Linda Ann McMahan: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Linda Ann McMahan was born 9 Nov 1955 (daughter of Oris Lee McMahan and Ann Ruth Lambdin). Notes: ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 21. "Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 20.

Generation: 2

Oris Lee McMahan was born 5 Oct 1921, Tennessee (son of Freddie Clay McMahan and Mattie Emeline Rolen); died 30 Sep 1977; was buried Orlando, Florida.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 21.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 20.

Oris married Ann Ruth Lambdin 26 Jun 1946. Ann died Feb 1995. [Group Sheet]

Ann Ruth Lambdin died Feb 1995.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 20.

Children:

1. Linda Ann McMahan was born 9 Nov 1955.

Generation: 3

Freddie Clay McMahan was born 14 Jun 1897, Tennessee (son of Allen McMahan and Maranda Henry); died 18 May 1958; was buried Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 20, 21.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 20.

Freddie — Mattie Emeline Rolen. Mattie (daughter of Joab Joe B. Rolen and Mary Ann Williams) was born 3 May 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Dec 1990; was buried Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mattie Emeline Rolen was born 3 May 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Joab Joe B. Rolen and Mary Ann Williams); died 16 Dec 1990; was buried Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

The 1910 Census lists Mattie Rolen age 7 niece living in houshold of Lavator and Ollie B. Rolen (son of George and Susan (Proffit) Rolen).
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 20, 21.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 20.

Children:

William James "James Bill" McMahan, "Mac" was born 19 Oct 1919, Tennessee; died 14 Mar 1991; was buried Hixon, Tennessee.
2. Oris Lee McMahan was born 5 Oct 1921, Tennessee; died 30 Sep 1977; was buried Orlando, Florida.
Doyle Ray McMahan was born 7 Sep 1925, Tennessee.
Mary Irene McMahan was born 16 May 1932, Tennessee.
Freddie Walden "Clay" McMahan was born 29 Dec 1933, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 2013, LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 22 Jan 2013, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

Allen McMahan was born 8 Jul 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Sanders M. "San" McMahan and Linda "Amanda" Huff); died 18 Jan 1901; was buried Allen McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Allen's children are recorded with Henry cousins, Jim Bally McMahan descendants.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 20, 106.

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Reference:
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 36.

Allen — Maranda Henry. Maranda (daughter of James "Jim" Henry and Elizabeth "Betsy" McMahan) was born 18 Apr 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Apr 1934; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Maranda Henry was born 18 Apr 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James "Jim" Henry and Elizabeth "Betsy" McMahan); died 19 Apr 1934; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Buried in Old Henry Cemetery.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 20, 106.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 471.

Children:

Amanda Elzora McMahan was born 8 May 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1947; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
James M. McMahan was born 17 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1917, Camp Sevier, Greenville County, South Carolina; was buried 14 Dec 1917, Allen McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
William Ernest "Ern" McMahan was born 30 Jul 1891, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1952, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Nov 1952, Rays Chapel Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Lenley Freeman "Free" McMahan was born 6 Apr 1894, Tennessee; died 10 Aug 1928; was buried Allen McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Freddie Clay McMahan was born 14 Jun 1897, Tennessee; died 18 May 1958; was buried Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Willard Caron McMahan was born Nov 1898, Tennessee.
Sarah "Sally" McMahan

10.

Joab Joe B. Rolen was born 31 Oct 1857, Tennessee (son of James Rolen and Martha Ann "Sis" Williams); died 11 Jul 1903; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 20, 21.
"A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen Stucker, 1980, p 2.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 16.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 389.

Joab married Mary Ann Williams 21 Mar 1895. Mary (daughter of John Williams and Margaret Emaline Clark) was born 13 Mar 1869, Tennessee; died 28 Aug 1915; was buried Shults Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Mary Ann Williams was born 13 Mar 1869, Tennessee (daughter of John Williams and Margaret Emaline Clark); died 28 Aug 1915; was buried Shults Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen, p 5.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 16, 24.

Children:

Elizabeth Suzanne "Lizzie" Rolen was born 31 Dec 1895; died 14 Oct 1983, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
George Luther Rolen was born 4 Jan 1898; died 10 Apr 1971; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nancy Edna Rolen was born 16 Dec 1899, Tennessee; died 8 May 2001, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 11 May 2001, Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Mattie Emeline Rolen was born 3 May 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Dec 1990; was buried Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.