Samuel McGaha

Male11 January 1836–16 March 1923

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel McGaha was born on 11 January 1836, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, his father, Issac C McGaha, was 30 and his mother, Anne Frances Ramsey, was 32. He married Anna McMahan about 1853, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Civil District 17, Sevier, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died on 16 March 1923, in Emerts Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel McGaha
1836–1923
Anna McMahan
1840–1923
Marriage: about 1853
John Henry McGaha
1854–1942
Rhoda McGaha
1861–1924
Augustus MaGaha
about 1865–
James McGaha
about 1868–1933
Elizabeth McGaha
1879–
Isaac McGaha
1867–1923
Millie McGaha
1870–1951
Samuel " Sam" McGaha, jr.
1874–1950
Annie McGaha
1874–1910
Jesse McGaha
1875–1928
Matilda Mcgaha
1881–1934
George Mcgaha
1884–

Sources (18)

  • Samuel Mcgaha Sr., "United States Census, 1910"
  • M M Mcgaha in entry for Millie Huskey, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Samuel Mcgaha Sr., "United States Census, 1900"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1853Tennessee, United States
  • Children (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 10

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1846

    Age 10

    Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

    1862 · Battle of Shiloh

    Age 26

    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eachaidh (see McGaffey ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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