Amos Mahaffey and Sarah Richardson

     Amos Mahaffey  was born 31 May 1821 at Washington Parish Louisiana and died on 05 January 1867 at Harris Co Texas.

     He married  Sarah Richardson, daughter of John Richardson and Nancy Allbritton, who was born 22 November 1827 at 
     Simpson Co Mississippi.  (Not proven)     She died on 05 March 1889  near Buffalo, Leon Co Texas, and was buried at 
     Keechi  Cemetery,  Leon Co Texas.   John  Richardson,  father of  Sarah, married  Amos' mother,  Mary, after William
     Mahaffey's death

 

  Probate Records of Harris Co Texas

  Estate of Amos Mahaffey

  Amos Mahaffey departed this life on 5th of January 1867, intestate
  Sarah Mahaffey, widow, and children:
  Nancy   21 years
  Mary Jane   19 years
  Robert   18 years called Bob
  Amos   16 years
  James B.  10 years
  Albert G.   8 years
  Sarah Alice    5 years
  Martha Elizabeth    1 year

  1840 Citizens of Texas Land Grants by Gifford White

  Amos Mahoffey / no arrival date / class 3 grant / 320 acres in Liberty Co
  October 1839 / not completed / not listed on 1840 tax rolls


 

    1850  Jasper Co Texas   p. 227  #124/125
    Farmer / $150
Amos McHaffey 29 M La
Sarah MaHaffey 23 F Ms
William McHaffey  7 M Tx
Nancy McHaffey  5 F Tx
Mary Jane McHaffey  3 F Tx
Robert McHaffey  1 M Tx
*Mary Richardson 66 F NC
 
       1854 Tyler Co Texas School Census
                     Total school age - 3
Amos Mahaffy father
William Mahaffy male
Nancy Mahaffy female
Mary J. Mahaffy female

   *Mary Richardson is Amos' Mahaffey's mother according to Richardson history, her second husband was John Richardson.
    She did put Amos and Oliver Mahaffey in charge of her lands

   1860  Tyler Co Texas  p.378
   #450/459 Farmer / $1800/4175
A. Mahaffy 38 La
S. Mahaffy 30 F Ms
W. Mahaffy 16 M Tx
N. Mahaffy 14 F Tx
M.J. Mahaffy 13 F Tx
R. Mahaffy 11 M Tx
A. Mahaffy  8 M Tx
J.B. Mahaffy  3 M Tx
A. Mahaffy  1 M Tx
M. Richardson 70 F NC
Amos' nephew, William Mahaffey
lives next door #451/460
   1870 Harris Co Texas   p.674
   #554/558 
Sarah Mahaffey 40 F Ms
Amos Mahaffey 19 M Tx
James Mahaffey 14 M Tx
Albert Mahaffey 11 M Tx
Sarah Mahaffey  8 F Tx
Martha Mahaffey  5 F Tx
Margaret Laird 20  F Tx
Lucina Brooks 19 F Tx
Nancy Brooks 16 F Tx
Sarah Brooks 14 F Tx
Amos Brooks 11 M Tx
   Sarah- Keeping House 
   Amos - Farm Laborer
     1880 Limestone Co Texas   p. 283
     #30/33 Keeping house
Sarah Mahaffey widow F 51 Ms
James Mahaffey son M 23 Tx
Albert Mahaffey son M 21 Tx
Martha Mahaffey dau F 14 Tx
Mary McQueen grdau F 13 Tx
Albart McQueen grson M 10 Tx
     Sarah's parents both born in Louisiana
     Children's parents born in Mississippi
     Grandchildren's Father born in Tennessee, 
     Mother in Texas

Karen Mahaffey Palermo
tepal@aol.com  Aug 1999

My gg'grandfather, James Monroe Mahaffey (b 4/28/1853), may have been a brother to your Mary J.  There is an M. J. (b abt 1847) listed in his family in the Tyler Co Texas census records.  The parents'  names were Amos and Sarah (Harrison--I got her maiden name from my gg'grandfather's death  certificate). 
Other children were listed as:   W. -   N. -  R. -  Amos -  Albert -  Sarah -  Martha. 
Please let me know if you find any connection. James died 1/12/1918 in Allen Parish, LA--burial at Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery. Many of his descendants remain in that area today.
 

