John
T. Mahaffey was born December 08 / 28, 1805 in Simpson Co Mississippi,
& died April 02, 1894 near Tryus, Mississippi,
burial in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Sontag, Lawrence Co Mississippi
He married Mary Lowe about 1832
Mary Lowe is the daughter of John Butler Lowe and Susannah
Sturdivant
John and Susannah are buried at buried at Rockport in Copiah Co Mississippi
Mary Lowe Mahaffey was born May 13, 1815 in Georgia, and died January 01
or 27, 1909 in Lawrence Co Mississippi,
burial beside her husband at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Sontag Mississippi
Elizabeth Jordan writes:
In John Butler Lowe's will, his daughter, Mary is listed as the wife of
John T. Mahaffey. |
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1840 Simpson Co Mississippi p. 219 Microfilm #
M704-217
Enumerator William McCaskill
John T. Mahaffy - no slaves
Census
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1850
Simpson Co Mississippi
p. 218 #438/438 Farmer $250
Census
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| John
T. Mahaffey |
44 |
Ga |
| Mary
Mahaffey |
34 |
Ga |
| Susan
M. Mahaffey |
17 |
Ms |
| Mary
Mahaffey |
15 |
Ms |
| William
Mahaffey |
11 |
Ms |
| Nancy
Mahaffey |
9 |
Ms |
| John
Mahaffey |
7 |
Ms |
| Eliza
Mahaffey |
5 |
Ms |
| Phebe
Mahaffey |
3 |
Ms |
| Robert
T. Mahaffey |
1 |
Ms |
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1860 Simpson Co Mississippi p.137
#1/1 Harrisville Farmer $1500 / 600
Census
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| John
T. Mahaffie |
54 |
Ga |
| Mary
Mahaffie |
44 |
Ga |
| Susanna
Mahaffie |
27 |
Ms |
| Nancy
Mahaffie |
20 |
Ms |
| John
B. Mahaffie |
18 |
Ms |
| Eliza
Mahaffie |
16 |
Ms |
| Pheba
Mahaffie |
15 |
Ms |
| Thamer
Mahaffie |
8 |
Ms |
| Albert
G.B. Mahaffie |
6 |
Ms |
| Almanza
Mahaffie |
4 |
Ms |
| Isaac
Mahaffie |
1 |
Ms |
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1870 Lawrence Co Mississippi
pg 20 #169/169
Farmer $180
Census
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| Jno Mahaffey |
65 |
Ga |
| Mary Mahaffey |
55 |
Ga |
| Suzana Mahaffey |
38 |
Ga |
| Tamor Mahaffey |
19 |
Ga |
| Brown Mahaffey |
16 |
Ms |
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1880 Lawrence Co Mississippi
Beat #1
ED 118 pg 13
No dwelling or house
# Farmer
Census
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| J.T. Mahoffey |
75 |
Ga |
| Mary Mahoffey |
65 |
Ga |
| Susie Mahoffey |
49 |
Ms |
| Phipy Mahoffey |
36 |
Ms |
| Dinah / must be Tamor Mahoffey |
30 |
Ms |
| Sariah Mahoffey - grdaughter |
24 |
Ms |
| Lency Mahoffey - grdaughter |
16 |
Ms |
| Ferdnan Mahoffey grson |
14 |
Ms |
| Allie Mahoffey - grdaughter |
10 |
Ms |
| Green Mahoffey - grson |
18 |
Ms |
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Indexed in the 1866
Simpson Co Mississippi state census, pg 4, no township listed. No
record available for
transcription |
Notes for 1860 census:
Robert must have died before this census
Mary has married Christopher Columbus Barlow
At least one researcher shows that Wm has died, so without proof, I have
another
possiblity, though it is not
proven |
Notes for 1870 census:
Isaac must
have died before this census. I do not find him or Almanza
anywhere in Lawrence or Simpson
Co for 1870, but
reseachers show that Almanza was living and that she married
E. Herring in 1874.
Phebe has marry William
Wilson.
