Tom Guffey: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Tom Guffey (son of William Lawrence Guffey).

Generation: 2

William Lawrence Guffey was born 6 Sep 1900, Tennessee (son of Johnathan Guffey and Mary Ellen McMahan); died 21 May 1988; was buried Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Children:

Generation: 3

4.	Johnathan Guffey was born Abt 1856, Tennessee. Notes: ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 26. Johnathan — Mary Ellen McMahan. Mary (daughter of Dr. Wilson R. "Cud" McMahan and Nancy McMahan) was born 23 Nov 1862, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary Ellen McMahan was born 23 Nov 1862, Tennessee (daughter of Dr. Wilson R. "Cud" McMahan and Nancy McMahan).

Notes:

Listed with parents in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 26.

Children:

W. C. Guffey was born Abt 1879, Tennessee.
2. William Lawrence Guffey was born 6 Sep 1900, Tennessee; died 21 May 1988; was buried Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

10.

Dr. Wilson R. "Cud" McMahan was born 29 Jan 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of J. B. McMahan); died 28 Feb 1907; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Listed in William and Ludema Mize household as farmer with wife Nancy in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 70.
Kate (Shields) Maples family group sheets.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 26.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 277.
"Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 296.

Wilson married Nancy McMahan 21 Nov 1861. Nancy (daughter of Archibald D. McMahan and Rebecca F. McMahan) was born 1 Apr 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1872; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Nancy McMahan was born 1 Apr 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Archibald D. McMahan and Rebecca F. McMahan); died 2 Nov 1872; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Rosa Downey lists death date as 1846, but she is listed in the 1850 census.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 12, 26, 33.

Children:

5. Mary Ellen McMahan was born 23 Nov 1862, Tennessee.
Francis Marion McMahan was born 26 May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Nov 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Nov 1941, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Marshall McMahan was born 13 Aug 1867, Tennessee; died 22 Aug 1872; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rebecca McMahan was born 6 Mar 1872, Tennessee; died 5 Jun 1916; was buried Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.