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2. | John King Nelson was born on 23 Apr 1876 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee (son of William E. Nelson and Eliza Peters); died on 21 Jul 1965 in Banner Elk, , Avery County, North Carolina; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. Notes: 1900 Sullivan County, TN John married Cora Ann Smith on 17 May 1908 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Cora (daughter of Andrew Jackson Smith and Etta Mary Phillippi) was born on 2 Dec 1886 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 25 Dec 1973 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Cora Ann Smith was born on 2 Dec 1886 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee (daughter of Andrew Jackson Smith and Etta Mary Phillippi); died on 25 Dec 1973 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. Notes: Cora Ann Nelson, age 87, of Route 1, Mountain City, died Tuesday evening 10:30 p.m. in the Johnson County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. She was a native of Johnson County and a daughter of the late Andy and Etta Phillippi Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, John King Nelson on July 23, 1965. She was a member of Liberty Christian Church. Survivors include three sons, King Nelson, Jr., Jim Nelson and Sam Nelson, all of Mountain City; four daughters, Mrs. William Jones, Mrs. Charles Mills, Mrs. Tyler Smith and Mrs. James B . Wills, all of Mountain City; two step-children, Tom Nelson and Mrs. Ervin Sparks, both of Johnson City; 29 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday morning at the Lewis Gentry Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ernest Carrier officiating. Interment will follow in the Phillippi Cemetery. The pallbearers will be grandsons. Flower-bearers will be ladies who attend the service. The family will receive friends Thursday evening at the hours of 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home chapel where the body will remain throughout the services. Friends can call at the residence on Route 1, Mountain City, anytime. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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4. | William E. Nelson was born in Jun 1853 in , Giles County, Tennessee, (son of John Nelson and Nancy (Nelson)). Notes: 1880 Sullivan County, TN William married Eliza Peters about 1875 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Eliza was born about 1857 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Eliza Peters was born about 1857 in , Giles County, Tennessee, .
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6. | Andrew Jackson Smith was born on 16 Mar 1854 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee (son of John Henderson Smith and Ellenor Wilson); died on 18 Jul 1932 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Wilson Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. Andrew married Etta Mary Phillippi on 1 Oct 1874 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Etta was born on 6 Mar 1858 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 26 May 1946 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Etta Mary Phillippi was born on 6 Mar 1858 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 26 May 1946 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. Notes: Mrs. Etta Mary Smith, 88, died at her home, Rte. 1, Sunday night at 10:15 pm. She was a lifelong resident of Johnson County and a member of the Christian Church. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Ella Gentry, Mrs. Cora Nelson, Mrs. Carol Vickson and Mrs. Betty Maxwell of Mountain City, Mrs. Bella Jones of Shouns and Mrs. Lula Smith of Bristol; six sons, David, Fred, Charles and Pete Smith of Mountain City, and Wiley of Neva; two brothers, Andrew and William Phillippi of Indiana; 65grandchildren and 78 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Liberty Chrisitan Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm with Rev. Jim Jones officiating. Burial will be in the Wilson cemetery in Mountain City. Active pallbearers were the grandsons. The body was moved to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Betty Maxwell, Rte. 1, Monday afternoon.
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8. | John Nelson was born about 1817 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Notes: 1870 Sullivan County, TN John married Nancy (Nelson) about 1840 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Nancy was born about 1821 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Nancy (Nelson) was born about 1821 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, .
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12. | John Henderson Smith was born on 4 Oct 1816 in Carter County, , , Tennessee (son of Daniel Smith and Mary Ann "Polly" Simerly); died on 5 Oct 1898 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Rittertown Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes: He was originally buried in Smith Cemetery (No. 1), located in Carter County on the left bank of the Watauga River, upstream from Dry Branch, about 400 feet southeast of Hwy 67, on top of a high brushy ridge on property purchased by the T.V.A. from Gean Campbell. Twenty-two of the 23 graves were removed to six reinterment cemeteries. John married Ellenor Wilson on 3 Apr 1843 in , Johnson County, Tennessee, . Ellenor was born about 1825 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died before 1880 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Ellenor Wilson was born about 1825 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died before 1880 in Carter County, , , Tennessee.
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