    The following information was taken from the Family Bible of Amos Mahaffey who was born in 1851, except the names of the 
    husbands or  wives have  been added.   No proven information as to where they came from until the first Amos Mahaffey who
    moved from  Mississippi in 1851 and settled and settled in Tyler Co Texas, near Chester.  After the Civil War, Amos,  moved
    his family to North Harris County, near what is now Tomball.

No information as to where the Bible is or the identity writer, except "A descendant of Amos Mahaffey"

Bible of Amos Mahaffey

  William Mahaffey & Mary Mahaffey
 

Children: Date of Birth
Nancy Mahaffey September 04, 1804
John T. Mahaffey December 08, 1805
Eda Mahaffey September 04, 1807
Oliver Mahaffey August 27, 1809
Phebe Mahaffey July 19, 1811
William Mahaffey May 30, 1813
Robert Mahaffey February 06, 1815
Sarah Mahaffey June 16, 1817
Ashley Mahaffey April 20, 1819
Amos Mahaffey* March 31, 1821
Martha Mahaffey October 29, 1823

   *Amos Mahaffey, (died Jan 05, 1867) married Sarah,  born Nov 22,1827 and died
    on May 05, 1889 and is buried in Keechi Cemetery in Leon Co Texas
 

Children  Date of Birth
William Mahaffey (killed in Civil War - 1864) February 25, 1844
*Nancy Mahaffey (m John McQueen) November 09, 1845
Mary Jane Mahaffey (m Jim P. McQueen)  April 25, 1847
Robert Mahaffey (m Elizabeth Gibson) November 15, 1849
Amos Mahaffey (m Emma Harrison) August 21, 1851
James Buchanan Mahaffey October 14, 1856
Albert G. Mahaffey **
Sarah Alice Mahaffey (m Levi Gibson) **
Martha Elizabeth Mahaffey (m I. Rutherford) September 10, 1865

    *Note: First daughter is named Nancy, a typical trait of Scotch Irish & English to
     name the first daughter after the mother's mother.

 

 Children of Amos Mahaffey and Sarah Richardson are:
 


1.  William Mahaffey  was born 25 February 1844 at Jasper Co Texas and died 1864 in the Civil War at Arkansas. 
     If he was married, his spouse is unknown.
 

  There is a marriage in Orange Co Texas for William Mahaffey to Ellen Dunlap 28 March 1860. 
  It could possibly be this William.
 

2.  Nancy A. Mahaffey  was born 09 November 1845 at Jasper Co Texas and died about 1880

         She married 1. )  J. H. Fulgham  01 March 1861 at Navarro Co Texas.

         She married 2.)  John McQueen  18 September 1865 at Tyler Co Texas, son of Milton McQueen and Susan Simmons. 
         He was born in 1835 at Tennessee.


Marriage Records Navarro Co Texas:

N.A. Mahaffy to J.H. Fulgham  01 Mar 1861

AFFIDAVIT of J.D. McQueen 
dated December 18, 1912

  Nancy married my father John McQueen & died about
  1880 leaving 2 children:
  A.H. McQueen and Mary McQueen
  Mary married G.W. Parker.

Marriage Records Tyler Co Texas:

  Nancy Fulgham to John McQueen  18 Sep 1865

          1870 Tyler Co. Texas  p. 
         #151/151  Farmer   $399/200
Jno. McQueen 35 M Tn
Nancy McQueen 22 F Tx
Robert McQueen 11 M Tx
James McQueen 9 M Tx
John McQueen 8 M Tx
Molly McQueen 3 F Tx
William McQueen 1 M Tx

         Seeing  that John and Nancy were not married until
         1865, it leads us to conclude that Robert, James &
         John are children from a first marriage.

