Avery Jess Ownby

1881 - 1952  (71 years)

• Name	Avery Jess Ownby
  Born	26 Apr 1881	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	6 May 1899	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [1]
  	Enlistment
  Census	1900	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1900	Port of Ponce Detachment of Hospital Corp, Medical Dept. (Port Hospital), Puerto Rico   [3]
  Census	1910	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Occupation	1910	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
  	Teacher, Public schools
  Residence	Abt 1907/1910	John Ownby Cabin, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  	Preserved in Great Smoky Mountain National Park
  Census	1920	Bales, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma   [6]
  Census	1940	Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma   [7]
  Draft Registration	1942	Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma   [8]
  Died	20 Sep 1952
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma   [9]
  Person ID	I31043	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Humphrey Ownby,   b. 4 Mar 1855, Tennessee ,   d. 11 May 1937  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Olive Evans Stinnett,   b. 31 Mar 1861, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jun 1898  (Age 37 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1875	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Marriage License	30 Nov 1875	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1015	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa Ownby,   b. 25 Sep 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Jun 1904  (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F11440	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Matilda "Tilda" Kear,   b. 29 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jan 1974  (Age 87 years)
  Married	22 Mar 1906	Sevier County, Tennessee   [10]
  Children	1. Canova Ownby,   b. 1907, Tennessee ,   d. 1924  (Age 17 years) + 2. Wayne Ownby,   b. 3 Apr 1908, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Oct 1967  (Age 59 years)   3. Ben H. Ownby,   b. 17 Oct 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jul 1912  (Age 1 years) + 4. Hugh H. Ownby,   b. 20 Jul 1913, Oklahoma ,   d. 12 Sep 1993  (Age 80 years)   5. Lois Ownby,   b. Abt 1922, Oklahoma  (Age ~ 102 years)
  Family ID	F11441	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Apr 1881 - Sevier County, Tennessee Military Service - Enlistment - 6 May 1899 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Census - 1900 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 22 Mar 1906 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1910 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee Occupation - Teacher, Public schools - 1910 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee Residence - Preserved in Great Smoky Mountain National Park - Abt 1907/1910 - John Ownby Cabin, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 76, 240. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18, 70, 92. Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] Millitary Record, 6 May 1899. Name Avrey J Ownby Event Type Military Service Event Date 06 May 1899 Event Place Knoxville, , Tennessee, United States Age 18 Birth Year (Estimated) 1881 Volume Number 100 Page 284 "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G1D8-RB9?cc=1880762&wc=M61T-9P8%3A176726501 : 22 May 2014), > image 224 of 625; citing NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [S112] Census, 1900. name: Avrey J Ownby titles & terms: event: Census event date: 1900 event place: ED 146 Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee, United States birth date: Mar 1881 birthplace: Tennessee relationship to head of household: Son father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee race or color (standardized): White gender: Male marital status: Single years married: estimated marriage year: mother how many children: number living children: immigration year: page: 1 sheet letter: A family number: 7 reference number: 38 film number: 1241596 digital folder number: 004118730 image number: 00153 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Humphry Ownby M 44 Tennessee daughter Bettie Mc Carter F 22 Tennessee son Avrey J Ownby M 19 Tennessee daughter Ida Ownby F 14 Tennessee daughter Zellie M Ownby F 7 Tennessee son Ezra J Ownby M 5 Tennessee niece Anna Stinnett F 18 Tennessee nephew William R Stinnett M 16 Tennessee granddaughter Viola D Mc Carter F 7 Tennessee granddaughter Bessie A Mc Carter F 4 Tennessee [S112] Census, 1910. Name Avery J Ownby Event Type Census Event Year 1900 Event Place Port of Ponce Detachment of Hospital Corp, Medical Dept. (Port Hospital), Puerto Rico Gender Male Age 19 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) W Birth Date Mar 1881 Birthplace Tennessee Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S39-MNP?cc=1325221&wc=9B7R-3Y8%3A1030549501%2C1030549502%2C1030558901 : 5 August 2014), Armed Forces - Foreign Countries > Puerto Rico > image 28 of 37; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [S112] Census, 1910. Name Arry J Ownby Event Type Census Event Date 1910 Event Place Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 29 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head Birth