Notes for John Huston McMahan.

1870 Missouri Census, Cooper County, Lamine Township, Household 46,Family 45, dated 19 Jul 1870, Page number 7.

Household listing:

J H McMahan, 25, M, W, Farmer, born in Mo., Citizen.
Susan R. McMahan, 17, F, W, Keep House, born in Mo.
Edwin McMahan, 1, M, W, born in Mo.
Sallie A McMahan, 61, F, W, Retired from Keep House, $3,200 property value, $500 personal property, born in Va. (This person is probably Mother, Sarah Houston)
Mary J McMahan, 32, F, W, born in Mo. (This person is probably sister).

James McMahan Family Cemetery
Fray Family Cemetery

Location: T-49-N; R-19-W; of Section: 27: northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the section.
About 1.2 mile north of Blackwater, Missouri on Route K; northeast of the Blackwater River Bridge.
Within this cemetery are buried James and Helena McMahan, his wife. James McMahan was one of the original settlers of Lamine Township. He came to Cooper County, Missouri in 1811. He served in Captain S. Cooper's Militia during the War of 1812. His wife was a daughter of David Jones, a Revolutionary War soldier.
There are about five graves marked with rude limestone markers. The cemetery is enclosed by a beautiful iron fence and on the gate is "R. J. McMahan". This cemetery is in poor condition; many of the stones are broken. The stones for James and Helena McMahan have been broken into three sections. They originally stood about four feet high. Cattle are allowed to roam over the cemetery.

List and historical data supplied by Mr. Jerry Varner of Sedalia, Missouri.

There are unmarked graves and some illegible stones are inscribed with initials as follows: "I. T. M."; "J. M. M."; "M. E. M."; "J. B. W."; "H. R. M."; "J. N. M"; and "J. M." from a list recorded by Mrs. Lloyd Wolfe on November 16, 1968.

McMahan John Huston; born 25 Sep 1844; died 12 Jul 1870; son of W. C. and Sallie A. McMahan