Descendents of Samuel Mowery

Samuel Mowery married Jane McLoud(McCloud?) in Knox County, TN on March 11, 1819. According to the 1850 TN Census Bradley County, they had the following children:

James Mowery born ca. 1820 married Melvina Thompson in Bradley Co. 1850
Moses Mowery born 1822 married Nancy Clapp 17 Dec 1816
Hazard Mowery born ca. 1823
W.S. Mowery born ca. 1825 married Martha Bradshaw
Lucinda Mowery born 1826 Knox Co. married William Franklin Parham ca.1848
Mariah Mowery m. John H. Parham 1829
Peter Wesley Mowery born April 15, 1830
Lewis L. Mowery b. 1831
Samuel Mowery born about 1837
Louisa Mowery born about 1843
Unity Mowery born about 1844 married Joseph Young 30 Jul 1865


Peter Wesley Mowery married Mary Ann Wilson 1 May 1862 in Bradley County, TN. Mary Ann was born February 3, 1839, she died March 31, 1904. They had the following children:

George L. Mowery born 13 March 1863
Parthenia E. Mowery born 18 July 1865
Rebeca A. Mowery born 28 October 1870
John W. Mowery born 9 July 1874
Samuel Luther Mowery born 5 April 1876
Jerry A. Mowery born 24 September 1878
Marrien L. Mowery born 25 September 1880

There is a chance of more children that haven't been proven as of yet.


Of these children my line descends from George L. Mowery. He married 2 December 1883, in Bradley County, TN, Martha Lenora Seaborn. Martha was born 23 July 1867and died 26 December 1925 in Bradley County, TN. George died 17 May 1948, in Bradley County. Both are buried in Candies Creek Cemetery in Bradley County. Of this marriage the following children were produced:

Nathaniel Landon Mowery born 5 November 1893
Wyley Mowery
Dave Mowery
Ollie Mowery
Ida Mowery born 8 Jan 1885 in Bradley County, TN died 27 November 1886 in Bradley County. She is buried in Funderburg Cemetery there. Ida was in the home while her family was milking. Her blanket got too close to the stove and caught fire. She died in the fire.


This photo is of Dave, Ollie, Nathaniel and Wyley.


Nathanial Landon Mowery married 14 February 1915 Erma Geren. Erma was born in 1897 in Bradley county, TN. She died 4 July 1973 in Bradley county, TN of congestive heart failure. Nathaniel died 13 March 1978 in Bradley County. They are both buried in Candies Creek Cemetery there. They had the following children:

Photo of Nathaniel Landon Mowery and his wife Erma Geren.

Thomas Raymond Mowery born 18 July 1916
Jay Lynn Mowery
Earl "Buddy" Mowery
Eugene Richard Mowery

Thomas Raymond Mowery married 8 June 1945 in Bradley County, TN, Ruth Hackney. She was born 28 June 1918. Ruth died 8 July 1977 in Bradley County, TN of cancer. Thomas died 24 May 1980, in Bradley County of Diabetes complications. They had two children:

Eugenia Mowery
Tommy June Mowery