 
Children of Nancy Mahaffey Fulgham and John McQueen are:

i.   Mary McQueen born 1867 at Texas.  She married G.W. Parker

ii.  Albert H. McQueen born 1870 at Texas


3.  Mary Jane Mahaffey  was born 25 April 1847 at Jasper Co Texas, and died 30 October 1917,  burial at Vinson Cemetery, 
     Tyler Co Texas.

          She married  James Polk McQueen  on 09 March 1865, Tyler and Navarro Co Texas, son of  Milton McQueen and Susan
          Simmons.    He was born 1837 in Texas.

 

Affidavit of J.D. McQueen dated Dec 18, 1912

Mary Jane Mahaffey married my father's brother,
J.P. McQueen. 

Martha Hood  has a James Polk McQueen, 
born 16 April 1843 from a pension application. <mhood85@hotmail.com>  1999
**

           1870 Census Tyler Co. Texas 
           # 154/154     farmer  $300/300
Jas McQueen 23 M Tx
Mary J. McQueen 23 F Tx
Amos R. McQueen 4 M Tx
John R. McQueen 2 M Tx
Sarah A. McQueen 7/12 F Tx
 
Children of Mary Jane Mahaffey and James McQueen are:

i.   Amos M. McQueen born 1866, Tyler Co Texas

ii.  John Robert McQueen born 16 November 1867, Tyler Co Texas  (birthdate from Tyler Co Cemetery Book)

iii.  Sarah A. McQueen born December 1869

iv.  James A. McQueen born 28 February 1872, Tyler Co Texas

v.  Nancy E. McQueen born 1875, Tyler Co Texas

vi.  Mary Emma McQueen born in September 1878, Tyler Co & died January 1911, burial in Vinson Cemetery, Tyler Co Texas


4.  Robert "Bob" Mahaffey  was born 15  November 1849 at Jasper Co Texas, and was killed  by a  horse in 1880, burial in
     Tidwell Cemetery, Limestone Co Texas.

         He married Mahaley Elizabeth Gibson, daughter of Marion McDonald Gibson and Lydia D. Durham, who was born in 
         March 1856 at Tyler Co Texas.   Mahaley  married 2nd, George Johnson.

 

  Affidavit of J.D. McQueen 18 Dec 1912

  Robert Mahaffey died c 1880 leaving 2 sons & 2 daughters. 
  John and William, still living.
  One daughter Jennie was married and died several years ago 
  leaving one or two children.

  Janet Clayton, 13 Sep 1999 <janc@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
  Robert Mahaffey m. Mahalia Elizabeth Gibson. 
  Robert's sister Alice m Levi A Gibson, Mahalia's brother.
  This was a double wedding ceremony performed by the
  Gibson's father, Marion McDonald (Murry/Mack) Gibson, 
  who was an itinerant Baptist minister. 
  I have a fair amount of information on the Gibson family

Source information that I do not have a copy of to post include:

  Letter from Thelma Gibson Beechie
       29 December 1984

 1850 Jasper Co Texas  p.227 
    living in father's home age 1  birthplace: Texas

 1860 Tyler Co Texas  p. 378 
     living in father's home age 11 birthplace: Texas


     1870 Tyler Co Texas 
     p. 379
William A. Mahaffey 34  M Ms
Sophronia Mahaffey 29 F Ms
Jno R. Mahaffey 13 M Ms
Gus W. Mahaffey 10 M Tx
William E. Mahaffey 8 M Tx
Henry E. Mahaffey 6 M Tx
Susan S. Mahaffey 5 F Tx
Laura R. Mahaffey 1 F Tx
Robert Mahaffey 21 M Tx
      William  A. is  ten years  too  old  to be  Robert's
      older brother.  His age place suggest this William
      to  be  Robert's  first  cousin,  probably the oldest
      son of  Amos'
 1880 Limestone Co. Texas p. 339
 #434/450  Farmer
Rbt Mahaffey 31 hus Tx
M.E. Mahaffey 24 wife Tx
Jennie V. Mahaffey 5 dau Tx
Sallie Mahaffey 3 dau Tx
Jno R. Mahaffey 2 son Tx
W.E. Mahaffey 4/12 son Tx
Margaret Laird 28 aunt Tx
  The Lairds were neighbors of the Mahaffeys 
  in Tyler Co Texas, but, who is Margaret?

