Life History

Notes

• From Gregory family research, Loretta Gregory Gay had the name of one child as Adeline, which did not match any census reports.  I note that Rachel is reported with the middle initial of A, as her sisters Margaret and Tursa also are.
  
  However, Loretta's list included Margaet and Tursa.  It seems likely that the child reported as Rachel A came to be called by her middle name Adeline, by which her descendants in Oklahoma remember her.  I have reported her with the full name Rachel Adeline.
  
  This completes the reconciliation of the girls' names from censuses with the Gregory family list of names of Julia Ann Clementine Strange's siblings.  Rachel's age shows a 2-year discrepancy between 1870 and 1880.  This is probably because her birthday is in the month of July.  See notes for Lucinda Jane on this problem.
  
  Marriage records report that Adaline married McClure Clevenger in 1881.  He was better known as Mack or J Mack.  He was John McClure Clevernger Jr.  His father went by Mack.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  Adaline Strange
  Spouse McClure Clevinger
  Marriage 12 Feb 1881 Cocke, Tennessee
  
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  J. Mack Clevenger
  Male 1853 [1863] - 1928  (74 years [64])
  
  J. Mack Clevenger
  Born 10 Jun 1853 Cocke County, Tennessee
  Died 13 Jan 1928 Cocke County, Tennessee
  Buried 15 Jan 1928 Phillips Cemetery
  
  Father John McClure "Mack" Clevenger, b Sep 1836, Tennessee d 10 May 1910  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother Rhoda Davis, b 1844, Tennessee d 4 Jul 1868  (Age 24 years)
  
  Wife Adeline Strange, b Tennessee Find d Bef 13 Jan 1928 [bef 1904, when Mack married his second wife Mary E Hall]
  Children:
  1. Fred Clevenger
  2. Ben Clevenger
  3. Dessie Clevenger
  +       4. Texie Clevenger, b 19 Sep 1892, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee d 2 Feb 1946, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 53 years)
  5. Ruth Clevenger
  6. Blanch Clevenger, b 27 May 1902,   d 3 Mar 1951, Knox County, Tennessee (Age 48 years)
  7. Thelma Clevenger [Mary Hall's daughter]
  --  Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest, http://www.smokykin.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I106174&tree=Smokykin&tngprint=1
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  There was a daughter of Mack and his second wife Mary Hall named Thelma.  I suspect the listing of Thelma above in the children of Adeline was an error.
  
  Adeline Strange Clevenger
  Birth May 28, 1861 Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
  Death Jan. 17, 1904 Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
  Spouse J Mack Clevenger (1863 - 1928)
  Children:
  Adiah Beniah Clevenger (1882 - 1935)
  Fred A Clevenger (1885 - 1962)
  Texie Mae Clevenger McCoig (1892 - 1946)
  Julia Blanche Fox Drummond (1902 - 1951)
  Burial Open Door Church Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
  Created by Tammie Gunter Mar 08, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #49444050, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49444050

Sources

• 1. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 2 August, District 3, PO Trion, page 27 (340), Hse #178, Family #176
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 17 June, Civil District 5, Enumeration District 179, page 39 (scan 516C), Hse #286, Fam #290
• 3. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
• 6. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
• 7. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
• 8. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
• 9. Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
• 10. Genealogy.com Trees