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23. MARTHA4 LINDSEY (JOHN3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born February 1856. She married WILLIAM OWNBY January 05, 1871. He was born February 14, 1853, and died December 23, 1917 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
24. JESSE H.4 HUSKEY (LYDIA3 LINDSEY, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born February 28, 1849, and died February 08, 1934. He married MARY JANE MCCARTER, daughter of JEREMIAH MCCARTER and NANCY HOLLINGSWORTH. She was born August 25, 1848, and died April 13, 1934.
25. JOHN W.4 LINDSEY (WILLIAM3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born February 26, 1842, and died February 07, 1923. He married SARAH JANE SMITH. She was born August 1832.
Notes for JOHN W. LINDSEY:
Generation No. 5
26. ROSA BELL5 LINDSEY (DAVID ROGER ELI4, ELI R.3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born March 11, 1903 in Sevierville, TN, and died March 08, 1969 in Loudon, TN. She married JOSEPH LUTHER COOK April 15, 1922 in Sevier County, Sevierville, Tennessee, son of CHARLES COOK and MARGARET DIXON. He was born December 20, 1897 in Sevier County, TN, and died March 16, 1978 in Loudon, TN.
Notes for ROSA BELL LINDSEY:
27. PERRY ADAM5 LINDSEY (DAVID ROGER ELI4, ELI R.3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born March 19, 1896 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died December 03, 1973 in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee. He married FRANCES E. OWNBY December 03, 1919 in Sevier County, Sevierville, Tennessee, daughter of JOHN OWNBY and MARY HUSKEY. She was born February 27, 1902 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died 1973 in Loudon, Tennessee.
There are people who do not do 'very well' in a world that cannot be taken at its word. They are those who never understand that most civilized men and women always mean less or more than they say. They do not make assumptions
about what we really mean but rather take us at our word.
There is evidence that Perry Lindsey - a local folk figure who died last week - was such a man. And therefore Lindsey was subject to the flashes of glory and to the prolonged feeling of loneliness that such a misunderstanding of civilized behavior must necessarily bring.
One moment of glory came for Perry Lindsey when as a result of his taking people who talk about democracy 'at their word.' Last summer, when Mr. Lindsey was 79 years old he apparently decided that something was a miss
between him and the Veterans Administration. So he wrote to officials in Washington in an effort to recover some money he thought was due him.Lindsey - who carried on a regular exchange of correspondence with U. S.
Representative James H. Quillen - decided that because his letters to VA had not brought him the results he wanted, the thing to do was to go Washington,D. C. and see his Congressman. He borrowed the money and took off on a long bus trip to a very big and busy city. A few days later he was back in Sevierville showing the friend from whom he had borrowed the ticket money a letter from Congressman Quillen
thanking him for his visit to the Washington office and promising to do all he could for Lindsey with the VA matter.
A tale told by G. H. Conner - a friend of Lindsey's for a decade - dates back to 1963 and illustrates the misunderstanding sometimes evident between Lindsey and the rest of the world. "Perry had some hunting dogs and he got the idea of holding an auction one Saturday and trying to sell some of them. I agreed to be the auctioneer and we advertised in the News-Record," Conner relates.
Conner said that on the day of the auction he drove to Lindsey's Upper Middle Creek Road home expecting to find only Lindsey and his 15 to 30 dogs. "But when I got there I found about 15 men standing on the bank above
Perry's house. One had come from Georgia and another from Virginia to trade hunting dogs. So Perry started to catch and tie up the dogs with bailing cord. But he'd catch three and one cord would break and that dog would get
away. Finally, I told Perry we had enough dogs to start with and I motioned the men to come down closer to the house."
But the men kept their distance as Conner started the auction. He went through the auction with the men standing on the bank. Perry introduced each of his dogs by name, and gave each one quite a build-up, according to Conner. But apparently no one had come to buy since not one of the men bid anything on a single one of Perry's dogs.
"Perry got so mad that he went in his house and got a long-barreled pistol. He waved that gun in the air and told them all to get off his property," Conner recalls. But Perry wasn't mad at his "buddy, George." "I told him I had tried and he said he knew I had," Conner remembers.
