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Thomas Wilson "Tommy" McMahan

Male 1941 -  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Wilson "Tommy" McMahan was born 7 Apr 1941 (son of Fred Oliver "Daddy Fred" McMahan and Archie Ray Dennis).

    Notes:

    Thomas attended Sevier County, Tennessee public schools and Pittman Center High
    School. Thomas worked with F.B.I. following graduation, New Cherokee
    Corporation and owned a cleaning service.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 47, 118.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 263.

    Thomas — Carolyn Elkins Pierce. Carolyn (daughter of Fred Milburn Pierce and Helen Ada Catlett) was born Apr 1943. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Lucinda Gaye McMahan was born 7 Mar 1964.
    2. Richard Frederick McMahan was born Apr 1967.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Fred Oliver "Daddy Fred" McMahan was born 14 Jan 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Roy Haskell McMahan and Ora Mae Fox); died 27 Aug 1985; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Born on Middle Creek at the Trotter-McMahan home (owned by Mrs. Glenn McMahan
    in 1994 and is in the National Historic Register). He attended Sevier County
    schools and Pittman Center High School, was a lifetime farmer, rural mail
    carrier and at one time worked for TVA. He served on Sevier County Agricultural
    Stabilization Conservation Service for thirty years. When he retired in 1989,
    he was presented with a plaque for his service to farmers.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 47, 117.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 263.

    Fred married Archie Ray Dennis 24 Dec 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee. Archie (daughter of John D. "Ped" Dennis and Mary Quintine "Tina" McMahan) was born 27 Apr 1915, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 2011; was buried 19 Sep 2011, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Archie Ray DennisArchie Ray Dennis was born 27 Apr 1915, Tennessee (daughter of John D. "Ped" Dennis and Mary Quintine "Tina" McMahan); died 15 Sep 2011; was buried 19 Sep 2011, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Archie Ray attended Sevier County, Tennessee schools, Pittman Center High
    School, Maryville College and the University of Tennessee. She taught school
    in Sevier County public schools for eighteen years, served on the Sevier County
    Farm Bureau as director for approximately thirty-one years. She received the
    Distinguished Service Award from State Farm Bureau in 1991. In 1989, she was
    appointed by Secretary of Agriculture, Clayton Yeutter to the State
    Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Committee where she served four years.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 47, 117.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 261, 263.

    Notes:

    Marriage performed by L. W. Clark, Minister.

    Children:
    1. Jack Donald McMahan was born 29 Mar 1938.
    2. 1. Thomas Wilson "Tommy" McMahan was born 7 Apr 1941.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Roy Haskell McMahanRoy Haskell McMahan was born 24 Dec 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Thomas Dearnold Wilson McMahan and Melinda Caldona Trotter); died 20 Mar 1952; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    SMHS and Sevier County Heritage lists middle initial as M.
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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 46, 47.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 263.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 294.

    Roy — Ora Mae Fox. Ora (daughter of Melvill Levator "Mell" Fox and Hulda Cathleen Snapp) was born 29 Jul 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jul 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ora Mae Fox was born 29 Jul 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Melvill Levator "Mell" Fox and Hulda Cathleen Snapp); died 18 Jul 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 46, 47.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 263.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 294.

    Children:
    1. 2. Fred Oliver "Daddy Fred" McMahan was born 14 Jan 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 1985; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Grace McMahan was born 22 Nov 1914; died 5 Apr 1998; was buried Cummings Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Kenneth Fox McMahan was born 10 May 1917, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1975; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  John D. "Ped" Dennis was born 1 Sep 1872, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of Joel Dennis and Mildred Malinda "Millie" Lewis); died 24 Apr 1953; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Born on Middle Creek.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 37, 116.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 261.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 187, 275, 303.

    John married Mary Quintine "Tina" McMahan 6 Dec 1894. Mary (daughter of Archibald R. McMahan and Sarah Emma "Sallie" Shields) was born 9 Jan 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1963; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Quintine "Tina" McMahan was born 9 Jan 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Archibald R. McMahan and Sarah Emma "Sallie" Shields); died 4 Dec 1963; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Born in Jones Cove.

    SMHS lists birth as 9 January 1879 and death as 3 December 1963.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 37, 103, 114, 116.
    "Dr. Mac", Iva McMahan Moore, 1974, p 89.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 261, 275. 303.

    Children:
    1. John Walter Dennis, Dr. was born 29 Sep 1895, Tennessee; died 24 May 1943; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Dora Lee Dennis was born 10 Sep 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1989; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Frances Malinda "Frankie" Dennis was born 14 Nov 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1996; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah Mae Dennis was born 4 Jun 1902, Tennessee; died 1993.
    5. Orville Blaine Dennis was born 4 Apr 1905, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1965; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Fred Oren Dennis was born 24 Mar 1907, Tennessee; died 30 Sep 1920; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Beulah Matilda Dennis was born 24 Sep 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 2003; was buried 14 Dec 2003, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 3. Archie Ray Dennis was born 27 Apr 1915, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 2011; was buried 19 Sep 2011, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Dearnold Wilson McMahanThomas Dearnold Wilson McMahan was born 13 Dec 1849, Tennessee (son of McNulty McMahan and Leah Rinehart); died 5 Oct 1921; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Died of Brights desease.
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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 44, 45.
    "McMahan Family Tree," Nora Trotter McMahan, 27 August 1923, p 5.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 269.

