GeCova Mae Barks: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. GeCova Mae Barks (daughter of Ira Barks and Columbia Jane Rhodes).
Notes:
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 131.

Generation: 2

2.	Ira Barks Notes: ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 131. Ira — Columbia Jane Rhodes. Columbia (daughter of Columbus Harvey Rhodes and Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" McMahan) was born 1882; died 1963. [Group Sheet]

Columbia Jane Rhodes was born 1882 (daughter of Columbus Harvey Rhodes and Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" McMahan); died 1963.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 131.

Children:

Generation: 3

Columbus Harvey Rhodes was born 29 Dec 1859 (son of Matthew Rhodes and Martha Melissa Punch); died 3 Nov 1927; was buried Lutesville, Missouri.

Notes:

Buried in Lincoln Cemetery.
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Reference:
Kate (Shields) Maples family group records.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 130, 131.

Columbus — Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" McMahan. Sarah (daughter of George Archibald McMahan and Mary J. Miller) was born 20 Oct 1858, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1932. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" McMahan was born 20 Oct 1858, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of George Archibald McMahan and Mary J. Miller); died 14 Dec 1932.

Notes:

Sally McMahan moved to Missouri by wagon train when she was 12 years old. She
drove her own oxen wagon all the way.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 218.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 130, 131.

Children:

Mary Cora Rhodes was born 1879; died 1955.
3. Columbia Jane Rhodes was born 1882; died 1963.
Effie Roberts Rhodes was born 1886; died 1909.
Jacob "Charles" Rhodes was born 1887; died 1948.
John Archibald Rhodes was born 1890; died 1909.
Octa Rose Ann Rhodes was born 5 Nov 1896; died 18 Dec 1981.

Generation: 4

12. Matthew Rhodes
Notes:
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 130.

Matthew — Martha Melissa Punch. [Group Sheet]

13.

Martha Melissa Punch

Children:

Rosean Alviry Rhodes was born 3 Mar 1861, Bollinger County, Missouri; died 3 Sep 1922.
6. Columbus Harvey Rhodes was born 29 Dec 1859; died 3 Nov 1927; was buried Lutesville, Missouri.

14.

George Archibald McMahan was born 31 Jul 1835, Tennessee (son of Archibald McMahan and Sarah Maples); died May 1861.

Notes:

Died of T. B.

George Archibald McMahan's grave was washed away in a flood.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 218.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 129, 130.

George — Mary J. Miller. Mary was born 30 Jun 1835, Tennessee; died 12 Jul 1923; was buried Lutesville, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

15.

Mary J. Miller was born 30 Jun 1835, Tennessee; died 12 Jul 1923; was buried Lutesville, Missouri.

Notes:

Buried in Lincoln Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 218.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 129, 130.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 88, 89.
Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 4 June 2000.

Children:

Archibald Joseph McMahan was born 31 Jul 1855, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1900; was buried Lutesville, Missouri.
Martha M. McMahan was born 4 Oct 1857; died 19 Aug 1892.
Anna McMahan was born 1858.
7. Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" McMahan was born 20 Oct 1858, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1932.
James McMahan was born 1860.
Mary Jane McMahan was born 20 May 1861; died 11 Nov 1920.