He is listed in the Hannah's Gap Church Records by Exp. Apr 4, 1896.
"He was a farmer. He was a witty gentleman. He could mock the voice of anyone around. He would tell tales and use many people's voices." (Fred Sorrells)
Birth-Children Certificate of Death, TN Vital Statistics
MARRIAGE-Copy of certificate from Marshall Co., TN in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
1900 Marshall Co., TN Census: Civil District 4, District 82 taken on 2 June:
J. T. Sorrels, age 26
S. E., age 2?
Clyde
Lizzie1910 Marshall Co., TN Census:
John T. Sorrels, age 35
Sue E., wife age 34
Clyde, son, age 13
Lizzie Mae, daughter, age 10
Leonard D., son age 7
Lillian D., daughter, age 74 Feb 1910, Marshall Co., TN Old 4th Civil District Deed from W. H. Sorrels for $2000 with $475 in cash for 82 acres that which was purchased and held by mortgage from R. L. McDaniel for $4000. He will assume this mortgage also.
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: J F Sorrells [J T Sorrells]
Home in 1920: Civil District 5, Marshall, Tennessee
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head]
Spouse's Name: Susan E Sorrells
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
J F Sorrells 46
Susan E Sorrells 44
Clyde Sorrells 22
Leonard Sorrells 17
Lillion Sorrells 171930 United States Federal Census
Name: J T Sarrells
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Home in 1930: District 5, Marshall, Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Ella Sarrells
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
J T Sarrells 56
Ella Sarrells 54Family members called them "Uncle Johnny and Aunt Ella".
She is listed in the Hannah's Gap Church Records as Ella SORRELLS by exp. Oct 10, 1896.
"I remember Granny of how she fixed chickens, she always killed them young and prepared them in meal rather than flour. She dried peaches on the tin roof. She was well known for fried peach pies." (Fred Sorrells)
Copy of Obituary. She died at 86 years. 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
"I remember her. I called her Granny. She was sick in bed and lived with Granddaddy and Grandmother for several years. Her hair was snow white."(Sherry Sorrells FINCHUM)
10. George Lee REDD
The Family Bible lists all children.
He is listed in the Hannah's Gap Church Records by exp. Oct 10, 1896.
Photos in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
"Papa was a county commissioner and on the board of the Lincoln County Hospital. He was known as a strong young man. He got the name of 'Hoss' from carrying a wagon bed from PoGrab store to his house in the holler on his back. Someone told him if he could do it, he could have it. "
He farmed. He made tombstones for a time.
"He was a bee keeper. Anytime there was a swarm in the community, folks would call him to come get a swarm. He never wore a net. They would not sting him. He only used a smoker when they robbed the hive. He was very soft spoken. He was thought of as a very wise business man. When he spoke, people thought highly of him." (Fred Sorrells)
"When I was a little girl, we would go to visit 'Momma' and 'Poppa' as we called them at their house in Petersburg. I remember that it was a big house surrounded by a rock fence. There were French doors and hardwood floors. It was very pretty. When they first married they lived in the house in the hollar in PoGrab. I have a bedroom suite that Poppa and Momma had when they first started housekeeping." This house in Petersburg later burned to the ground. (Sherry S. Finchum)
"The house in Petersburg had 3 fireplaces in it. The mantles were beautiful. All wooden. Many mirrors with what-not shelves." (Fred Sorrells)
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: George L Redd
Age in 1910: 26
Birth Year: 1884
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Civil District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jessie Redd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
George L Redd 26
Jessie Redd 25
Vida Redd 4
Robert Richardson 20World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: George Lee Redd
County: Lincoln
State: Tennessee
Birth Date: 6 Dec 1883
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1877377
DraftBoard: 01920 United States Federal Census
Name: George L Redd
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1883
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Petersburg, Lincoln, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jesse E Redd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Sarah E Redd
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Home Owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
George L Redd 37
Jesse E Redd 36
Vida Redd 13
Sarah E Redd 661930 United States Federal Census
Name: George L Redd
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Home in 1930: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Jessee E Redd
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Sarah E Redd
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
George L Redd 46
Jessee E Redd 45
Vida L Redd 24
Sarah E Redd 77Obituaries:
(Out of Town)
Petersburg, TN: REDD
Sunday night, Feb 16, 1964, at 11 o'clock, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Sorrells, George Lee Redd. Survived by his wife, Jessie Freeman Redd; one daughter, Mrs. Leonard Sorrells, of Petersburg; two sisters; Mrs. Annie Liza Lambert, Fayetteville; Mrs. Mattie Barham, Lewisburg; one brother, Mike Redd, Fayetteville; grandchildren, Rev . Harold Sorrells, Pastor of Lockeland Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, Fred Sorrells of Greeneville, TN, Mrs. Richard Burleson, Kingsport, TN., and five great-grandchildren. The remains are at Beasley-Davis & Rauston Funeral Home, in Petersburg. Services from the First Baptist Church in Petersburg, this (Tuesday) morning at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Jerry McGehee and Rev. Leslie McClure. Interment Old Orchard Cemetery. Beasley-Davis & Ralston, Petersburg, directors.Social Security Death Index
Name: George Redd
SSN: 409-62-8143
Last Residence: Tennessee
Born: 6 Dec 1883
Died: Feb 1964
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1956)George Lee Redd:
George Lee Redd, aged 80 years, who served as secretary and treasurer of the town of Petersburg for many years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Sorrells in Petersburg. He was a farmer.
Joined Hannah's Gap Baptist Church May 1905 by Experience and Baptism.
8-31-1965:
Mrs. Jessie Redd
Services for Mrs. Jessie Freeman Redd, 80, of Petersburg, were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Petersburg First Baptist Church.
Burial was in Old Orchard Cemetery
Mrs. Redd died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Vida Sorrells of Petersburg.
Survivors also include four sisters, Mrs. Dillie Bledsoe of Manchester; Mrs. Ethel Gilbert of Shelbyville; Mrs. Nina Eliis and Mrs. Fannie Davidson of Peterburg; three grandchildren.Mrs. Geoge Lee Redd:
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Freeman Redd, 90 (should be 80), widow of Geroge Lee Redd, who died late Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leonard Sorrells, after a lengthy illness, were conducted Thursday morning at the local Baptist Church by Rev. Jerry McGeehee, pastor of Hannah's Gap Baptist Church and Rev. Wallace Owen of Wartace. Burial was in Old Orchard Cemetery with Beasley-Davis-Ralston Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Redd was the daughter of the late Henderson and Nancy Reese Freeman and a member of the Baptist church.
Surviving besides here daughter are three grandchildren, Rev. Harold Sorrells of Nashville, Fred Sorrells of Greeneville and Mrs. Dorothy Lynn Burleson of Kingsport, four sisters, Mrs. Dillie Bledsore of Manchester, Mrs. Ethel Gilbert of Shelbyville, Mrs. W. H. Davidson and Mrs. Carl Ellis of Petersburg, and several great grandchildren.
He played the banjo and harmonica.
"In 1903, John and Nancy Ingle, with their 7 children moved to Mango, TN where for 17 years he worked in the coal mines. In 1920 he bought a hotel in Middlesboro, KY on Cumberland Ave. and ran it for a year. In 1921 he bought a small farm in Little Valley, ten miles from Tazewell, TN. Here they lived until 1937. He then mortgaged the farm to pay a son out of trouble. They lived in New Tazewell after leaving the farm. In January 1939 they went to visit Link in Cardinal, KY. There John suffered a heart attack and died. Nancy moved from one of her children's homes to another, then died in April 1941(but tombstone and death certificate state 1939) at George's home in New Tazewell. They were both members of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Sevierville." (From a paper written by their great-granddaughter, Jan Manning)
"We went to visit them in KY. John said that he couldn't take me down in the mines. Miners thought it was bad luck to take a woman into the mines." (Emma Deane)
He worked in the mines. He was injured and never received any insurance for the injuries.
They finally settled in Tazewell, TN. They built a log home there. This cabin burned about 1943.
From Belle's writings: "When I was 11 (1912), we lived in a mining camp at Logmont, KY. My daddy was a track boss in the mines and it payed $2.50 a day. That was top wages at that time. My mother ran a boarding house. We lived in a boxed house. It was so open that when it snowed, the snow blew through the cracks and across the bare floor. We moved around a lot from one mine to another to try to better ourselves. They were all alike hard work and little pay. We lived a hard life, but we were happy!
When I was around 14 (1915) we lived at Ralston KY. He had a good orchard of peach and apple trees. "He had black hair and blue eyes. He wore a moustache. He was about 6 feet tall and weighed about 175-180 as a young man. He greyed at an early age. Another DOB June 16 1867.
Curt Baker, a grandson-in-law, remembers that John was visiting his son, Link in KY and that he was sleeping with one of his grandsons. John told him a joke, and then said, "We need to go to sleep." He died in his sleep that night.
The family Bible of John Ingle Sr. is in the possession of Sherry S. Finchum.
His death is recorded in the Obituaries of the Claiborne Press 1938 Microfilm in State Archives Nashville, TN Copy in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
No death certificate on file in Lawrence Co., KY where he died.
Cemetery Marker-Liberty Cemetery in New Tazewell, TN Personal visit photograph of stone in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
I do not know his whereabouts in either the 1870 or 1880 Census. I cannot locate him.
Marriage License State of TN, 1988; #110 Sevier County (copy in possession of Sherry S. Finchum)
1900 U.S. Census, Sevier Co, TN
14th Civil District: Taken 20 and 21st June:
Ingle, John age 30, farmer
Nancy F., Oct 1874 age 25
Lincoln Feb 1890 age 10
George 1892 age 8
Girtie Jul 1895 age 4
John H. Mar 1998 age 21910: Bell Co., KY, Stoney Fork Precinct Information taken on 27 April:
Ingle, John Head 43 married 22 b TN
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Florence, 34 married 22 years 8 children 7 still living
George 19
Gertie D. 14
John Huston 12
Lizzie Belle 8
Zora Ellen 4
Lillie May 21920 Census: Klondike Precinct # 3 Taken on 12 Feb, Harlan Co., KY:
Ingle, John age 53
Florence age 43
Fred age 5 b in KY
Fred is only child still at home. Zora and Razy FRADY living with them in the boarding house.1930 United States Federal Census
New Tazewell, pt. of Civil District #1, Taken April 11th:
Name: John Ingle
Home in 1930: District 1, Claiborne, Tennessee
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Florence
Race: White
John Ingle 61
Florence Ingle 54
Fred age 17
Edith age 16
Fred and Edith are living with them.
Her parents died when she was very young and she was raised by her brother Huston.
"She was married at 11 and a mother at 12. She ran a boarding house in a mining area. Her hair and eyes were black. She was kind of on the heavy side, but had a nice figure and beautiful legs. They lived at one time in Coalwood WV, but only a short while. They lived in Logmont. One child is buried in Capito, KY. They adopted a young boy for a while from 1911-1918. They lived in Ralston, KY." Her stone gives her DOB as October 10, 1871. Belle wrote her DOB as Oct. 12 1877.
"Florence was a small, beautiful woman with beautiful legs, brown hair, with a grey streak off the left side, small black eyes. She wore her hair in a bun. She had a lot of spunk and worked all her life."
(Memories from Belle Ingle Sufferidge)She believed in the paranormal and use herbs to heal her children. (Lou Ann Waters)
The 1900 Sevier County, TN Census lists her year of birth as 1874. (I believe that this is the correct year! She is listed in the 1880 census as age 7 which more closely matches this birthyear.)
Incorrect given names on Death Certificate of TN in the State Archives Nashville, TN 1939 #7156 Claiborne Co, TN lists father as Wm. Teague and mother as Lillie Dixon (Her grandmother was Elizabeth DICKSON) The informant was George Ingle of New Tazewell, TN (copy in possession of Sherry S. Finchum)
Cemetery Monument; Liberty Cemetery in New Tazewell TN, Personal visit and photograph in the possession of Sherry S. Finchum
1870 TN Census Greene Co Bound Volume and 1880 Census, Sevier Co., TN
Obituary of brother Huston lists Mrs. John INGLE as a sister. Montgomery's Vindicator Issue 12 Jul, 1933. This confirms this family group.
Microfilm McClung Museum Collection Knoxville, TN copies in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
1900 TN Census of Sevier Co. Microfilm at TN State Archives in Nashville, TN copy in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
1920, Feb 1920, Harlan Co., KY, the Klondike Precinct, she is listed as a proprietor of a hotel with 3 borders living with them as well as her daughter, Zora and her husband. Fred is the only child at home.
Marriage License Sevier Co, 1888 #110 copy in possession of Sherry S. Finchum
Name: Nancy Florence Ingle
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 02 Apr 1939
Burial Place: New Tazewell
Death Date: 01 Apr 1939
Death Place: New Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee
Age: 64
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1874
Birthplace: Tn
Occupation: Domestic
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: John Ingle
Father's Name: Wm. Teague
Father's Birthplace: Tn
Mother's Name: Lillie Dixon
Mother's Birthplace: Tn
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07527-4
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 1876873
Reference Number: cn 7156
Collection: Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955Nancy Florence Teague Ingle
Birth: Oct. 12, 1874
Death: Apr. 1, 1939Father: Wallace "Joshaway" TEAGUE
Mother: Rebecca DICKSON CUTSHALL TEAGUEHusband: John Huston INGLE, Sr. married: 12 Mar 1888 in Sevier Co, TN
Children:
Abraham Lincoln INGLE b: 15 Feb 1889 in Sevier Co., TN
George Washington INGLE Sr. b: 31 Jan 1892 in Sevier Co., TN
Victor INGLE b: 3 May 1894 in Sevier Co.
Gertrude (Gertie) INGLE LOVE RAKIS b: 16 Jul 1896 in Sevier Co., TN
John Huston INGLE, Jr. b: 11 Mar 1898 in Sevier Co., TN
Melissa Lizabelle "Belle" INGLE SUFFRIDGE b: 3 Jun 1901 in Sevier Co., TN
Zora(Zorrie) Ellen INGLE FRADY b: 7 Jul 1904
Lillie INGLE b: 10 Dec 1909 in Ralston, KY
Dolly INGLE b: 15 Jul 1911 in Ralston, KY
Fred Elmer INGLE b: 22 Sep 1912 in Sagemore, KY
Family links:
Parents:
Rebecca Teague (____ - 1884)
Burial:
Liberty Cemetery
Claiborne County
Tennessee, USA
He was named after a family friend-Berry Williams. Three of this Berry CLARK's sisters married sons of Berry WILLIAMS.
1870 Sevier Co., TN Census still living with his mother.
1871 Sevier Co., TN Tax List Clark, W.B. District 10
Clark, W.B. District 10
Clark, W.B. District 10Groom's Name: B. W. Clark
Bride's Name: L. B. Paine
Marriage Date: 01 Mar 1893
Marriage Place: , Sevier, Tennessee
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51968-4
System Origin: Tennessee-VR
Source Film Number: 969967
Reference Number: 2:2B65SJH
Collection: Tennessee Marriages, 1796-19501900 United States Federal Census
Name: Berry W Clark
Age: 48
Birth Date: May 1852
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Civil District 2, Sevier, Tennessee
[Sevier]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lillie B Clark
Marriage Year: 1893
Years Married: 7
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Berry W Clark 48
Lillie B Clark 27
Mary M Clark 6
Gneva Clark 3
Laura J Clark 11910 United States Federal Census
Name: Kange W Clark
[Berry W Clark]
Age in 1910: 57
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Spouse's name: Littie B Clark
Home in 1910: Civil District 2, Sevier, Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Kange W Clark 57
Littie B Clark 37 [38]
Mary M Clark 16
Geneva E Clark 13
Genia S Clark 11
Newton B Clark 6
James A Clark 4
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Berry W Clark [Beny W Clark]
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 2, Sevier, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Frances L Clark
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Berry W Clark 67
Frances L Clark 47
Mary M Clark 26
Laura J Clark 20
Berry N Clark 16
James A Clark 13
Emma D Clark 91930 United States Federal Census
Name: B W Clark
Home in 1930: District 2, Sevier, Tennessee
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Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Lillie
Race: White
B W Clark 78
Lillie Clark 58
Laura Clark 31
Emma Erna (Deane) Clark 26Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
Name: B W Clark
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 5 May 1852
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 86
Death Date: 15 Jun 1938
Death Place: Sevier, Tennessee
Father's Name: John Clark
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Mary James
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Certificate Number: 15657Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: B W Clark
Birth Date: 5 May 1852
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 86
Death Date: 15 Jun 1938
Death Place: Sevier, Tennessee
Burial Date: 16 Jun 1938
Burial Place: Zion Grove
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Father's Name: John Clark
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Mary James
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Spouse's Name: Lillie PaineClark
FHL Film Number: 1876865"Berry Williams CLARK did not marry until he was 40 because his mother told him he had to be the man of the family because his father had died when he was 10. His mother died before he married. B.W. had a store in Bird's Creek. He kept a ledger and had many account that never paid. He also farmed. I never knew Dad to shave himself. Mother always shaved him. He always wore a beard after he got his face caught in the cane mill. He was cleaning the equipment when some boys on a nearby hill threw a rock that hit the horse. The horse started and he got caught in the mill. It caused his mouth to be drawn to one side. Dad always said he wouldn't leave us any money. He knew if he could get us a good education then we could 'make' it, and he did. Even though Mother was much younger, she was the boss!" -(Emma Deane CLARK)
"Father, Berry Williams Clark, was born May 5, 1852, in Sevier Co., TN on the the Little Pigeon River, close to where now is know as the Mitchell Bottoms, and near Red Bank Baptist Church, his father John Bitner Clark and his mother Mary James Clark, are both buried on a hill west of where he was born and across the present highway thru the Mitchell Bottoms.
Father was not a very large man, about 5 ft 8 inches in height, and weighed around 150 pounds. He was not a very strong man but had a determined will, and could accomplish most anything that he made up his mind to. When he was only ten years old his father died. This threw a terrific load on his young and immature years, as the man of the family. With his mother's help and advice he managed the farm, an they made a comfortable living, he in later years buying out the other heirs, and securing title to the farm for himself. He stayed with his mother until she died looking after her and caring for her. After her death he sold the farm and moved to Birds Creek, and opened up a general store during this period living with his brother Solomon. He later purchased a large acreage of land just south of where he had his store, and there built a large and comfortable two story house. He gave up the store and in the year 1893 he married Lillie Belle Paine, daughter of Rev. Smith Furgeson & Mary Emeline McIntire Paine. To his new house he took Mother and there all their children were born and reared, and where both he and Mother lived until their death.
In Father's early manhood, he went to a log rolling, which was a great affair in those times. There he injured himself by overlifiting, just how he was not sure, but at the time he bled internally. After that time his health was never very good, and for several years they did not believe that he would survive. But he carefully guarded his health, and watched his food and lived to the age of 86 years. I believe that in the latter years of his life that his health was much improved. Father was always a very active man, he did not believe in idleness, and he practices his belief.
As his father died when he was only ten years old, he did not know too much about the Clark family. They had scattered, some of them went to TX, some to OK, some to AR, some to MO, and in those days it was very difficult to correspond with each other. As the years and the Civil War passed they gradually lost tract of each other. His brother Solomon, moved to Dalton, GA and bought a farm there. His sister Minerva whom married Rufus Shields, followed him there. His sister Emeline whom had married John Williams, moved to Dunn's Creek, near Cosby. His sister Sarrah whom had married Joseph Williams, lived on an adjoining farm to his on Birds Creek, and of course he kept in contact with those. But it was rather his Father's brothers and sisters with whom he lost contact, as in those days there was almost no mail service and transportation was almost nil.
One incident in Father's life as he related it to me, was when he was about 11 years old, he was captured and taken to Longstreet's encampment not far from where they lived. The encampment was in what they called the flat woods near Harrisburg. You can imagine that a small boy of 11 was pretty scared. They kept him overnight and next morning returned him to his mother. They asked him lots of questions, figuring that he might could tell them the whereabouts of some of the men whom were hiding out in that vicinity. They did not harm or threaten him in any way, and after he got over his scare, I think that he rather enjoyed it.
During the Civil War, he and his sisters would take turns holding the stock to keep the soldiers from getting them. They did get one of their mares, but his mother went to Colonel Murphy and he went with her to the encampment and the commanding officer made them line up the horses, and told her to pick her's out. She did, and he returned it to her.
Some of Father's ancestors were very scholary, some could speak several different languages, could read books written in Latin, and wrote a very legible hand-writing in the script of their day.
Father was a very civic-minded man, and he always worked for the betterment of the community, in making it a better place for his children to live. He worked tirelessly to establish Smoky Mountain Academy, and he and Rev. S. F. Paine, were largely responsible for its being a reality. Most of the planning was done at home. Father was one of its founders. He donated all of the lumber which went into its building and the first dormitory. He gave of his time and monetary support until his death. He was one of its first Trustees and always gave it his active support.
Father joined the Zion Grove Baptist Church and was baptized sometime in his late fifties. The exact year I do not know, but I saw him baptized. He was baptised in Birds Creek just above ford now going over to D. E. Brown's . He had always actively supported the church, and when something was going on at the church, Father never missed it, and saw that his children went also.
Father was a great believer in education, and his church, and he tried in every way possible to educate his children, and to see that facilities were available for that purpose.
Father was a very determined man, strictly honest, and thought everyone else should be the same. He lost quite a lot of money in trusting people. Once Father had made up his mind on an issue, he was very hard to change. In fact as far as Father was concerned, that was the way it was or had to be. He demanded and received complete obedience from his children. He was very strict, though gentle, and the rules and regulations he propounded for his childfen had to be adhered to without question, and any deviation there-from called for disciplinary action therefore. Father loved his children and family very much, and was always interested in their well-being. He loved his home, and only left it to attend to necessary business, or his church, always returning as soon as possible. His entire life was, him home and family.