Dr. John Sonner became acquainted with Lindsey when Lindsey fell into a fire and was burned in 1967. He fondly describes Lindsey as a "true eccentric." Sonner says, "I really liked the old man." Once, Lindsey was unsuccessful in getting into chat with the doctor during
office hours, so he waited and followed Dr. Sonner to a Rotary meeting that night. "He just came into the meeting and sat down beside me to talk," Sonner says. " I wasn't offended because he wasn't trying to bother me. Perry had something he wanted to tell his friend the doctor and, to him, there was no reason why he couldn't come in the meeting and sit down beside him and tell him."
Sonner took time out in his office one day in 1968 to record Lindsey's singing and plying on a musical instrument, which Lindsey made himself. "I don't know what he called that instrument but it was really something. It
sounded like a whole band," Sonner recalls. The doctor also noted that it was on that day that Mr. Lindsey told of an early childhood memory of old folks shucking corn and singing. "He sang the song they had sung and, it was
pretty bawdy. It was probably handed down from the Middle ages," Sonner noted.
Not only could Lindsey make his own Musical instruments - he liked to make walking canes, too. Conner relates that at one time he had about three of Perry's canes around his office. Tourists would come in and notice them and
ask to buy them. Conner sold the first on for $5, the second for $8 and third for $10, he says. "The next time I saw Perry I gave him the money and told him that if he had a few more canes to bring them in and maybe I could sell them for him," Conner says.
A few days later Lindsey came in with both of his arms full of canes for Conner. He also had a bill made out for $58.60, which Conner, after
protesting, ended up paying for the close-to fifty canes. Conner's friends took it as a good joke and confiscated most of the canes. Conner recalls that when he told Lindsey about the missing canes, his friend Perry brought
him in a special cane with a dog's head carved on it.
Dogs were Perry Lindsey's friends. According to state Trooper Mayford Ramsey who found Lindsey dead of a heart failure Monday night, Dec. 3, one of Perry's dogs was in the room with him. Ramsey described the dog as "almost starved to death."
According to Nathaniel Maples - Lindsey's neighbor for the past 25 years - Perry always kept dogs, including blue tics, redbones, rabbit beagles and other hunting animals.
And Maples, the last persons to have seen Lindsey alive - a week ago Friday - tells how it was the presence of the dogs that tipped him off that something was wrong with Lindsey. "It was Friday when I saw him going in the house last," Maples said last week. "Then I didn't see any smoke coming from his chimney on Saturday and Isaw his dogs going back and forth across the road looking for him. So I
> decided something was wrong with 'Old Perry' and my son-in-law called the law," Maples concludes. Maples and Lindsey hadn't been friendly for the past four years - ever since
Maples hinted that Lindsey should clean up better if he wanted any more rides to the store for dog food. "That made him mad and he never spoke to me except to get on me after that," Maples said. Sonner explained that "Perry had his own rules and he insisted on living by
them." Conner noted. "A person just had to accept Perry for what he was. He lived like he wanted to." An intelligent person according to Conner and others, Lindsey wrote many letters to his friends. One letter he wrote to Conner in 1967 reflects something of his personality.
The letter begins: " Dear George Old Buddy, I have made arrangements for Sonner and his wife to bring his camera and paper recorder up some Sunday evening and he is wanting some pictures of some of my nicest dogs to have
enlarged and hang up in his office.
PERRY LINDSEY Request Information
SSN 414-28-8343 Residence: 37862 Sevierville, TN
28. LUTHER5 LINDSEY (DAVID ROGER ELI4, ELI R.3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born September 21, 1901 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died August 06, 1951 in Loudon, Tennessee. He married ALGIA RIDDINGS. She was born March 09, 1903 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died August 06, 1951 in Loudon, Tennessee.
29. ROBERT P.5 LINDSEY (DAVID ROGER ELI4, ELI R.3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born 1898 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died 1973. He married MARGIE E.. She was born July 02, 1899, and died August 1983 in Loudon, Tennessee.
30. HENRY BARTLES5 LINDSEY (JAMES PRESTON4, JOEL3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born February 06, 1892, and died March 21, 1954. He married LORA ADDIE GREEN, daughter of MILAS GREEN and NANCY SMELCER. She was born October 22, 1896, and died December 02, 1991.
