Samuel W. McMahan

1812 - 1868  (56 years)

• Name	Samuel W. McMahan
  Born	8 Feb 1812	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Oct 1868  [1]
  Buried	McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I48462	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Wellington McMahan,   b. Abt 1750/1755, Dublin, Ireland ,   d. 16 Sep 1831, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Rachel Calvert,   b. Abt 1760, England
  Married	1 Dec 1788	, Botetourt, Virginia
  Family ID	F17975	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary J. Henderson,   b. 31 Mar 1835, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Jun 1874  (Age 39 years)
  Children	+ 1. Carrie Victoria McMahan,   b. 17 Feb 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Mar 1941  (Age 85 years) + 2. Isaac Newton McMahan,   b. 12 Oct 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Jul 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)   3. Sarah R. McMahan,   b. 1860, , Tennessee + 4. Samuel W. McMahan, Jr.,   b. Jul 1866, Tennessee
  Family ID	F20263	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Feb 1812 - Tennessee Buried - - Mcmahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  In memory of Samuel McMahon. Consort of Mary J. McMahon. Born Feb. 8, 1812. Died Oct. 13, 1858. Aged 56yrs, 7mo, 17da.

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel is listed in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 Sevier County, Tennessee Census; in 1860 living with his brother Isaac and in 1870 living with G. M. and Sarah Henderson. ---------- Reference: "The Final Irony," Katherine Lane Nichols, 1974, p 193, 198.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, Memphis Daily Avalanche (Memphis, TN), 21 Oct 1858. Mr. Samuel McMahan, an old resident of Sevier county, Tennessee, committed suicide by drowning, on Tuesday last. He had been in bad health for some time and was otherwise troubled in consequence of the war. He went into his backyard, took a heavy plow mold, fastened it about his neck, and without the knowledge of any of his friends, plunged himself into the Pigeon river, which runs within a few yards of his house. The deceased was about 50 years of age, and leaves a wife and several children. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 154.