    Thomas married Melinda Caldona Trotter 25 Jan 1877. Melinda (daughter of Dr. William Harrison "Billy" Trotter and Sarah Trigg Emert) was born 18 Nov 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1931; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Melinda Caldona Trotter was born 18 Nov 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Dr. William Harrison "Billy" Trotter and Sarah Trigg Emert); died 16 Jul 1931; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 44, 45.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 269.

    Children:
    1. Bertha Eileen McMahan was born 13 Apr 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Mar 1959; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Willie M. McMahan was born 27 Dec 1879; died 6 Feb 1883; was buried Richardson Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. William McNulty McMahan
    4. Olen "Ernest" McMahan was born 31 Mar 1883, Tennessee; died 2 Jan 1970; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. McMahan was born 3 Oct 1884; died 3 Oct 1884; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Nora Trotter McMahan was born 14 Jul 1887; died 17 Apr 1936; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Walter Horace McMahan was born 7 Mar 1890; died 21 Aug 1890; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 4. Roy Haskell McMahan was born 24 Dec 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1952; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Stella Wilson McMahan was born 13 Feb 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1990; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. John Alvin McMahan was born 3 Dec 1898, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1984; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Melvill Levator "Mell" Fox was born 14 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Nelson Fox and Barbara Ann Shrader); died 11 Jul 1944, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Jul 1944, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Final Irony," Katherine Lane Nichols, 1974, p 195.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 46.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 263.

    Melvill married Hulda Cathleen Snapp 19 Dec 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee. Hulda (daughter of John Columbus Snapp and Rebecca Ann McMahan) was born 24 May 1855, Tennessee; died 25 Jan 1933; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Hulda Cathleen Snapp was born 24 May 1855, Tennessee (daughter of John Columbus Snapp and Rebecca Ann McMahan); died 25 Jan 1933; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Final Irony," Katherine Lane Nichols, 1974, p 195.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 263.

    Children:
    1. Charlie D. Fox was born 18 Mar 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 May 1953; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 5. Ora Mae Fox was born 29 Jul 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jul 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. George Nelson Fox was born 19 Jul 1896, Tennessee; died 17 Jun 1965; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Fox
    5. Minnie Pearl Fox was born 11 May 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 May 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 29 May 1920, Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Joel Dennis was born 1847 (son of Carey Dennis and Margaret Matthews); died 14 May 1876; was buried , Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Living in Cocke County, Tennessee at time of death.

    Buried in the Hartsell Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 263.

    Joel — Mildred Malinda "Millie" Lewis. Mildred (daughter of Asa Perry Lewis and Nancy Bird) was born 11 Apr 1844, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1915; was buried Henry Cemetery #1, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mildred Malinda "Millie" Lewis was born 11 Apr 1844, Tennessee (daughter of Asa Perry Lewis and Nancy Bird); died 21 Feb 1915; was buried Henry Cemetery #1, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 263.

    Children:
    1. Nancy A. Dennis was born 2 Jan 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1961; was buried Mount Tuber Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Robert D. Dennis was born 6 May 1869; died 6 Jan 1960; was buried Kyker Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. 6. John D. "Ped" Dennis was born 1 Sep 1872, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1953; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Mary Matilda Dennis was born 1874, Tennessee; died 1968.

  7. 14.  Archibald R. McMahan was born 1 May 1852, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William "Bill" McMahan and Mary Malinda Black); died 16 Sep 1925, Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    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.
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    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.

    Archibald married Sarah Emma "Sallie" Shields 3 Jan 1875. Sarah (daughter of John Tipton "Jack" Shields and Margaret Quintina Hill) was born 5 Oct 1858, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee; died 20 Jul 1881, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Huff Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Sarah Emma "Sallie" Shields was born 5 Oct 1858, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee (daughter of John Tipton "Jack" Shields and Margaret Quintina Hill); died 20 Jul 1881, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Huff Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Died of consumption.

    Christine Brown lists birth as 15 October 1858.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 48, 105, 114.
    "Dr. Mac", Iva McMahan Moore, 1974, p 55, 89.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 80.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187, 261, 264.

    Children:
    1. Dr. John Walter McMahan was born 20 Oct 1875, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jul 1935, Waycross, Georgia; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 7. Mary Quintine "Tina" McMahan was born 9 Jan 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1963; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. William Lloyd McMahan was born 1880; died 1881.


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