Year (Estimated) 1881 Birthplace Tennessee Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 11 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Arry J Ownby Head M 29 Tennessee Tilda Ownby Wife F 23 Tennessee Canova Ownby Son M 3 Tennessee Wayne Ownby Son M 2 Tennessee Ellis Ogle Servant M 17 Tennessee "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTHH-9MVR?cc=1727033&wc=QZZH-HLJ%3A133640301%2C135278201%2C133706501%2C1589089541 : 5 April 2016), Tennessee > Sevier > Civil District 11 > image 21 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee). My father wrote this to me when I presented him with the above info. He is Avery Jay Ownby born in Oklahoma, son of Wayne, son of Avery Jesse Ownby who we show a direct male line back through to John Ownby builder of the cabin and on back to Arthur Ownby arrival Virginia. Here is what he says......... I guess I can't quite reconcile this info with what I know (and don't know) about the cabin. My Grandpa (Avery Jesse) moved his family to Oklahoma from Tennessee after my dad was born in Tennessee (1908) and before Uncle Hugh was born in Oklahoma (1914). Could be they lived in the cabin after John left and maybe Cuberston moved in after they had gone. I don't know how long they lived there, but they were there when their first three children were born – Canova, who died (in Oklahoma I think) at about 14; my dad, who looked 3-4 years old in a picture taken in Gatlinburg; and Ben who died while still a baby We visited Gatlinburg sometime in the late 40s and Grandpa's and Granny's relatives in Tennessee had told my dad that the cabin was still there. He looked for it but couldn't find it (there was no nature trail leading to it then; I think it hadn't been restored yet). Then when Steve and I saw it for the first time and took pictures back to Shawnee and showed them to Granny Ownby she recognized it immediately and asked "where's the kitchen?" The kitchen was never mentioned in the brochures until years later when some foundation stones were identified. The kitchen was on the other side of the cabin from this view, and there was a porch on this side. Granny told me about one thing that should still be there, even if it hadn't been restored – the spring. She told me where to find it the next time I visited there. I found it easily, just as she described it; it's still there, still running. There was a small pit lined with rocks that the spring fed into. The spring water is cold, and that's where they kept their milk. The cabin is on Fighting Creek. My grandpa told me many stories about life there, and always talked about "Fightin' Creek". They never talked about who built the cabin, or who had lived in it before they did. http://gosmokies.knoxnews.com/profiles/blogs/john-ownby-cabin [S112] Census, 1920. Name Hugh Owenby Event Type Census Event Date 1920 Event Place Bales, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Gender Male Age 6 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) White Can Read Yes Can Write Yes Relationship to Head of Household Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Birth Year (Estimated) 1914 Birthplace Oklahoma Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 6 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace A J Owenby Head M 38 Tennessee Matilda Owenby Wife F 33 Tennessee Canora Owenby Son M 13 Tennessee Wayne Owenby Son M 11 Tennessee Hugh Owenby Son M 6 Oklahoma "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RXF-ZGF?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-92Q%3A1036472701%2C1036942801%2C1036955701%2C1589332866 : 14 December 2015), Oklahoma > Pottawatomie > Bales > image 12 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [S112] Census, 1940. name: Avery J Ownby titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Ward 6, Shawnee, Shawnee City, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States gender: Male age: 59 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Head birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1881 residence in 1935: Same House enumeration district number: 63-58 family number: 266 sheet number and letter: 11A line number: 37 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3328 digital folder number: 005454669 image number: 00623 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Avery J Ownby M 59 Tennessee wife Matilda Ownby F 53 Tennessee daughter Lois Ownby F 18 Oklahoma lodger Evelyn Mcvay F 21 Oklahoma [S121] Draft Registration. name: Avery J Ownby event: Draft Registration event date: 1942 event place: Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma gender: Male birth date: 22 Mar 1881 nara publication title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Oklahoma nara publication number: arc identifier: 576250 film number: 4141129 digital folder number: 004141129 image number: 01959 [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 20978189). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name A J Ownby Event Type Marriage Event Date 22 Mar 1906 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Tilda Kear Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-C9M4-X?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1HN%3A1589264711%2C1589374337 : 22 December 2016), Sevier > image 141 of 811; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.