abt 1800, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. George Dockery was born Abt 1820, North Carolina.
    2. Solomon Dockery was born Abt 1832, Tennessee.
    3. 6. Isaac Dockery was born May 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Jun 1910; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. James M. Dockery was born Abt 1833, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Dockery was born Abt 1834, North Carolina.
    6. Benjamin Dockery was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
    7. Elizabeth Dockery was born Abt 1842, Tennessee.
    8. Wilson Dockery was born Abt 1843, Tennessee.

  3. 15.  Mary Thomas was born Abt 1820, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 7. Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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