Nancy has married
John Taylor
Eliza has married
Benjamin F. Davis
Brown is Albert G.B. |
Notes for 1880 census:
I do not known the
date of Phebe's marriage to Wm Wilson, but since she was not in the 1870
census with
her parents, I assumed
she had married. If so, then apparently Wm died, or they
were divorced, as she is
back in the parents
home in this census, using the Mahaffey name. The grandchildren may be
her children
but I don't know
the reason why they would be carrying the Mahaffey name. |
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of John T. Mahaffey and Mary Lowe are: |
1.
Susannah M. "Aunt Shan" Mahaffey, born January 01, 1833 in Simpson
Co Mississippi & died December 21, 1914,
burial in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Sontag, Lawrence Co Mississippi.
She never married.
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2.
Mary Jane Mahaffey, born April 10, 1835 in Copiah Co Mississippi and died
September 25, 1886 in Utica, Hinds Co
Mississippi, with burial at Kelley Cemetery, in Utica, Hinds Co Mississippi.
She married Christopher Columbus Barlow on May 04, 1853 in Simpson Co Mississippi.
He is the son of William Bryant Barlow and Nancy Harrington / Herrington,
born March 02, 1836 in
Perry Co Mississippi, and died about 1897 in Utica, Hinds
Co Mississippi, where he is said to be
buried in an unmarked grave at Meeks Cemetery.
This family
is outlined at:
Descendants
of Christopher Columbus "Lum" Barlow
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3.
William Mahaffey, born January 05, 1839 in Simpson Co Mississippi
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researcher put's Wm's death date of 1852, but I find:
1870 Simpson Co Mississippi, pg 352b
Farmer $300 / 300
Census
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| William Mahaffey |
30 |
Ms |
| Jenettia Mahaffey |
31 |
Ms |
| William Mahaffey |
11 |
Ms |
| Jeff D. Mahaffey |
8 |
Ms |
| John D. Mahaffey |
5 |
Ms |
| Robert Mahaffey |
6/12 |
Ms |
Living
within a few doors of John J. Hilton, and William Isaac Hilton
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of William Mahaffey and Jeanette are: |
i. William Mahaffey, born c1860
ii. Jefferson Davis "JD" Mahaffey,
born August 16, 1861, and died November 09, 1936.
iii. John D. Mahaffey, born c1862
iv. Robert Mahaffey, born January 1870
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will of course, need more reseach to prove, William may be a son of another
Mahaffey. |
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4.
Nancy Matilda Mahaffey born March 03, 1840 or 1841 in Simpson or
Lawrence Co Mississippi and died May 04, 1928,
burial in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Sabine Parish Louisiana. see: HUGHES FT
She married John Alford Taylor, son of John Taylor and Emiline Hilton.
He was born January 26, 1848, and died August 10, 1917, burial in Ebenezer
Cemetery, Sabine Parish Louisiana.
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John A. Taylor filed
a for a Civil War pension, as did Nancy Mahaffey Taylor
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1870 Lawrence Co Mississippi page 20
#170-170 farmer $120
Census
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| Jno Taylor |
27 |
Ms |
| Nancy Taylor |
29 |
Ms |
| Julia Taylor |
3 |
Ms |
| Wm. Taylor |
1 |
Ms |
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1880 Lawrence Co Mississippi
page 12 Beat #1
Census
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| J.A. Taylor |
32 |
Ms |
| Nancy Taylor |
37 |
Ms |
| Julia Taylor |
12 |
Ms |
| Mary Taylor |
6 |
Ms |
| Frank Taylor |
4 |
Ms |
| Addie Taylor |
2 |
Ms |
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Known Children of Nancy Mahaffey and John Taylor are:
Click
on the links for more about each family
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Julia
Ann Taylor, born January 20, 1867 and died 1915
She
married William Jackson Powell, Sr.
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William,
born c1869, apparently died before 1880, he is not on the census. |
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Mary
Jane Taylor, born March 29, 1874 and died September 15, 1915
She
married Wiley G. Miller
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Frank
James Taylor, born January 18, 1861 - according to census records,
he
was not born until about 1866 in Mississippi
He
married Martha Livicie / Lavina Leach
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Addie Taylor, born about
1878 in Mississippi |
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Annie
Taylor born July 03, 1886 in Louisiana, and died December 23,
1974
She
married Gilbert Berian Arrington. |
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Brown
Taylor |
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If you
have arrived here via the Hilton pages, and wish to continue that
genealogy, click "HERE"
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5.
