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William Jackson Proffitt 1851–1929 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Feb 1851

Birth Location: Sevier, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 8 May 1929

Death Location: Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, USA

Father: James Proffitt

Mother: Phoebe Harrison

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William Jackson Proffitt was born in 1851 in Sevier, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Alfred Proffitt And Phoebe Harrison. William Jackson Proffitt passed away in 1929 in Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • William Jackson Proffitt was born in 1851 in Sevier, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Alfred Proffitt And Phoebe Harrison.
  • William Jackson Proffitt passed away in 1929 in Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, USA.

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William Proffitt's Ancestors

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William Proffitt
1851–1929
Birth Place: Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Parents
James Alfred Proffitt
1827–1863
Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Phoebe Harrison
1828–1863
Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Reuben Harrison
1794–1863
Orange, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Baxter
1796–1870
Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Baxter
1773–1829
Rachel Bayne
1775–1867
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Proffitt's Timeline

2 Records

1851
12 Feb 1851
Birth of William Jackson Proffitt in Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Sevier, Tennessee, USA
1929
8 May 1929
Age 78
Death of William Jackson Proffitt in Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, USA
Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1851
    Event Place: Sevier, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 May 1929
    Event Place: Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, USA

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