SIXTH GENERATION

192. E. Belle Wilson ⁽¹⁾ was born in 1879 in Overton Co., Tn.⁽²⁾ She died on 28 Jul 1940 in Fentress Co., TN.⁽²⁾ She was buried on 30 Jul 1940 in Pulse Cemetery, Fentress Co., Tn.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

MY FATHER, DANIEL D. WILSON, REMEMBERS HIS GREAT AUNT BELLE RIDING U P TO THEIR
FARM WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, AND SHE HAD GROWN SONS.

IN THE 1900 CENSUS FOR OVERTON COUNTY, BELLE WAS 21 YEARS OLD AT TH E TIME OF
THE CENSUS.

She was married to Steven D. Ashburn on 5 Feb 1900 in Overton, Tn, Fentress County. Steven D. Ashburn ⁽¹⁾ was born on 15 Feb 1882 in Fentress County, Tn. ⁽²⁾ He died on 9 Feb 1973 in Fentress County, Tn. ⁽²⁾ He was buried on 12 Feb 1973 in Mt Union Miss, Bapt Church, Campground Cem, Fentress Co Tn.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

Steve D. Ashburn is the husband of E. Belle Wilson, daughter of David Crocket Wilson and Miranda Catherine Bilbrey "Rindy", of Overton County, TN.

Marriage information: Married 5 Feb 1900, by W. J. Riddle, D.D., Overton County, Tn, their names are shown as Stephen Ashvern (not Ashburn, so it Ashvern was misspelled), and Miss Bell Wilson. Info found at LDS Family History Center, Overton County, TN records.

Steve and Belle Wilson Ashburn are both buried at the Mt Union Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Campground, Fentress County, TN.

Steve and Bell had five children: (that I know of)
Margaret Pairlee Livesay, 1908, Overton County, TN
Vernie Ashburn Livesay, 1910
Hattie Ashburn Taylor, 1912
Herman Ashburn, 1914
Thurman Ashburn, 1915

Obituary: Margaret Pairlee Livesay, 74, Rt. !, Box 227A, Clarkrange, TN, died at Ft. Sanders Hospital, Knoxville, TN, on 22 JUl 1983.

She was born 15 Sep 1908, in Overton County, TN, and was the daughter of Steve Ashburn and Belle Wilson Ashburn.

She was a member of the Mt. Union Missionary Baptist Church.

Services will be conducted at 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 26, 1983, from the Mt Union Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Campground Cemetery, with the Rev Talmadge PHillips. Special music will be furnished by the Andersons.

Survivors include, one daughter, Mrs. Hasket (Betty) Walker, Clarkrange; two grandchildren, Tommy Walker, and Michelle Walker; two sisters, Vernie Ashburn Livesay, and Hattie Ashburn Taylor, both of Crossville, and two brothers, Herman Ashburn, Crossville, and Thurman Ashburn of Dayton, Ohio.

Bilbrey Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Fentress County Leader Times E. Belle Wilson and Steven D. Ashburn had the following children:

+288 i. Margaret Pairlee Ashburn.
+289 ii. Vernie Ashburn.
+290 iii. Hattie Ashburn.
291 iv. Herman Ashburn⁽¹⁾ was born in 1914 in Clarkrange Cemetery, Fentress County, TN. He died in Crossville, TN, Cumberland County, Campground Cemetery, Fentress County.
292 v. Thurman Ashburn⁽¹⁾ was born in 1915 in Clarkrange Cemetery, Fentress County, TN. He died in Dayton, Ohio.

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