James Westley "Jeams" Bohanon

1869 - 1943  (73 years)

• Name	James Westley "Jeams" Bohanon
  Born	20 Aug 1869	Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jul 1943  [3, 4]
  Buried	White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I1977	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	William H. Bohanan,   b. 20 Mar 1845, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Jun 1880  (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Martha Lueasy Bradley,   b. 11 Nov 1843, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Sep 1918, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Marriage License	20 Jul 1868	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	21 Nov 1868	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F281	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Laura Whaley,   b. 13 Jan 1876, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Apr 1956  (Age 80 years)
  Marriage License	2 Mar 1893	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Bohannon,   b. Abt 1892   2. Oscar O. Bohanon,   b. 31 May 1894, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Dec 1938, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 44 years)   3. Curtis E. Bohanon,   b. Feb 1897   4. Roxie Bohanon,   b. Sep 1899 + 5. Gertrude Bohanon,   b. 9 Sep 1899,   d. 16 Dec 1960  (Age 61 years)   6. Beulah Bohanon,   b. Abt 1901   7. Ray Bohanon,   b. 3 Sep 1903, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Apr 1976  (Age 72 years) + 8. Edna Bohanon,   b. 19 Feb 1905, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Dec 1973  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F738	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Aug 1869 - Tennessee Marriage License - 2 Mar 1893 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Bought two farms and moved to an area known as "Fighting Creek" about 2 miles South of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters. Here, J. W., as he was known, operated a General Store, along with farming and teaching school until the farmes were bought for a part of the National Park. ---------- Reference "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 45. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 22-23, 72, 171. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 146. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 274.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 449b, 30 Jun 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0449b.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 456, 1880. http://sevierlibrary.tripod.com/page71880.html [S77] Rawlings Funeral Home Records 1911-1995, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 20 Jul 1943. Bohannon, J W 73 Jul 20, 1943 Gat [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 20 Jul 1943. Bohanan, J.W. Aug 20, 1869 Tn July 20, 1943 Father: Bohanan, William H. N.C. Mother: Bradley, Martha N.C. Sons: Ray, Curtis Daughters: Mrs. Pink Maples, Mrs. Walter Proffitt, Mrs. Lillard Maples Cemetery: Gatlinburg Baptist [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 571.