Matilda "Tilda" Kear

1886 - 1974  (87 years)

• Name	Matilda "Tilda" Kear
  Born	29 Jan 1886	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Carr
  Census	1910	District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee   [1]
  Residence	Abt 1907/1910	John Ownby Cabin, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1920	Bales, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma   [3]
  Census	1940	Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma   [4]
  Died	10 Jan 1974
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma   [5]
  Person ID	I31049	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Joel Kear,   b. 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Feb 1926  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary "Polly" McCarter,   b. 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jun 1937  (Age 83 years)
  Married	18 Aug 1870
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Avery Jess Ownby,   b. 26 Apr 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Sep 1952  (Age 71 years)
  Married	22 Mar 1906	Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  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 - 29 Jan 1886 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 22 Mar 1906 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1910 - District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee Residence - 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. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18, 70, 92. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1910. Name Tilda Ownby Event Type Census Event Date 1910 Event Place Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Female Age 23 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife Birth Year (Estimated) 1887 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 [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee). http://gosmokies.knoxnews.com/profiles/blogs/john-ownby-cabin [S112] Census, 1920. Name Matilda Owenby Event Type Census Event Date 1920 Event Place Bales, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Gender Female Age 33 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) White Can Read Yes Can Write Yes Relationship to Head of Household Wife Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife Birth Year (Estimated) 1887 Birthplace Tennessee 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 [S112] Census, 1940. name: Matilda Ownby titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Ward 6, Shawnee, Shawnee City, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States gender: Female age: 53 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: 1887 residence in 1935: Same House enumeration district number: 63-58 family number: 266 sheet number and letter: 11A line number: 38 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 [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 20978292). Mrs. Matilda Ownby, 87, of Shawnee died January 10, 1974 in a local hospital in Shawnee. She was born in Sevier County, Tennessee on January 29, 1886. She and her late husband, Avery J. Ownby moved to the Hazel Dell Community near Shawnee in 1912. Mrs. Ownby moved to Shawnee in 1929, her husband died in September 1952. They were married March 27, 1908. Avery J. Ownby served as Pottawatomie County Commissioner from 1927 until 1935 and later service das state representative in the 20th and 22nd sessions of Oklahoma Legislature. Mrs. Ownby was a member of the University Baptist Church in Shawnee and a former member of the Spanish-American War Veterans Auxiliary. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Roesch Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jerry Barnes, pastor of University Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Besides her son, owner of the Western Auto Store in Wagoner, Mrs. Ownby is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ray Mullen of Tulsa; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gladys Ownby of Shawnee; several grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and two brothers, Rev. Joe Car and Richard Carr, both of Sevierville, Tennessee. Obituary provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider [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.