Laura E. Whaley^[1]

1898 - 1978  (79 years)

• Name	Laura E. Whaley
  Born	18 Apr 1898	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1930	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	26 Feb 1978	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5, 6]
  Buried	Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [7]
  Person ID	I30711	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	William Walker "Laughing Bill" Whaley,   b. May 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Mar 1951  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Emily "Polly" Whaley,   b. 3 Nov 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 1957  (Age 87 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1888	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Headstones		Whaley William W. Polly W. 1868-1951 1869-1957
  Family ID	F2420	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	William Lloyd "Dock" Whaley,   b. 11 Oct 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Nov 1973, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Audie Whaley,   b. 13 Nov 1913, Tennessee ,   d. 4 May 2000  (Age 86 years) + 2. James Forace "T-Bo" Whaley,   b. Abt 1916, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Dec 1999, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 83 years) + 3. Estes R. Whaley,   b. 5 Oct 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Oct 2006  (Age 88 years) + 4. Everett Elmer Whaley,   b. 9 Apr 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Mar 1966  (Age 44 years) + 5. Zella Whaley,   b. 24 Nov 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Mar 2009  (Age 85 years)   6. Furd Whaley,   b. 2 Jan 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Oct 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 1 years) + 7. Reba Whaley,   b. Abt 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 99 years) + 8. Carroll Reece Whaley,   b. 27 Jan 1930, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Dec 2001  (Age 71 years) + 9. Leon Whaley,   b. 5 Jun 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Dec 2016  (Age 83 years) + 10. Betty Sue Whaley,   b. 14 Nov 1935, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 May 2015  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F11360	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Charley Foy Merritt,   b. 11 Sep 1919, North Carolina ,   d. 23 Jan 1976, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F21919	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Apr 1898 - Tennessee Census - 1910 - District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 26 Feb 1978 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee Married - - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Abt 1913/1914 William, Lona, Polly, Baby Mattie, Commodore. Standing: Jetrho, Babie Audie, Laura, Fred, James West.
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission this may be the child 'Furd'? born 1/17/1925; died 10/15/1925? buried in Greenbrier Cemetery; Laura Whaley Whaley - 1898? - 1978?
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Dr. Hoffman and some of his 1928 class of midwifery. From left are Hoffman, Laura Whaley, Mary Jane Trentham, Polly Whaley, Celia (Proffitt) Ownby and Sarah Cole.
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Lloyd (Dock) Whaley and wife Laura Whaley Whaley, first two children, left: Forace (T Bo) Whaley and right is Audie Whaley; circa 1918-1919 possibly in Greenbrier before the family moved to Pigeon Forge; had several more children
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission
  		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 37, 50, 255. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 25, 50. Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 385.

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Mountain Ways, Gene Aiken, (1983), 199, 225. [S112] Census, 1910. Name: Laura Whaley Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Residence: Civil District 2, Sevier, Tennessee Marital Status: Single Race : White Gender: Female Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Family Number: 89 Page Number: 6 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF William W Whaley M 41y Tennessee WIFE Polly Whaley F 41y Tennessee SON James W Whaley M 19y Tennessee SON Louis Whaley M 17y Tennessee SON Comodore Whaley M 15y Tennessee SON Jethers Whaley M 14y Tennessee DAU Laura Whaley F 13y Tennessee DAU Lottie Whaley F 7y Tennessee SON Freddie Whaley M 5y Tennessee DAU Lona Whaley F 3y Tennessee [S112] Census, 1930. name: Laura Whaley event: Census event date: 1930 event place: District 05, Sevier, Tennessee gender: Female age: 41 marital status: Married race: White birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1889 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Wife father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee enumeration district number: 0007 family number: 294 sheet number and letter: 15B line number: 73 nara publication: T626, roll 2271 film number: 2342005 digital folder number: 4547919 image number: 00727 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Dock Whaley M 44 Tennessee wife Laura Whaley F 41 Tennessee daughter Audie Whaley F 16 Tennessee son Forrest Whaley M 14 Tennessee daughter Ester Whaley F 10 Tennessee son Everett Whaley M 8 Tennessee daughter Filla Whaley F 6 Tennessee daughter Reba Whaley F 4 Tennessee son Carroll Whaley M 1 Tennessee [S112] Census, 1940. name: Lara Whaley titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States gender: Female age: 40 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1900 residence in 1935: Same House enumeration district number: 78-8 family number: 125 sheet number and letter: 8B line number: 59 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3933 digital folder number: 005461375 image number: 00222 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Loyd Whaley M 46 Tennessee wife Lara Whaley F 40 Tennessee daughter Zillah Whaley F 17 Tennessee daughter Reba Whaley F 12 Tennessee son Carroll Whaley M 10 Tennessee son Leon Whaley M 6 Tennessee daughter Betty Sue Whaley F 4 Tennessee [S76] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume III, 1974-1986, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 26 Feb 1978. Merritt, Laura Whaley 79 widow of Charlie Foy Whaley b. 4-18-98 TN d. 2-26-78 DOA SCH res 106 Cedar Ln P-Forge motel owner & operator f. William Whaley m. Polly Whaley SMMG Survivors: son Estes Whaley Forace Carroll 4920 Asheville Hwy Knox Leon dau Mrs Herman Trotter Mrs John C Webb Mrs Harold Romines Mrs Nelson Gibson 23 gc 25 ggc sis Mrs Marvin Hood step-son Bill Merritt. [S87] Death Certificate. Name Date of Death / Age County of Death County / State of Residence Marital Status Gender Race File # MERRITT LAURA W 02-26-1978 / 79 SEVIER SEVIER / TN WIDOW F WHITE 05665 [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 384.