Friend Robinson McMahon
Friend Robinson McMahon was born on December 5, 1837, in Texas to Isaac and Frances McMahon. His father was a farmer who owned $3,000 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Newton County, Texas. By 1860, he was working as a grocer, and he owned $250 of real estate and $250 of personal property. He married Martha Elizabeth Fuller on September 11, 1860, and they had at least seven children: Jesse, born around 1866; Lena, born around 1868; Francis, born around 1869; Martha, born around 1871; Emma, born around 1873; Robert Lee, born around 1875; and Benjamin, born around 1877.
McMahon enlisted in the Confederate army in February 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company H of the 13th Texas Cavalry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Milliken’s Bend.
He returned to Newton County after the war, and he earned a living as a farmer. By 1870, he owned $2,500 of real estate and $500 of personal property. By 1900, they were living in Justice, Texas. He died on January 10, 1916.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4376) | McMahon, Friend Robinson | 1837-12-05 | 1916-01-10 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4086) [writer] ~ Friend R. McMahon to Martha E. McMahon, 14 March 1862
People - Records: 1
- (4377) McMahon, Martha Elizabeth is the [wife of] (4376) McMahon, Friend Robinson
Places - Records: 1
- (40) [birth, death] ~ Texas
Regiments - Records: 1
- (1030) [enlisted] [H] ~ 13th Texas Cavalry
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Friend R. McMahon, available from Fold3.com