Notes for HENRY BARTLES LINDSEY:
Henry B. Lindsey listed on 1920 Sevier County Census age 27 with wife Loria A. age 23 & Children13th DistLived In 13th Dist
31. FREDRICK M.5 LINDSEY (JAMES PRESTON4, JOEL3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born April 29, 1885. He married (1) MARY CALDONIA MULLINS November 06, 1904. She was born 1887. He married (2) M. G. CALDONIA MULLINS November 06, 1904.
Notes for FREDRICK M. LINDSEY:
Fredrick M Lindsey listed on 1910 Sevier County census age 26 with wife Mary C. age 27
Fredrick M Lindsey listed on 1920 Sevier County census agwe 36 with wife Mary C. age 33 & Family Moved to Jefferson County, Tn
Notes for MARY CALDONIA MULLINS:
Moved to Jefferson County
32. I. ALONZO5 HUSKEY (DOROTHY "DOLLY" MALINDA4 LINDSEY, JOHN3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born June 02, 1881 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died October 20, 1944 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He married PHOEBE E. CARDWELL, daughter of JOHN CARDWELL and SARAH BRADLEY. She was born March 17, 1881 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died May 12, 1969 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
Notes for I. ALONZO HUSKEY:
33. CALDONIA5 OWNBY (MARTHA4 LINDSEY, JOHN3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born July 04, 1885 in Anderson County, Tennessee, and died in Sevier County, Tennessee. She married J. THOMAS "TOMMY" OWNBY. He was born February 23, 1882, and died January 01, 1931 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
More About CALDONIA OWNBY:
Burial: Mt Vernon Church Cemetery
More About J. THOMAS "TOMMY" OWNBY:
Burial: Hurst Chapel Cemetery
34. MARY LULA5 HUSKEY (JESSE H.4, LYDIA3 LINDSEY, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born March 08, 1875 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died August 01, 1963 in Loudon, Tennessee. She married JOHN ASHLEY OWNBY, son of JACOB OWNBY and SARAH MAPLES. He was born 1873 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died December 07, 1943 in Loudon, Tennessee.
35. WILLIAM T.5 LINDSEY (JOHN W.4, WILLIAM3, JESSE2, JOTHAN1) was born May 15, 1867 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died June 24, 1951 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He married (1) MARGARET. She was born September 12, 1871, and died September 11, 1951 in Webbs Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee. He married (2) MARGARET HUSKEY. She was born September 12, 1871 in Sevier County, Tennessee, and died September 11, 1951 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
More About WILLIAM T. LINDSEY:
Burial: Webbs Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee
More About MARGARET HUSKEY:
Burial: Webbs Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee
Notes for MARTHA LINDSEY:
listed on 1860 Sevier County census age 4
Notes for WILLIAM OWNBY:
Children
1 Ownby
2 Ownby
3 M. David Ownby
4 < Charles Clinton Ownby
5 Cora A. Ownby
6 Ownby
7 John C. P. Ownby
8 < Caldonia P. Ownby
9 Printha A. Ownby
10 < William Harrison Ownby
11 Mary L. Ownby
12 Hettie V. Ownby
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Notes
Buried in the Elkmont Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 62. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 28, 98, 99. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 692.
More About WILLIAM OWNBY:
Burial: Elkmont Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Children of MARTHA LINDSEY and WILLIAM OWNBY are:
i. M. DAVID5 OWNBY.
ii. CHARLES CLINTON OWNBY.
iii. CORA A. OWNBY.
iv. JOHN C. P. OWNBY.
33. v. CALDONIA OWNBY, b. July 04, 1885, Anderson County, Tennessee; d. Sevier County, Tennessee.
vi. PRINTHA A. OWNBY.
vii. WILLIAM HARRISON OWNBY.
viii. MARY L. OWNBY.
ix. HETTIE V. OWNBY.
Child of JESSE HUSKEY and MARY MCCARTER is:
34. i. MARY LULA5 HUSKEY, b. March 08, 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. August 01, 1963, Loudon, Tennessee.