John Billy Mahaffey, born November 28, 1841 in Simpson Co Mississippi,
and died March 1933, Sabine Parish Louisiana,
burial in Ebenezer Cemetery, Florien, Sabine Parish Louisiana.
He married Amy Elizabeth Hilton December 27, 1866, daughter of John J.
and Mary Taylor Hilton.
She was born December 15, 1844 in Mississippi and died January 08, 1932
in Sabine Parish Louisiana,
burial in Ebenezer Cemetery, Florien, Sabine Parish Louisiana.
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1870 Lawrence Co Mississippi pg 20
#168-168
Census
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| J.B. Mahaffey |
27 |
Mississippi |
| Amy E. Mahaffey |
24 |
Mississippi |
| Andy T. Mahaffey |
3 |
Mississippi |
| John Thomas Mahaffey |
4/12 |
Mississippi |
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The Sabine Index March 10, 1933
We are sorry to note the death of Uncle John B.Mahaffey.
He passed away last
Thursday at the age of 91 years, three months and one day.
Uncle John was loved by all who knew him he had a kind word for all he
met. His
wife preceded him to the grave. He is survived
by five children, two boys, Poly
Mahaffey of Florien and Martin Mahaffey of Hemphill, Texas; three daughters,
Mrs.
Florence Sanders of Fisher, Mrs. Emma Wesbery of Esto, & Mrs.
Lizzie Chance
of Hornbeck, besides 38 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren.
He was laid to rest at Ebenezer church Friday.
Rev. Henry Chance conducted
the services. Uncle John was active until a few
months before his death, could
walk two or three miles to town and back in a day.
We sympathize with the bereaved, but are sure he is at rest in a better
world. |
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Children
of John and Amy are:
Click
on the links for more about each family
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Andrew Tinslie
Mahaffey, born November 09, 1867 and died November 14, 1928, burial in
Harmony Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish Louisiana. |
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John Thomas
'Tom' Mahaffey, born February 1870 in Mississippi, apparently died
before his father's death in 1933 |
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Mary
Florence Mahaffey born November 25, 1873 in Lawrence Co Mississippi,
and died December 24,
1973 in Leesville, Sabine
Parish Louisiana. |
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Emma Estelle
Mahaffey, married William Weathersby January 18, 1894 in Sabine Parish
Louisiana. |
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Charles Mahaffey,
apparently died before his father's death in 1933 |
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Daniel
Napoleon "Poley" Mahaffey born June 07, 1879 in Brookhaven, Lincoln
Co Mississippi, and died December 12, 1977 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish
Louisiana, burial in Ebenezer Cemetery, Sabine Parish Louisiana. |
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Martin
Monroe Mahaffey born April 10, 1883 in Louisiana, and died February
11, 1971 in Many,
Sabine Parish Louisiana,
burial in Ebenezer Cemetery. |
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Eliza
Almedia Mahaffey was born November 25, 1888 in Florien, Sabine Parish
Louisiana, and died
May 12, 1980 in Many, Sabine
Parish Louisiana, burial in Toro Cemetery, Sabine Parish Louisiana
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6.
Eliza Amy "Liza" Mahaffey, born November 11, 1843 in Simpson Co Mississippi
& died August 19, 1916.
She married Benjamin Franklin Davis, shown as D.F. Davis on 1880 census
1870 Brazos tx
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1880 Lawrence Co Mississippi,
Beat #1 ED 118 pg 13
No dwelling or house number farmer
Census
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| D.F. Davis |
40 |
Mississippi |
| Liza Davis |
37 |
Mississippi |
| Anna Davis |
14 |
Mississippi |
| James L. Davis |
12 |
Mississippi |
| Mary F. Davis |
10 |
Mississippi |
| George W. Davis |
8 |
Mississippi |
| Marthia Davis |
6 |
Mississippi |
| James Davis |
5 |
Mississippi |
| Lemel Davis |
2 |
Mississippi |
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Known Children of Eliza Mahaffey and Ben Davis are:
i. Anna Davis, born c1866
ii. James L. Davis, born c1868*
iii. Mary F. Davis, born c1870
iv. George W. Davis, born c1872
4 Apr 1871 Died: 20 July 1960
v. Martha Davis, born c1874
vi. James Davis, born April 07, 1875, and died October 31, 1957 in
Sabine Parish Louisiana*
vii. Lemel Davis, born c1878* |
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have 2 children named James, both in the 1880
census. Apparently the second James
middle initial is also L. for Lazerus, as shown
in the
following funeral home record:
Warren Meadows Funeral Home Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Book 1957 Pg 84
James Lazerus Davis, born April 07, 1875 in Mississippi, and
died October 31, 1957 in DeRidder
Louisiana, a widower, burial in Prospect Cemetery, Sabine Parish Louisiana,
son of B.F. Davis and
Uza Mahaffey |
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7. Phebe Mahaffey, born
in Simpson Co Mississippi
She married William M. Wilson
Both are buried at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrence Co Mississippi.