Robert's parents born in Mississippi
M.E.'s parents birthplace unknown
Margaret's parents born in Mississippi

See 1900 census

  1920 Lea Co New Mexico 1-19-9 
 #172/174
George C. Johnson head 72 Ms
Mahaley E. Johnson wife 63 Tx
 Next door to Wm Mahaffey

  George parents born in Alabama
  Mahaley father born in Alabama, 
  mother born in Tennessee.

 
Children of Robert Mahaffey and Mahaley Gibson are:

i. Jennie V. Mahaffey  was born December 1874 at Limestone Co Texas, death date unknown, burial at Tidwell Cemetery,
    Limestone Co Texas.

             She married William Murphy about 1890 at Limestone Co Texas.  He was born in July 1861 at Mississippi.


  1900 Census Limestone Co. Texas  9-65-19A 
   #297/297 
William Murphy head Jul 1861 38 Ms
Jennie Murphy wife Dec 1874 25 Tx
Ray R. Murphy son Sep 1892  7 Tx
Willie B. Murphy son Jan 1894  6 Tx
Albert E. Murphy son Jul 1896  3 Tx
Meren G. Murphy son Oct 1898  1 Tx
   Williams parents born in Mississippi
   Married 10 years, 5 children born  / 4 living
  Children of Wm. Murphy and Jennie V. Mahaffey:

  Ray R. Murphy born Sep 1892, Limestone Co Texas

  Willie B. Murphy born Jan 1894, Limestone Co Texas

  Albert Elmo Murphy born Jul 1896, Limestone Co Texas 

  Meren G. Murphy born Oct 1898, Limestone Co Texas

 
 
ii.   Sallie Mahaffey  was born 12 October 1877 at Thornton, Limestone Co Texas, and died on 06 February 1908 at Throck- 
      morton, Limestone Co Texas.

             She married William Jones Rogers about 1892 in Limestone Co Texas.  He was born in August 1871 at Mississippi.
 

  Contributed by: Deanna Face Bucks  21 May 1984

              1900  Limestone Co Texas 
              #373/373  Married 15 years - 13 children born / 11 living
George Johnson head 52 Nov 1847 Al
Mahaley E. Johnson wife 44 May 1856 Tx
Florence R. Johnson dau 14 Apr 1886 Tx
Lillie A. Johnson dau 13 Nov 1887 Tx
George D. Johnson son 10 Sep 1889 Tx
Mary E. Johnson dau   8 Mar 1892 Tx
Joel P. Johnson son   6 Jan 1894 Tx
Mahaley Johnson dau   4 Sep 1895 Tx
Alice E. Johnson dau   2 Aug 1898 Tx
Maren Gibon f-l 71 Jul 1828 Tx
Liddia D. Gibson m-l 67 Nov 1832 Tn
Willie J. Rogers s-l 28 Aug 1871 Ms
Sallie Rogers dau 24 May 1876 Tx
Allen B. Rogers grs   6 Feb 1894 Tx
Ruthie V. Rogers grd   4 Mar 1896 Tx
Barbry E. Rogers grd   1 Sep 1898 Tx
              George' parents place of birth unknown
              Mahaley's Father born in Alabama, Mother in Tennessee
              Maren's parents born in Alabama
              Lidda father born in SC, Mother born in Virginia
              Maren and Lidda married 50 years, 6 children born / 4 living
              Willie and Sallie married 7 years, 3 children born / 3 living