John W. Lindsey Lived near Evans' ChapelJohn listed on 1850 Sevier County census age 8 with father William age 37 & Mother Pheba age 35
More About JOHN W. LINDSEY:
Burial: Lindsey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
Children of JOHN LINDSEY and SARAH SMITH are:
i. FANNIE E.5 LINDSEY, b. 1864; m. OSCAR SHULTS.
35. ii. WILLIAM T. LINDSEY, b. May 15, 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. June 24, 1951, Sevier County, Tennessee.
iii. MARTHA E. LINDSEY, b. December 05, 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. November 21, 1924, Sevier County, Tennessee; m. JAMES F. JONES; b. November 02, 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. October 30, 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee.
More About MARTHA E. LINDSEY:
Burial: White Oak Flats Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
More About JAMES F. JONES:
Burial: White Oak Flats Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
iv. MARY L. LINDSEY, b. May 22, 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. March 05, 1956, Sevier County, Tennessee; m. STEPHEN HUSKEY; b. September 30, 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. August 21, 1945, Sevier County, Tennessee.
More About MARY L. LINDSEY:
Burial: Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier Country, Tennessee
More About STEPHEN HUSKEY:
Burial: Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier Country, Tennessee
v. ISAAC MARTIN LINDSEY, b. February 07, 1862; d. Sevier County, Tennessee; m. MARTH JANE LOVEDAY; b. August 12, 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. Sevier County, Tennessee.
Notes for ISAAC MARTIN LINDSEY:
Lived near Evans' Chapel
Census Taker
More About ISAAC MARTIN LINDSEY:
Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
More About MARTH JANE LOVEDAY:
Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
Married by Rev. J S Bradburn
More About ROSA BELL LINDSEY:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
Notes for JOSEPH LUTHER COOK:
Married Rev. J. S. Bradburn
More About JOSEPH LUTHER COOK:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
Children of ROSA LINDSEY and JOSEPH COOK are:
36. i. JAMES BUFORD6 COOK, b. November 26, 1922, Sevierville, TN; d. April 09, 1986, Kansas City, KS.
37. ii. FRED COOK.
iii. EARL COOK, m. SUSIE.
38. iv. ROSA BLANCHE COOK, b. July 14, 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. 1983, Wy County, Kansas.
Notes for PERRY ADAM LINDSEY:
Married Frances Ownby 12/3/1919 by JP John Bogart
PERRY LINDSEY (March 13, 1896-Dec. 3, 1973) SUBJECT TO FLASHES OF GLORY BY DIANE WILKINSON DECEMBER 11, 1973
Born 19 Mar 1893 Last Benefit:
Died Dec 3, 1973 Buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Funeral at Atchley's Sevierville, TN
Issued: TN (Before 1951)
Death Certificate info reported by Daughter Ruth Lindsey Bivens, Loudon, TN
Ordered Death Certificate from Chris
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More About PERRY ADAM LINDSEY:
Burial: December 05, 1973, Caton Chapel, Sevier County, Tennessee
Social Security Number: 414-28-8343
Children of PERRY LINDSEY and FRANCES OWNBY are:
39. i. CLAY ENIS6 LINDSEY, d. August 17, 1999.
40. ii. IRENE LINDSEY.
41. iii. RUTH LINDSEY.
More About LUTHER LINDSEY:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
More About ALGIA RIDDINGS:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
Children of LUTHER LINDSEY and ALGIA RIDDINGS are:
i. REV. JAMES AUTHER6 LINDSEY, b. November 18, 1927; d. October 01, 1999, Loudon, Tennessee; m. MIMA LEE; b. September 25, 1927; d. March 21, 1976, Loudon, Tennessee.
More About REV. JAMES AUTHER LINDSEY:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
Occupation: Preacher
More About MIMA LEE:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
ii. LILY LINDSEY.
More About ROBERT P. LINDSEY:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
Notes for MARGIE E.:
-----Original Message-----
From: Eva [mailto:Eva@tcity.com]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 1:35 PM
To: Jim Cook
Subject: MARGIE LINDSEY
Dear Cousin Jim,
I found this in the Ancestry.com and will continue to search.
