Archibald R. McMahan

b 01 May 1852, Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee
d 16 Sep 1925, Alcoa, , Tennessee
bur Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee		Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan
	Archibald McMahan	b 1731
	\| b 1773	McNulty
William 'Bill' McMahan	d 27 Feb 1853
\|b 1804	\|	George Byrd
\|d 1866	Elizabeth Byrd
\|	b 1777	Mary
Archibald R. McMahan	d 1844
\|Sarah 'Sallie' Huff-2 +
\|m 1883	John Black
\|	\|b 1795
Mary Malinda Black	d 1857
b 1830	\|
d 1899	Mary
	b 1800
	d 1858

Children

1		Bernard S. McMahan
2	<	Elizabeth M. 'Lizzie' McMahan
3		Rebecca L. McMahan
4	<	Turner C. McMahan
5	<	George Ray McMahan

Notes

Born in the 'Mac Cove' (Jones Cove) on the tract settled by his grandfather Archibald McMahan (1772-1853). The only memory A. R. McMahan had of his father was riding the plow as he turned his garden.

A. R. McMahan greatly improved the farm of his father. The original log house was enlarged and modernized. There were two fine springs where they got water. He planted an orchard of apples, peaches and pears and had a drying house to preserve the fruit.

A. R. McMahan was a Baptist and a strong Republican.

In 1912 he contracted smallpox and it took his eyesight. Thereafter, his wife was his eyes, doing his reading for him. In his last years, the McMahans left Jones Cove and moved to Alcoa where Mr. McMahan died.

Buried in Huff Cemetery.

Source: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 48, 105, 114. 'Dr. Mac', Iva McMahan Moore, 1974, p 55. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies,' Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 476. 'Shields Family', Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 81. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 187, 231, 261, 264.

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