 
  Children of William Rogers and Sallie Mahaffey are:

  a.  Allen B. Rogers born February 1894, Limestone Co Texas

  b.  Ruth V. Rogers born March 1896, Limestone Co Texas

  c.  Barbry E. Rogers born September 1898, Limestone Co Texas

  d.  Robert Comie Rogers born 14 December 1902 at Beaumont Texas, & died 19 September 1998
       at Eugene Oregon.   He married Natalie Frances Smith.  One daughter born, living / private

 
 iii.  John Robert "Jonnie" Mahaffey, was born in December 1876 at Limestone Co Texas.

             He married Ida who was born in January 1881 at Texas.


   1900 Census Limestone Co TX  9-65-19 
   #299/299 married 3 years, 1 child born / living
John Mahaffey head 23 Dec 1876 Tx
Ida Mahaffey wife 21 Jan 1881 Tx
Ethel Mahaffey dau 2 Dec 1897 Tx
   Both Ida's parents born in Texas
  Child of Jonnie Mahaffey and Ida is:

  Ethel Mahaffey born December 1897, Limestone Co Texas

 
iv.  William Edwin Mahaffey was born 23 February 1880 at Limestone County, Texas, and died 25 April 1973 at Carlsbad,
      Eddy Co New Mexico, burial at Sunset Gardens, Carlsbad, Eddy Co New Mexico.

           He married Mary Lucy Prichett, in 1905, daughter of William Adolpholus Pritchett and Mary Doranda Price, who was
           born 19 April 1889 at Young Co Texas.


  Social Security Death Index:  # 525-07-8682
 
  CARLSBAD CURRENT ARGUS   Monday, January 13, 1975

  W.E. MAHAFFEY

  Services  are  pending with  West Funeral Home for William E. Mahaffey, 94, who
  helped form Texas Street Lumber Co.  He died in a local hospital Sunday.

  Mahaffey was born in Thornton,Texas.  In 1905 he was  married to  the  late Mary
  Lucy Prichett in Munday, Texas   They farmed  there until 1907 when they moved 
  to  Lovington.  In  1921  they moved to Matador, Texas, where  they  farmed  until 
  1928, when they moved to Portales to farm.

  Survivors  include  six sons, Oran, Pecos, Texas, Wilton E., Albany, Oregon, and
  Robert A., Thomas J., Fred E., and  Marvin G.,  all of  Carlsbad;  three daughters,
  Bernice   Garner,  Alamogordo  and  Mable  Wallace  and  Zyl  Mahaffey,  both of
  Carlsbad;  three  sisters,  Mrs. J. P. Caudill, Edna  Carr and Emma Goodman, all
  of Lovington; 23 grandchildren,  48  great grandchildren and five great-great grand-
  children.

  January 14, 1975

  W.E. MAHAFFEY

  Services for  William E. Mahaffey will be held Thursday at 10 am at West Funeral
  Home chapel with the Rev Clyde Billingsley of First  Baptist Church officiating.
  Burial will be in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park.

  Pallbearers will  be V.L. Trapp, Kenneth Bowen, Walter Means, John Sulser, Leo- 
  nard Stephenson and Ben Fanco.

1920 Lee Co Precinct # 8 Lovington 
Enumeration 10 February 1920
SD 1 ED 91 SH 9    p. 266  #171/173
William E. Mahaffey head 39 born in Tx
Mary L. Mahaffey wife 32 born in Tx
William E. A. Mahaffey son 13 born in Tx
Thomas J. Mahaffey son 10 born in Tx
Oran Mahaffey son 8 born in Tx
Fred E. Mahaffey son 6 born in Tx
Mabel I. Mahaffey dau 3 11/12 born in Tx
Wilton E. Mahaffey son 1 10/12 born in Tx

 

  Carlsad Current Argus   April 26, 1973

  MARY MAHAFFEY

  Services  for  Mary Lucy Mahaffey, 84, who died  Wednesday in a local  hospital,
  will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m. at West Funeral Home Chapel.  Rev. Jack Burton
  of First Baptist Church will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Gardens Memorial
  Park.   Her grandsons will serve as pall bearers.

