Archibald R. McMahan^[1]

1852 - 1925  (73 years)

• Name	Archibald R. McMahan
  Born	1 May 1852	Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Sep 1925	Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee
  Buried	Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I38047	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	William "Bill" McMahan,   b. 1804, North Carolina ,   d. 1866  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Malinda Black,   b. 29 Jan 1830, North Carolina ,   d. 1 May 1898  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2065	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Emma "Sallie" Shields,   b. 5 Oct 1858, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jul 1881, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 22 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1875
  Children	+ 1. Dr. John Walter McMahan,   b. 20 Oct 1875, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jul 1935, Waycross, Georgia  (Age 59 years) + 2. Mary Quintine "Tina" McMahan,   b. 9 Jan 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Dec 1963  (Age 85 years)   3. William Lloyd McMahan,   b. 1880,   d. 1881  (Age 1 years)
  Family ID	F13920	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah "Sallie" Huff,   b. 20 Sep 1857, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Jun 1945, Jefferson County, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1883
  Children	1. Bernard S. McMahan,   b. 1885,   d. 1952  (Age 67 years) + 2. Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" McMahan,   b. 1 Oct 1888, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jan 1989  (Age 100 years) + 3. Turner Cloy McMahan,   b. 31 May 1893, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Oct 1978  (Age 85 years) + 4. George Ray McMahan,   b. 25 Feb 1897,   d. 4 Nov 1926  (Age 29 years)   5. Rebecca L. McMahan,   b. 25 Aug 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Mar 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F14662	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 May 1852 - Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 16 Sep 1925 - Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee Buried - - Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• 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. ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 48, 105, 114. "Dr. Mac", Iva McMahan Moore, 1974, p 55. "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 81. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 231, 261, 264.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 313A, 1880. Census Place: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 313A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Archable MC MAHAN Self M M W 28 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Sarah E. MC MAHAN Wife F M W 21 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN John W. MC MAHAN Son M S W 5 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Mary Q. MC MAHAN Dau F S W 2 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Paul J. SHIELDS Brother M S W 10 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 332a, 28 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0332a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 313, 1880. http://sevierlibrary.tripod.com/page601880.html [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 476.