Richard J. "Dickey" Stinnett

1870 - 1918  (47 years)

• Name	Richard J. "Dickey" Stinnett
  Born	12 Aug 1870	Sevier County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Jul 1918	Savanah, Georgia
  Buried	Hartford, Tennessee
  Person ID	I51538	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Jahu S. Stinnett,   b. 6 Oct 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 May 1908, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Jane McMahan,   b. Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	6 Oct 1867	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19061	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Katie McGaha,   b. 3 Jan 1873, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jan 1946, Canton, North Carolina  (Age 73 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1889	Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Clyde Ray Stinnett,   b. 14 Jun 1909, Hazelwood, North Carolina ,   d. 13 May 1982, Canton, North Carolina  (Age 72 years) + 2. George Mack Stinnett,   b. 28 Oct 1896, Ennis, Texas ,   d. 13 Jan 1958, Alexanderia, Virginia  (Age 61 years) + 3. Viola Mae Stinnett,   b. 7 Jan 1899, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Aug 1989, , Haywood, North Carolina  (Age 90 years)   4. Stinnett,   b. 1902,   d. 1902  (Age 0 years)   5. Stinnett,   b. 1902,   d. 1902  (Age 0 years) + 6. Larry K. Stinnett,   b. 19 Jul 1904, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 May 1945, , Haywood, North Carolina  (Age 40 years) + 7. Charles Nelson Stinnett,   b. 23 Feb 1907, , Haywood, North Carolina   8. Sarah Stinnett,   b. 16 Aug 1890, , Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jun 1891, , Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years)   9. Luther Stinnett,   b. 12 Oct 1891, , Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jul 1892, , Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years)   10. Boy Stinnett,   b. 1893, , Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 1893, , Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years)   11. John Stinnett,   b. 19 Jul 1894, , Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Mar 1895, , Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F19062	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Aug 1870 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 20 Jul 1889 - Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - - Hartford, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Richard's parents were divorced when he was very small and he was raised for the most part by his grandmother, Elmina, and aunt, Sarah on the Stinnett farm in Sevier County, Tennessee. When Dickey, as he was called, was about sixteen years old he and a friend moved to Hartford, Tennessee and found work on the farm of Allen Joe McGaha, who operated a mill and a tannery along with farming. After about three years, Dickey married Allen Joe's daughter Katie. He was nineteen and she was sixteen at the time. He soon found work at the Swift Company in Hartford, Tennessee. Richard and Katie moved to Texas after the death of their fourth child in 1895. They traveled in a covered wagon and down the Mississippi in a flat bottomed boat. They went to the home of his uncle Ben, to pick cotton and possibly work on the railroad. Their first son to live, George Mack, was born in Ennis, Texas in 1896. Katie and George Mack returned to Hartford, traveling in the caboose of a train and Dickey followed after the crops were harvested that year. Dickey and Katie then moved their family to Hazelwood, North Carolina where Dickey worked as a tanner. In 1906, when Champion moved into the area he got a job as carpenter for them. He went with a crew to Savannah, Georgia and was getting ready to move his family there when he died of malaria. His body was moved back to Hartford and buried beside his children in the Redmond-Valentine Cemetery. ---------- Reference: Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 309C, 1880. Census Place: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 309C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace David STINNETT Self M M W 34 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Catharine STINNETT Wife F M W 28 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN Eliza C. STINNETT Dau F S W 11 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN William H. STINNETT Son M S W 9 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Mary E. STINNETT Dau F S W 7 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Sary A. STINNETT Dau F S W 6 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN James L. STINNETT Son M S W 4 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Laurah Ann STINNETT Dau F S W 3 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Nancy L. STINNETT Dau F S W 3M TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Listed in grandmother's household with name of Ruben J. Stinnett