  Mrs. Mahaffey has been a resident of  Carlsbad since 1942 and was a member of
  First Baptist Church.

  Survivors include the husband, William E., Carlsbad; six sons, Robert A, Thomas
  J., Fred E. & Marvin G., all of Carlsbad, Oran, Pecos, Texas & Wilton E., Albany
  Oregon; three daughters, Mrs. Mable Wallace &  Zyl Mahaffey,  both of Carlsbad,
  and Mrs. Bernice Garner, Eugene, Oregon;  three brothers W.A. & Virgil Prichett, 
  both of  Dallas, Texas,  and Thomas Pritchett,  Gorman, Texas;  two sisters, Mrs.
  Vernie Smegnar, Duncanville, Texas, & Mrs. Ina Walker, Dallas, Texas; 23 grand-
  children, 47 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Children of William Mahaffey, and Mary Pritchett are:

1.  William Robert A. Mahaffey, was born 27 Apr 1906 at Munday, Knox  Texas, and died 29 April 1989,
     burial in Sunset Gardens, Carlsbad, Eddy Co New Mexico.   His spouse' name is unknown.
 

  Carlsbad Current Argus:

  ROBERT MAHAFFEY

  Graveside service for Robert A. Mahaffey, 83, 2329 N Canal St. who died April 29,
  is to be held Tuesday at  4 p.m. in  Sunset Gardens Memorial Park with the  Rev.
  Gerald Harden, La Huerta Baptist Church, officiating.

  He was  born  April 27, 1906, in  Munday, Texas, and was raised and educated in
  Matador, Texas, and Portales.  He moved to Carlsbad in 1942 and was employed
  as a carpenter,  paper hanger & painter at the Carlsbad Air Force Base.   He also
  worked for a time for U.S. Potash and later for the late Jap Hudson.  For  the past
  20 years  he  was  a  bee  keeper.   He was a  member of  the  La Huerta Bap tist 
  Church and the Bee Keepers Association.

  Survivors  include one daughter,  Helen Mahaffey,  Portales;  three brothers,  Fred
  Mahaffey, Carlsbad, Oran Mahaffey, Artesia, Wilton  Mahaffey, Albany, Oregon; 3
  sisters, Zyl Mahaffey & Mable Wallace, both of Carlsbad, Berniece Garner, Parker
  Arizona; and one grandson. 

 
  Child of William Mahaffey is:

  i.  Helen Mahaffey

2.  Thomas Johnny Mahaffey was born 26 April 1910 at Weinert, Haskell Co Texas, and died on 27 March
     1983 at home, Carlsbad Eddy Co, New Mexico, burial at Sunset Gardens, Carlsbad, Eddy Co New
     Mexico.    His spouse' name is unknown.
 
  Carlsbad Current Argus:

  MAHAFFEY

  Services  for Thomas Johnny Mahaffey, 73,  415 Del Rio St, are pending  at West
  Funeral Home.  He died Friday at his home.

  He  came to  New Mexico in 1929 and farmed in the Portales area.  A member of
  the Baptist faith, he was born in Wymert, Texas &  raised in various parts of  that
  state. He was a carpenter until his retirement.  He came to Carlsbad in 1963 from
  Albany, Oregon.

  Survivors include three sons, Darrell & Edwin both of Casper, Wyoming, and  Jim, 
  Rick Springs Wyoming; daughter, Dorothy Johnson, Casper; five brothers, Robert
  A.,  Fred and  Marvin, also  of  Carlsbad, Oran, Artesia and Wilton, Albany;  three
  sisters, Mabel Wallace and  Zyl  Mahaffey, both of Carlsbad, and Bernice Garner,
  Farmington; 21 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.