I have
been unable to locate them in any census record index for Lawrence,
Simpson or Hinds Co
in 1870.
William Wilso being such a common name, it would take a lot of searching
to find them,
especially
not having any dates to go on. Phebe was not in the 1870
census with her parents, but
was
back again in 1880, still using the Mahaffey name. I have not
checked census for 1900. |
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8.
Robert T. Mahaffey b. 1849 Simpson Co Mississippi, apparently died before
1860, as he is not listed in that census.
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9.
Tamer / Dinah Mahaffey, born April 07, 1850 and died September 05, 1939.
She married either William Boutwell, or James M. Boutwell on August 19,
1882 in Lawrence Co Mississippi
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Internet message board written by Margaret Mahaffey Owens
My father was Simeon Woodrow Mahaffey, born in Silver Creek, Mississippi,
son
of Sim Mahaffey, born in Silver Creek, Mississippi, son of Tamer Mahaffey,
daugh-
ter of John T. Mahaffey and Mary Lowe Mahaffey. |
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to locate any records to verify any of this information. |
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10.
Albert Gallatin "Brown" Mahaffey, born March 28, 1854.
He married Elizabeth Jane "Betsy" Douglas, born c1843, daughter of
Elisha
Douglass and Nancy Davis.
Albert
Mahaffey Photograph
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1880 Lawrence Co Mississippi
ED 118 Beat 2, pg 14
Census
Image
| A.G. Mahaffey |
25 |
Mississippi |
| Betsey Mahaffey |
37 |
Mississippi |
| Ben Mahaffey |
4 |
Mississippi |
| Cilles Mahaffey |
2 |
Mississippi |
| Elizabeth |
6/12 |
Mississippi |
Living two doors from NC and Sicily / Susian Barlow.
Sicily is a sister to Betsy |
Mahaffey
Family Reunion Photo c1900
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Known Children of Albert Mahaffey and Elizabeth Douglass are:
i. Ben Mahaffey born c 1876
ii. Cilles Mahaffey, born c1878
iii. Susie Mahaffey married Mr. Davis
iv. Rebecca Elizabeth Mahaffey, born October 10, 1888 in Sontag,
Lawrence Co Mississippi
and died October 29, 1921 in Sontag, Lawrence Co Mississippi. (according
to the 1880
census, she was born in January 1880.)
She married Clarence "Todd" Barlow December 20, 1908 in Sontag, Lawrence
Co
Mississippi -book 7 pg 320- son of William William Walter "Doc"
Barlow and Annie
Henrietta Wise.
Marriage
License
In
Memory of Rebecca E. Mahaffey
For
more of this family, see: Christopher
"Lum" Barlow Family
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11. Alamanza
Mahaffey born May 22, 1855.
She married Elisha L. Herrin / Herring on August 25, 1874 in Lawrence
Co Mississippi
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I wonder if she ever used the name Alexandra, or the census taker
may have even misunderstood
the pronunciation of the name. The 1880
census of Lawrence Co shows an E. Herring and wife,
Alexandra, living next to John T. and Mary Mahaffey.
Shown to be age 23, she would be in the
right age range, they had 3 children, the oldest,
Christianity, age 4, would have been born in a
time frame fitting with the date of marriage. The other
2 children, Mary, age 2, and Ellic, age 7
months. |
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12.
Isaac Mahaffey born 1858-59 Simpson Co Mississippi, apparently died before
1870, he is not in that census.
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