Dr. John Walter McMahan^{[1, 2]}

1875 - 1935  (59 years)

• Name	John Walter McMahan
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	20 Oct 1875	, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Jul 1935	Waycross, Georgia   [4]
  Buried	Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	i38048	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Archibald R. McMahan,   b. 1 May 1852, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Sep 1925, Alcoa, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sarah Emma "Sallie" Shields,   b. 5 Oct 1858, Chestnut Hill, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jul 1881, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 22 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1875
  Family ID	F13920	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sara "Iota" McMahan,   b. 4 Feb 1879, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Dec 1958  (Age 79 years)
  Married	2 May 1901	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Iva McMahan,   b. 27 Sep 1902,   d. 11 Feb 1976  (Age 73 years) + 2. Sara Emma McMahan,   b. 6 May 1916, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 108 years)
  Family ID	F13921	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Oct 1875 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 2 May 1901 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - - Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  J. Walter McMahan M. D. Oct. 20, July 30, 1875 1935 32 Spes Mea in Deo Est (My hope is in God)

  
  

• Notes

  John Walter McMahan was educated in the local schools and academies of Sevier County, Tennessee. The grief over losing his mother at age six inspired him to become a doctor. He received his midical degree in 1900 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He did his post graduate work at Louisville (Kentucky) Medical School, New York City Hospital, and Mayo Clinic. Dr. McMahan practiced in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, 1900-1902, Newport, Tennessee, 1902-1905, Crestmont, North Carolina, 1905-1916 (with the exception of 1909-1910), and Alcoa, Tennessee, 1916-1930. During the years 1917-1927, he was medical director of the Aluminum Company of America. He and his wife operated the first hospital in Blount County, Tennessee, 1921-1927. Dr. McMahanpracticed back in Sevier County, Tennessee 1928-1930. He served two terms in the Tennessee Legislature. He represented Cocke County, Tennessee in the General Assembly, 1905-1907, and Blount County, Tennessee in the State Senate, 1919-1920. He was one of the instigators on the bill which incorporated Alcoa. In 1910 he was private secretary to Congressman Z. D. Massey. In 1930, Dr. McMahan moved his practice to Alma, Georgia. He was a 32nd degree Mason, Shriner, Odd Fellow, Woodman of the World, Kiwanian, and a Lion. He served as president of the Blount County Medical Society, as well as the East Tennessee Medical Society. He was a Southern Baptist and at the time of his death he was Moderator of the Smyrna Baptist Association. He was interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Alma, 1931-1933. ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 48, 114, 115. "Dr. Mac", Iva McMahan Moore, 1974, p 83. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 261.

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 234. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 313A, 1880. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 313, 1880. http://sevierlibrary.tripod.com/page601880.html [S71] Sevier County Republican Extracts, Beulah Linn, (http://sevier.tngenealogy.net/research-assistance/records-resources/27-newspapers-a-publications), 31 Jul 1935. (ck) Obit Dr. J. Walter McMahan, 59, hosp in Waycross GA. B. Jones Cove. Grad of UT Med Coll. Practiced in Sev. Co. and Newport. Camp physician at Crestmont, NC for 7 yrs. Med. Director at Alum. Co. of America at Alcoa 14 yrs. Served as city health commissioner and operated the Alcoa Hospital. Health Director in Alma, GA for 5 yrs. Served 2 terms as representative of Cocke and Clout Counties and state senator for the 4th distr. one term. While in the senate he was largely responsible for obtaining legislation establishing the Alcoa city manager form of government. Son of late Mr/Mrs Arch McMahan. M. Miss Iota McMahan in May 1904. 32nd degree Mason, member of TN Med. Assoc. Surv: wife, 2 dau: Mrs. Mark Moore, Kingsport, Mrs. J.J.Jones, Alma, Ga. Sis: Mrs. John Dennis, Jones Cove, Stepmother, Mrs. Arch McMahan. 2 half-bros: B.S. McMahan, Alma, GA, and Turner McMahan, Jones Cove. A half-=sister, Mrs. George Worth (?) or Sev. and one grandson. Body first brought to MacCammon and Ammons Funeral Home in Maryville then to home of sister-in-law, Mrs. John Robertson in PF. Funeral in PF Meth. Epis. Church. Bur. in PF Cem. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 336.