Gilbert R. "Gib" McMahan^[1]

1851 - 1938  (87 years)

• Name	Gilbert R. "Gib" McMahan
  Born	9 Jun 1851	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	28 Oct 1938  [4]
  Buried	Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I39018	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	25 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Archibald D. McMahan,   b. 31 Mar 1817, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Aug 1883  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rebecca F. McMahan,   b. 1824, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1871  (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F13225	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Mary M. Townsend,   b. 15 Sep 1848, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Mar 1889  (Age 40 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1867	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. John W. "Squire" McMahan,   b. 1867, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Oct 1937  (Age 70 years)   2. Sara "Pud" McMahan,   b. 16 Jun 1876, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Aug 1938  (Age 62 years) + 3. Nannie McMahan,   b. 4 Apr 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 May 1955  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F14288	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Elizabeth "Eliza" Manis,   b. 18 Oct 1867, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Jan 1920  (Age 52 years)
  Children	+ 1. James Wilson De Arnold "Arnold" "Tubby" McMahan,   b. 25 Feb 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Jul 1963  (Age 70 years)   2. Henry Russell McMahan,   b. 18 Nov 1894,   d. 29 Sep 1918, France  (Age 23 years)   3. R. Elzory McMahan,   b. 25 Feb 1898,   d. 23 Apr 1906  (Age 8 years) + 4. Dallas Redmond "Ras" McMahan,   b. 29 Mar 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Mar 1960  (Age 60 years) + 5. George McKinley McMahan,   b. 11 May 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Feb 1965  (Age 64 years) + 6. Melinda L. McMahan,   b. 24 May 1903,   d. 1 Dec 1968  (Age 65 years) + 7. Earl Winfred "Jack" McMahan,   b. 31 Jul 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Jul 1990  (Age 85 years) + 8. Nancy Jane McMahan,   b. 6 Nov 1908, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Apr 1986  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F14274	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Jun 1851 - Tennessee Married - 3 Feb 1867 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1870 - District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Charter member of Shady Grove Baptist Church of Sevier County, Tennessee. ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 12, 33, 34. "The Townsend Heritage," Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 111, 112.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Carroll McMahan [cmcmahan@scoc.org], 9 Mar 2012. Born June 9, 1851, Gilbert Russell “Gib” McMahan was a direct descendent of Archibald McMahan II and Elizabeth Byrd McMahan, who settled on a land grant in Pearl Valley in 1811. His paternal grandparents, David Crockett McMahan and Sarah Large McMahan purchased and lived on the farm homesteaded by William Richardson, the man for whom Richardson’s Cove was named and whose family had been massacred by the Indians there in 1792. Gilbert was a son of Archibald D. McMahan (1817-1883) and Rebecca F.McMahan (1824-1871). His siblings were: Frances Marion McMahan, Fannie McMahan, Nancy McMahan, Elender (Manis), Angeleta (Townsend), Blackburn McMahan, Laura McMahan and Martha (Watson). Gilbert married Mary M. Townsend (born September 15, 1848) on February 3, 1867. Gilbert and Mary were parents of three children: John W. “Squire” McMahan (1867-October 15, 1937, married Sallie Belle and Eliza Belle McMahan), Sarah “Pud” McMahan (June 16, 1876 – August 11, 1938) and Nannie (April 4, 1877 – May 5, 1955, married Andy Manis). Mary Townsend McMahan died March 22, 1889. She was 41. Gilbert’s was married a second time to Martha Elizabeth “Eliza” Manis (born October 16, 1867) daughter of James R. and Eliza Sutton Manis on December 31, 1889. Gilbert and Eliza were parents of: James Wilson De Arnold “Tubby” (February 25, 1893-July 18, 1963, married Stella Howard), Henry Russell (November 18, 1894 – killed in action in WWI on September 29, 1918), Elzora (February 15, 1898-April 23, 1906), Dallas Redmond “Rass”McMahan (March 28, 1898 – March 6, 1960, married Viola Atchley and Gladys Carr), George McKinley McMahan ( May 11, 1900 – February 23, 1965, married Nancy King) Melinda L. (May 24, 1903-December 1, 1968, married Manson Bohannon), Earl Winfred “Jack”(July 31, 1904-July 23, 1990, married Nummie McCarter and Lydia Knight Ogle) and Nancy Jane (November 6, 1908 –April 22, 1986, married Robert King). Eliza Manis McMahan died January 23, 1920 and was buried in the Shady Grove Cemetery. Among his earlier occupations, Gilbert assisted his father, a skilled wagon craftsman, and did an apprenticeship as a blacksmith for his Uncle McNulty McMahan. Farming became his chosen vocation. He raised corn to grind in the T.W.D. McMahan Mill operated by his cousin on the Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon River and sold produce to another cousin, Robert McMahan, to sell in his community store. Gilbert attended the Richardson’s Cove Baptist Church until the church dissolved due the fear of assembling during the Civil War. When the Church of Christ at Pleasant Hill was established on May 24, 1871, Gilbert, his first wife, Mary, and his parents were charter members. A year later the church was renamed Shady Grove Baptist Church. Gilbert remained a member and eventually became a Deacon of Shady Grove Baptist Church until Richardson’s Cove Baptist Church was re-established in 1914 and he transferred membership back to the church of his youth. At the ripe old age of 87, Gilbert McMahan died on October 28, 1938 at his home in Richardson’s Cove and was buried in the Shady Grove Cemetery. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 462b, 15 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0462b.gif [S112] Census, 1870. Name Gilbert Mc Mahan Event Type Census Event Year 1870 Event Place Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 18 Race White Race (Original) W Birth Year (Estimated) 1851-1852 Birthplace Tennessee Page Number 4 HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Gilbert Mc Mahan M 18 Tennessee Mary Mc Mahan F 20 Tennessee John W Mc Mahan M 2 Tennessee Archibald D Mc Mahan M 53 Tennessee Rebeca Mc Mahan F 44 Tennessee Nella Mc Mahan F 22 Tennessee Blackburn Mc Mahan M 14 Tennessee Mary R Mc Mahan F 11 Tennessee Sarah Mc Mahan F 9 Tennessee Martha C Mc Mahan F 6 Tennessee Laura Mc Mahan F 3 Tennessee "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12895-16199-6?cc=1438024 : accessed 25 May 2016), Tennessee > Sevier > District 13 > image 4 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [S77] Rawlings Funeral Home Records 1911-1995, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 29 Oct 1938. McMahan, Gib R 87 Oct 29, 1938 by Arnold McMahan & Geo [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 435.