Mary Whaley

From Find-A-Grave:

Mary Ownby was the daughter of Nicholas H Ownby and Mary Ogle-Ownby. Mary was born in Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary's first marriage was to Rev Eli Thomas Ogle, son of Harkless T Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey-Ogle. Mary and Eli married in Sevier County on Sept 4, 1856. Rev Eli Ogle and Mary "Ownby" Ogle had the following Children;

1. Washington Arthur Ogle 2. Susannah "Susie" Ogle 3. Nicholas Harvey Ogle 4. Dicy Jane Ogle

Rev Eli Ogle was a farmer and a Baptist minister. He was severely injured at a log rolling which resulted in his death. He left a will dated 16 March 1867 in which he named his wife, Mary, and four children. (Will Book I, p116)

Mary Ownby-Ogle remarried John H "Bullhead" Whaley. They married June 17, 1870 in Sevier County, Tennessee. John H Whaley was the son of William M Whaley and Mary Ann "Ogle" Whaley . John "Bullhead" Whaley and Mary "Ownby"-Ogle-Whaley had the following Children;

1.Mary Roseann "Nannie" Whaley 2. John Mitchell Whaley 3. Stephen "Steve" Whaley 4. Laura Whaley 5. Isabelle Whaley 6. Sophia Whaley 7. Martha Whaley

Reference "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 43, 180, 288. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 112, 129. "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 579. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.