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John B Ownby

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John B Ownby

Birth
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
8 Mar 1899 (aged 73–74)
Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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John B Ownby was born 1825 in Buncombe Co, North Carolina. He died 1899 in Big Greenbriar, Sevier, Tennessee.
John B was the son of John Ownby and Mary Jane Coone-Ownby.In 1833, John B Ownby and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Buncombe County, North Carolina. They made their home in the Glades community, 2nd Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee.

He married Jane "Jennie" Whaley daughter of William M. and Mary Ann "Ogle" Whaley. They were married abt 1847 in Sevier County, Tennessee

John and Jennie Ownby had the following Children;

1. Sarah E "Sallie" Ownby
2. Sharon Miriam Ownby
3. William Harrison Ownby
4. Ownby
5. John Nelson "Injun John" Ownby
6. Ownby
7. Westley E. "West" Ownby
8. Mary Ann Ownby

Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

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Reference:

"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 93, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Vol. 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 28, 67, 98.
In the Shadow of the Smokies,
Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), page 710. Birth 1825

John B Ownby was born 1825 in Buncombe Co, North Carolina. He died 1899 in Big Greenbriar, Sevier, Tennessee.
John B was the son of John Ownby and Mary Jane Coone-Ownby.In 1833, John B Ownby and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Buncombe County, North Carolina. They made their home in the Glades community, 2nd Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee.

He married Jane "Jennie" Whaley daughter of William M. and Mary Ann "Ogle" Whaley. They were married abt 1847 in Sevier County, Tennessee

John and Jennie Ownby had the following Children;

1. Sarah E "Sallie" Ownby
2. Sharon Miriam Ownby
3. William Harrison Ownby
4. Ownby
5. John Nelson "Injun John" Ownby
6. Ownby
7. Westley E. "West" Ownby
8. Mary Ann Ownby

Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

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Reference:

"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 93, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Vol. 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 28, 67, 98.
In the Shadow of the Smokies,
Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), page 710. Birth 1825



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  • Maintained by: L Whaley
  • Originally Created by: James
  • Added: Jul 9, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11325616/john_b-ownby: accessed ), memorial page for John B Ownby (1825–8 Mar 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11325616, citing Plemons Cemetery, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by L Whaley (contributor 47353934).