  Funeral  services for  Thomas J. Mahaffey, 73, 415 Del Rio St., will be Tuesday at 
  2 p.m. in West Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dale Beeman of the La Hureta
  Baptist Church officiating.  Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park.

  Pallbearers with be Larry Burgin, Paul Clemore, Warner Jarman, Louis Willis, Don
  Wallace and V.L. Trapp.


 
  Children of Thomas Mahaffey are:

  i.   Darrell Mahaffey

  ii.   Edwin Mahaffey

  iii.  James Mahaffey

  iv.  Dorothy Mahaffey married Mr. Johnson

3.  Oran Mahaffey was born 13 June 1911 at Texas.   His spouse name is unknown.
 
  Children of Oran Mahaffey are:

  i.   Judy Mahaffey

  ii.   Curtis Mahaffey

  iii.  Floyd Mahaffey

  iv.  Carolyn Mahaffey

4.  Fred Eugene Mahaffey was born 22 June 1913 at Knox Co Texas, and died on 22 November 1993 at
    home, Carlsbad, Eddy Co New Mexico

        He married Anita Merle Eads, daughter of Sylvester A.H. Vess Eads & Madie May Washington Joplin,
        who was born 08 May 1918 at Ashland, Pittsburg Co Oklahoma.   She died on 31 Decem ber 1974. 
 

  Carlsbad Current Argus

  FRED MAHAFFEY

  Services are to be held at 10 a.m.  Friday at  Denton Funeral Home for Fred Mah- 
  affey, 80, a North 11th Street resident.  Mr. Mahaffey died Monday (Nov 22, 1993)
  at his home.    The Rev. Bob Bacon of First  Baptist Church is to offi ciate the ser- 
  vice.  The family plans to receive friends at 405 N. 11th St.  Burial will be at Carls-
  bad Cemetery.

  Shannon  Mahaffey,  Gaylen Mahaffey,  Kelley Mahaffey,  Burl  Richards and Jim
  Grannis are to serve as pallbearers.

  Fred Mahaffey was born June 22, 1913, in Knox Co Texas.  He moved from Level-
  land Texas, to Portales, New Mexico in 1930  and  then to  Gardena, California in
  1942.

  He worked in California shipyards until 1946,  when he moved to Carlsbad.   Mah- 
  affey  worked as a  home building contractor until he opened Texas Street Lumber
  Co with his father and brother in 1954.

  Survivors include  two brothers, Oran Mahaffey of Artesia & Wilton E. Mahaffey of
  Albany, Oregon;  3  sisters,  Mable Wallace of  Artesia, Berniece Garner of Farm-
  ington, New Mexico and Zyl  Mahaffey of Carlsbad; 11 grandchildren and 19 great 
  grandchildren.

  Written by Charlene Jensen:

  Anita  Eads,  born May 08, 1918 at Ashland, Oklahoma, she married first to Fred
  Mahaffey in Portales,  New Mexico in 1933 and they had three children.
  She married second to Henry Soto in 1948.  Anita died December 31, 1974 at the
  age of 56.

  Children of Fred Mahaffey and Anita Eads are:

          i.  Freddie Keith Mahaffey was born 04 January 1934 at Clovis, Curry Co New Mexico, & died 13
              October 1986 at Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington D.C. with burial in the Arling ton 
              National Cemetery.

                     He married Jane Ann Garret on 18 December 1954. 
 

  CARLSBAD CURRENT ARGUS

  Carlsbad Native Gen. Mahaffey Dies

  WASHINGTON, DC

  Four Star General Fred K. Mahaffey, 52, a Carlsbad native, died Monday at Wal-
  ter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington  DC,  Major Bruce Bell spokesman
  for the U.S. Army, confirmed today.  Bell said Mahaffey retired October 03 due to
  medical reasons & died Monday of  respiratory failure following a six month battle
  with cancer.

