Westley O. Whaley^[1]

1838 - 1863  (24 years)

• Name	Westley O. Whaley
  Born	21 May 1838	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Mar 1863	Murfreesborough, Tennessee
  Person ID	I1226	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	Mary "Polly" Reagan,   b. 22 Mar 1845, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Aug 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1860	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Medora Whaley,   b. 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. INFANT + 2. Isham Hodges Whaley,   b. Feb 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Oct 1908  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Family ID	F451	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 May 1838 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 19 Jan 1860 - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census with parents attending school. Serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Westley O. Whaley enlisted 22 September 1862 in Company E, 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal while on his duty. He was in hospital for the treatment of diarrhea at Murfreesborough, Tennessee and died later of same cause 26 March 1863. Buriel place is unknown. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 23. "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 42. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 11, 46, 129. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 170, 171. 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 1, 29 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt