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Pvt John Brabson Whaley

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Pvt John Brabson Whaley Veteran

Birth
Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Death
5 Sep 1864 (aged 22)
Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.7117805, Longitude: -83.5146179
Memorial ID
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John Brabson Whaley was the son of John "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey Whaley

John married Lydia Kear in Sevier County, Tennessee on Feb 9, 1860. Lydia Kear known as "Aunt Liddy" was born in Sevier County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff.

John and Lydia Whaley had the following Children;

1. Perry W. Whaley
2. Isabella Whaley
3. Lorsinda B. Whaley


Military "Civil War"
PVT John Brabson Whaley a "Citizen Volunteer". While serving the Union Army during the Civil War Pvt John Brabson Whaley was in temporary service of the United States. Pvt John Brabson Whaley was killed on Sept 5, 1864, while trying to rescue a Federal Soldier in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

On June 17, 1867 Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 For Pvt John B Whaley, filed by Widow Lydia Whaley

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129."Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 29

John Brabson Whaley was the son of John "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey Whaley

John married Lydia Kear in Sevier County, Tennessee on Feb 9, 1860. Lydia Kear known as "Aunt Liddy" was born in Sevier County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff.

John and Lydia Whaley had the following Children;

1. Perry W. Whaley
2. Isabella Whaley
3. Lorsinda B. Whaley


Military "Civil War"
PVT John Brabson Whaley a "Citizen Volunteer". While serving the Union Army during the Civil War Pvt John Brabson Whaley was in temporary service of the United States. Pvt John Brabson Whaley was killed on Sept 5, 1864, while trying to rescue a Federal Soldier in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

On June 17, 1867 Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 For Pvt John B Whaley, filed by Widow Lydia Whaley

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129."Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 29



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