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Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore 1799–1873 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Dec 1799

Birth Location: Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: Jan 1873

Death Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA

Father: Edward Sizemore\Sisemore

Mother: Lucinda\Louannah Sizemore*

Spouse(s): Katherine Gayhart

Children(s): Sarah Gearhart, Katherine Sizemore, PVT. Sizemore, John Sizemore, Elizabeth Sizemore, Richard Sizemore, Frances Sizemore, Rhoda Sizemore

Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore was born in 1799 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Edward B Ned Sizemore Sisemore And Lucinda Louannah Bolling Sizemore. Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore married Katherine Ann Old Kate Gayhart, and had children including Elizabeth Susan Bessie Sizemore, Frances Jane Franky Sizemore, John Penny Penny John Sizemore, Katherine Ann Kate Sizemore, Pvt Willam Green Bill Sizemore, Rhoda Sylvania Rhodie Sizemore, Richard Bird Dick Sizemore, Sarah Gearhart. Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore passed away in 1873 in Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore was born in 1799 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Edward B Ned Sizemore Sisemore And Lucinda Louannah Bolling Sizemore.
  • Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore married Katherine Ann Old Kate Gayhart, and had children including Elizabeth Susan Bessie Sizemore, Frances Jane Franky Sizemore, John Penny Penny John Sizemore, Katherine Ann Kate Sizemore, Pvt Willam Green Bill Sizemore, Rhoda Sylvania Rhodie Sizemore, Richard Bird Dick Sizemore, Sarah Gearhart.
  • Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore passed away in 1873 in Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward Sizemore\Sisemore
1778–1856
Birth Location: Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah (was Dunmore Co. til 1778), Virginia
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Lucinda\Louannah Sizemore*
1780–1820
Birth Location: Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Katherine Gayhart
1800–1876
Birth Location: Reed Creek, Wythe, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Sarah Gearhart
1823–1887
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Katherine Sizemore
1840–1890
Birth Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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PVT. Sizemore
1835–1873
Birth Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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John Sizemore
1838–1917
Birth Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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Elizabeth Sizemore
1831–1915
Birth Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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Richard Sizemore
1841–1920
Birth Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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Frances Sizemore
1828–1888
Birth Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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Rhoda Sizemore
1825–1910
Birth Location: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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Lewis Sizemore's Ancestors

Self
Lewis Sizemore
1799–1873
Birth Place: Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Edward B "Ned" Sizemore\Sisemore
1778–1856
Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah (was Dunmore Co. til 1778), Virginia
Lucinda\Louannah ((Bolling)) Sizemore*
1780–1820
Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
William (Blackwater Bill) Bolin
1757–1838
Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America
Sarah ("Sally" (Bolling, Birchfield)) Fugate
1760–1830
Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lewis Sizemore's Descendants

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Lewis (Level "Red Bird" (Catawba)) Sizemore (23 Dec 1799–Jan 1873) m. Katherine (Ann "Old Kate") Gayhart (19 Apr 1800–Nov 1876)
  1. 1. Sarah Gearhart 1823–1887 m. Peler (W) Gearhart 1829–1885
    1. 1. Victoria Gearheart 1853–1927 m. Andrew (Handshoe) Cobourn 1860–1940
      1. 1. Laura (Dulcena "Cena”) Coburn 1879–1946 m. Robert Chafins 1874–1953
        1. 1. Gale Chafins 1906–1949
        2. 2. Peter (D) Chaffins 1908–1982
        3. 3. May Chafins 1910–1975
        4. 4. Gladys Chaffins 1912–1976
        5. 5. Norsie Chafins 1915–1995
        6. 6. Kellie Chaffins 1898–1927
        7. 7. Catherine ("Kate") Chaffins 1899–1975
        8. 8. Dona Chaffins 1904–1993
        9. 9. Dolly Chafins 1902–
        10. 10. Hattie Sparks 1919–1997 m. Theodore Sparks 1916–1996
      2. 2. Susan Coburn 1890–1964
      3. 3. Elizabeth Coburn 1897–1899
      4. 4. Gemima Coburn 1893–1970
      5. 5. Mary Coburn 1890–1959
      6. 6. Fanny Shepherd 1922–1961
      7. 7. Sallie (A) Coburn 1885–1965
    2. 2. Green (Wade) Gayhart 1863–1928
    3. 3. Rachael Gearhart 1856–1891
    4. 4. Mary Gearhart 1850–1913
    5. 5. Katherine (Sylvania “Kate”) Gayhart 1850–1857
    6. 6. Lewis Gearhart 1859–1921
  2. 2. Katherine (Ann “Kate”) Sizemore 1840–1890
  3. 3. PVT. (Willam Green "Bill") Sizemore 1835–1873
  4. 4. John (Penny "Penny John") Sizemore 1838–1917
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Susan "Bessie") Sizemore 1831–1915
  6. 6. Richard (Bird "Dick") Sizemore 1841–1920
  7. 7. Frances (Jane "Franky") Sizemore 1828–1888
  8. 8. Rhoda (Sylvania "Rhodie") Sizemore 1825–1910

Lewis Sizemore's Timeline

2 Records

1799
23 Dec 1799
Birth of Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
1873
Jan 1873
Age 74
Death of Lewis Level "Red Bird" (Catawba) Sizemore in Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1799
    Event Place: Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1873
    Event Place: Minnie, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
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