Joseph Benjamin "Ben" Etherton^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1891 - 1979  (87 years)

• Name	Joseph Benjamin "Ben" Etherton
  Born	5 Jun 1891	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Jefferson County, Tennessee   [5]
  Census	1930	District 1, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [6]
  Died	23 Feb 1979  [7]
  Buried	Hills Union Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [8]
  Person ID	I92470	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Family 1	Bessie Miller,   b. Abt 1897, Jefferson County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Feb 1939, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	31 May 1911	Jefferson County, Tennessee   [9]
  Children	+ 1. Amos Glenn Etherton,   b. 3 Nov 1912, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Apr 1968, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 55 years)   2. Velma Etherton,   b. 28 Sep 1915, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Apr 1989, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years) + 3. Cleophas "Cleo" Etherton,   b. 1 Apr 1919, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jun 2005, Rock Castle Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky  (Age 86 years) + 4. Charity Mae Etherton,   b. 10 Jul 1922, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Feb 2002, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years) + 5. Bessie Rhea Etherton,   b. 5 Feb 1925, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Apr 2010, Ontario, Ohio  (Age 85 years) + 6. Robert James "Bob" Etherton,   b. Abt 1927, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Oct 2015  (Age ~ 88 years) + 7. Hazel Rachel Etherton,   b. Abt 1929, Tennessee  (Age ~ 95 years)   8. Raymond Etherton,   d. Bef 16 Feb 2002   9. Herman Etherton   10. J. B. Etherton
  Family ID	F47597	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Nova Byrd,   b. 20 Aug 1906,   d. 28 Jan 1996  (Age 89 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1945
  Family ID	F33797	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Jun 1891 - Tennessee Married - 31 May 1911 - Jefferson County, Tennessee Census - 1920 - Jefferson County, Tennessee Buried - - Hills Union Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 21. [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 6 Apr 1963. Lula Jane Byrd obituary [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 2 Feb 1999. Bessie Miller Etherton obituary [S99] Farrar Funeral Home, (http://www.farrarfuneralhome.com), 20 Jun 2005. Cleo Etherton obituary [S112] Census, 1920. Name: Ben Ether Residence: , Jefferson, Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1896 Age: 24 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Self Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Film Number: 1821748 Digital Folder Number: 4389731 Image Number: 00913 Sheet Number: 9 Household Gender Age Ben Ether M 24y Spouse Bessie Etherton F 23y Child Amos Etherton M 7y Child Zemra Etherton F 4y [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Ben Etherton Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 1, Jefferson, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 34 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1896 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0002 Family Number: 201 Sheet Number and Letter: 10A Line Number: 28 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2256 Film Number: 2341990 Digital Folder Number: 4548170 Image Number: 00722 Household Gender Age Ben Etherton M 34 Spouse Bessie Etherton F 33 Child Armas Etherton M 17 Child Cleo Etherton M 10 Child Charity Etherton F 8 Child Ray Etherton F 5 Child Ecro Etherton M 3 Child Rachel Etherton F 1 Otey Bunel M 20 Child Bunel F 14 [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 20 Jun 2005. Cleo Etherton obituary [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 7313284). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Groom's Name: Ben Etherton Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Bessie Miller Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 31 May 1911 Marriage Place: Jefferson County, Tennessee Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03323-7 System Origin: Tennessee-EASy Source Film Number: 1928731 Reference Number: p113