  Mahaffey, son of  Fred and  Flossie Mahaffey, 404 N. 11th St.,Carlsbad, was pre-
  sented with  the Distinguished Service Medal  (First  Oak  Leaf  Cluster)  dur ing a
  ceremony in Washington, September 24.

  Gen. John A. Wickham Jr., Army Chief of  Staff, presented the medal to Mahaffey
  in recognition of his "exceptonally meritorious service while assigned to  positions
  of  great  responsibilities from July 1955  to September 1986."   Prior to his retire-
  ment,  Mahaffey  served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Readiness Command
  at McDill Air Force Base, Florida, from June 1985 to September 1986.

  He  grew up in  Carlsbad and graduated from  Carlsbad  High School in 1951.  He
  studied business administration at the University of Denver, where he also played
  football and was named All Conference and All American halfback.  In  addition to 
  his  business degree,  he  also earned his  master's degree in internat ional affairs
  from  George  Washington University.   His  military  education  inclu ded the U.S.
  Army Ranger and Airborne schools, the Army Command & General Staff  College
  and the National War College.  He was commissioned a second  lieutenant in the
  infantry in 1955. Over the years he held numerous assign ments in both command
  and staff positions.  He also served twice in Vietnam, first as advisor of  the  Viet- 
  namese Army and later in the  9th Infantry Division as Assistant Chief of  Staff for
  Operations as Commander, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry.   Prior to his assignment
  with the  Readiness Command,  Mahaffey ser ved in the  Pentagon as the  Army's
  Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans.

  In addition to his  parents,  Mahaffey is survived by his wife, Jane, formerly of Ala- 
  magordo, and four daughters, Lorrie Ann, Selene, Julie Anne and Melissa Jane.

  Services for Mahaffey will be held at 3 p.m., Thursday at Fort Myers, Virginia, with
  burial to follow in Arlington National Cemetery.


 
  Children of Fred Mahaffey and Jane Garrett are:

  a.  Lorrie Ann Mahaffey / private
       She married and divorced Anson Williams. 
 

  HAPPY DAYS STAR TEAMS UP WITH WIFE

  Two  Hollywood  couples are throwing caution to the winds by deciding to
  work together as well as play together. Happy Days Anson Williams  and
  bride Lorrie Mahaffey,  recently  premiered a new nightclub act, with  high
  hopes of getting  offers from Las Vegas. 

  b.  Selene Mahaffey  / private

  c.  Julie Anne Mahaffey / private

  d.  Melissa Jane Mahaffey / private

    ii. Robert Earl "Bobby" Mahaffey was born 26 December 1934 at Portales, Roosevelt Co New Mexico,
       and died 19 March 1960 at Bethesda, Montgomery Co Maryland, burial at San Pedro, Los Angeles 
       California.

               He married Barbara Ann Belt, daughter of Rodnet William Belt and Bertie Dick, who was born
               26 July 1934  at Marceline, Linn Co Missouri.   Barbara married 2nd to Mr. Mankel. 
 

  Carlsbad Current Argus  March 21, 1960

  BOB MAHAFFEY RITES PENDING IN CALIFORNIA

  Bobby Earl Mahaffey, 24, formerly of Carlsbad, died Saturday at  U.S. Naval Hos-
  pital in Bethesda, Maryland, it was learned here today.   Cause  of death  had not
  been clarified to  his family  here by noon today.    Mahaffey  was serving with the
  Navy in Washington, D.C.

  Notice of  their son's death was  received this morning by his father & stepmother,
  Mr. and  Mrs. Fred Mahaffey,  405 North 11th St,  in a telegram from Captain A.D.
  Lucas, commanding officer at the U.S. Naval Station in Washing ton.

  Mahaffey  will be buried at  San Pedro, California, home of his wife and their three
  sons, Kelly, Gayland and Eugene. His mother also resides in California.

  Mr.  and Mrs. Mahaffey  flew to San Pedro this afternoon to confer with their son's
  wife regarding funeral arrangements.

  Mahaffey, who would  have been 25 on  December 26, also had