Father, although his health was not very good, was always active, and was, up to the time of his terminal illness, his willpower often carrying him through any task that he chose to perform. Late in the fall of 1937, Father, one cold rainy day, left the house to see about the division of the crops of one of the Tennants. Mother tried to keep him from going, but he went anyway. He got wet and chilled from which he took pneumonia. Although he recovered from the pneumonia itself, he did not recover from the effects of it. On the morning of June 15th, 1938, holding my hand he passed quietly, and peacefully away. I had not only lost a father, but a dear friend and counselor as well. Father was gone from us at the age of 86, and the family circle was broken. He was laid to rest in the New Zion's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, beside his daughter Mary. The Clarks and the Paines having some years previously signed an agreement with the Trustees of Smoky Mountain Academy not to use the Paine-Clark Cemtery for future burial purposes." (Newton Berry Clark)
I have a tin-type picture of him. (Sherry S. Finchum)
Madison County, N.C. 1880 census lists Lilly Payne in the household of Smith F. "Pain" Payne along with Ambrose, Isaac Newton, Charles M. and Mary V. Payne. She was shown as (8) eight years old.
"She only took 1 car ride in her life. It was to the doctor, and it made her so sick she said she would never ride again." (Emma Deane Clark)
"She moved to Sevier County, TN with her parents when she was a young girl. Her ancestors, were of Dutch Hollander, Swiss and Irish origins.
Mother was about 5 feet 7 inches in height, weighed between 125 and 135 pounds, had long silky dark hair, fair complexion, which remained smooth until her death, and brown eyes. Mother liked to have her hair combed and many was the time when I was a young boy have I stood on a chair combing it for her liking to feel the softness of it. She was a strong woman, both physically and in will power. She was seldom ill, and I cannot recall a time until the weight of years began to tell on her that she was ever ill. She was troubled all her life with motion sickness, but that was about the only thing that seemed to bother Mother.
Mother loved beauty. She loved flowers of which she had a profusion and would work for hours in them. She always had lovely flowers, even in her last years she still worked with her flowers.
Mother was always busy, very energetic, she could not tolerate any kind of uncleanliness, neither in her house, clothing or her children, and every spring she moved everything from its place in the house and gave a general cleaning to the house, furniture, and everything. She was an excellent cook, and always prepared good food for her children or company as well. She insisted on cleanliness in her kitchen, in the utensils she used, and in the preparation of the food. When a meal was over no matter how rushed, Mother always cleaned the refuse from the table, washed the dishes and the silverware, the utensils, and saw that her kitchen was clean before she left it. She tolerated no accumulation of dirty dishes.
Mother loved her home and her children, with a love unsurpassed. Her thoughts were ever of her children, and if one of the children would call and required attention, she could go for days without sleep or rest. She seemed to have a tireless amount of energy. Her children always came first, their cares, and their comfort and well being.
Mother's children could always go to her, with their troubles, their hurts and problems, and always be sure of sympathy and understanding.
She made her children's clothes and bought one of the first Singer sewing machines to come to Sevier County. I have often known her after working in the garden or field all day, to spin and card far into the night, in order that her children might have proper clothing, which she always kept clean and neat.
Mother had a wonderful sense of humor and liked to tease. She also had a nice voice for singing and liked to gather the children around her and sing. Mother joined the Baptist church sometime in her early girlhood and later transferred her letter to the Zion's Grove Baptist Church, of which she remained a member until her death.
Mother, was a very profuse reader, she read all kinds of books. The Bible, novels, romance, fiction, detective, all kinds of books seemed to interest her. I have often waked up far into the night and saw a light in Mother's room-she would be reading. She had a wonderul retentive memory. I have asked her long after she had read a book what the book was about and she could quote word for word almost everything about the book.
After father died, Mother began to be bothered with high blood pressure, and her health began to fail. She was fairly healthy on the whole, still looked after her garden and her flowers, but her health began to gradually decline. In November of 1951, she went to the Baptist Hospital in Knoxville, TN and the doctor's having discovered that she had colon cancer, operated on her. She was operated on by a specialist from the Mayo Clinic. She went to the operating room cheerful, thinking that they could relieve and help her. The doctors reported to her children that there was no hope, that her cancer was the fast-acting type and that there was nothing else that they could do, but make her comfortable the few remaining days that she had to live. Mother recovered from the shock of the operation, and wanted to leave the hospital. She went to Deane's with 24 hour nursing care, and died May 1952." (Newton B. Clark)
I have 2 photographs of her. (Sherry S. Finchum)