David Ellis Watson

1888 - 1970  (81 years)

• Name	David Ellis Watson
  Born	9 Nov 1888	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Oct 1970  [1]
  Buried	White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I2225	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2002

  
  

  Father	David Joel Watson,   b. 15 Nov 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 May 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Charity Ownby,   b. 31 Dec 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Aug 1947, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 92 years)
  Marriage License	7 Feb 1870	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	10 Feb 1870	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Headstones		Mother Father Charity Watson Joel Watson Dec. 31, 1854 Nov 15, 1947 Aug. 20, 1947 May 9, 1919
  Family ID	F231	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Lillie Mae Trentham,   b. 4 Mar 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jan 1954  (Age 59 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1910
  Children	+ 1. Olin Watson,   b. 27 Apr 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Jan 1988  (Age 75 years) + 2. Clell David Watson,   b. 24 Dec 1917, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Dec 2002, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)   3. Charles Watson,   b. 5 Nov 1919,   d. 2 Jun 1921  (Age 1 years) + 4. Noah Hugh Watson,   b. 10 May 1932  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F841	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Josie Trentham,   b. 3 Sep 1892, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Apr 1991  (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F1150	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Nov 1888 - Tennessee Buried - - White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  SMHS lists death as 1968. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 111, 166. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 84. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 63, 68, 71, 73, 74, 160, 187, 271. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 150. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 106, 110, 117. Bonnie Trentham Myers, bltrentham@AOL.com, 23 November 2000.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 4 Oct 1970. Watson, David Ellis 81 b. 11-9-88 TN d. 10-4-70 SCH carpenter f. Joel Watson m. Charity Ownby Gatlinburg Cem Survivors: wife Josie M Trentham 534 Parkway Gatlinburg 3 sons Olin St Petersburg FL Clell Gatlinburg Hugh Pinellas Park FL 11 gc 10ggc 5 step-gc 1 bro Elmer VA a number of n/n mem 1st Bapt Ch Gatlinburg. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 579.