God bless, Cousin Eva
MARGIE LINDSEY
Request Information
SSN 408-08-7864
Residence:37774 Loudon, TN
Born 2 Jul 1899
Died Aug 1983
Issued: TN (1973)
More About MARGIE E.:
Burial: Corinth Bapitist Church, Loudon County, Tennessee
Child of ROBERT LINDSEY and MARGIE E. is:
i. LONIE M.6 LINDSEY, b. 1919.
Notes for LONIE M. LINDSEY:
Lonie listed on 1920 Sevier County census age 8/12 months with parents Robert P Jr. age 22 & Margie age 20
Children of HENRY LINDSEY and LORA GREEN are:
i. MAE6 LINDSEY, m. SANBERRY
VALENTINE; b. April 10, 1906.
ii. ROBERT LINDSEY, m. ETHEL GRANT.
iii. WADE LINDSEY, m. HELEN CAUGHRON.
42. iv. EDNA LINDSEY.
43. v. FRANK LINDSEY, b. November 29, 1927.
44. vi. DOROTHY GRACE LINDSEY, b. April 07, 1929.
45. vii. MATTHAN "BROWNIE" LINDSEY, b. November 10, 1935; d. November 07, 1981, Chilhowee, Sevier County, Tennessee.
viii. PAUL LINDSEY, m. WANDA SUE SPROUCE.
ix. PEARL E. LINDSEY, b. 1917.
x. JAMES R. LINDSEY, b. 1919.
xi. STELLA M LINDSEY, b. 1916.
Children of FREDRICK LINDSEY and MARY MULLINS are:
i. HORACE E.6 LINDSEY, b. 1908.
ii. JAMES M. LINDSEY, b. 1915.
iii. HUBERT C. LINDSEY, b. 1916.
iv. ROBERT M. LINDSEY, b. 1906.
Source: 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 353. 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 92. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 152. 'Mountain Ways Two', Gene Aiken, 1986, p 120.
More About I. ALONZO HUSKEY:
Burial: Shiloh Cemetery
More About PHOEBE E. CARDWELL:
Burial: Shiloh Cemetery
Child of I. HUSKEY and PHOEBE CARDWELL is:
i. ALICE6 HUSKEY.
Children of CALDONIA OWNBY and J. OWNBY are:
46. i. CLAUDE6 OWNBY, b. December 02, 1917; d. December 01, 1978, Sevier County, Tennessee.
47. ii. CLYDE OWNBY, b. October 08, 1905, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. January 09, 1992, Sevier County, Tennessee.
iii. ERNEST OWNBY.
iv. AVERY OWNBY.
v. ARVLE OWNBY.
vi. HANSEL OWNBY, b. June 14, 1915; d. August 02, 1916.
vii. OTHA OWNBY.
viii. PEARL OWNBY.
ix. GRACE OWNBY.
Children of MARY HUSKEY and JOHN OWNBY are:
48. i. FRANCES E.6 OWNBY, b. February 27, 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee; d. 1973, Loudon, Tennessee.
ii. UNKNOWN OWNBY.
49. iii. WILLIAM JESSE HUGH CALLOWAY OWENBY, b. April 23, 1908, Sevier Co. , Tennessee; d. April 29, 1973, Knox Co. Tennessee, USA.
Children of WILLIAM LINDSEY and MARGARET are:
i. ISAAC HOMER6 LINDSEY, b. November 11, 1894; d. April 18, 1962.
More About ISAAC HOMER LINDSEY:
Burial: Webbs Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee
ii. FLECTHER LINDSEY, b. July 24, 1900; d. November 15, 1965.
More About FLECTHER LINDSEY:
Burial: Webbs Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee
iii. MAUDE LINDSEY, b. December 20, 1903; d. April 10, 1923.
More About MAUDE LINDSEY:
Burial: Underwood, Sevier County, Tennessee
iv. MYRTLE LINDSEY, b. 1908.
50. v. ALBERT WESLEY LINDSEY, b. July 23, 1891; d. January 25, 1946, Sevier County, Tennessee.
vi. LILLY J. LINDSEY, b. February 1893; m. HORACE HENRY.
vii. HARRIET LINDSEY, b. March 1897.
viii. ROY LINDSEY, b. 1904.
