Bibb County AlArchives Biographies.....Mahan, William H. September 2 1847 - after 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    WILLIAM H. MAHAN, a merchant and influential citizen of Randolph, was born
in Bibb county, Ala., September 2, 1847. He is a son of Allen and Jane
(McDaniel) Mahan, both natives of Edgefield, S. C., the former born in 1811, the
latter, May 10, 1824. Allen Mahan was by trade a mechanic and brickmason during
his life, and was identified with the whig party. He was the father of three
children, William H. being the only one now living, Robert and Margaret having
died. He died in 1850, and his widow married Thomas Smitherman, by whom she had
five children, viz: Jesse, a farmer of Bibb county; Samuel, deceased; Lucy, wife
of Joshua Milam, a farmer of Bibb county; Sarah, wife of James W. Carr, a farmer
of Bibb county; and Murdoch, also a farmer of Bibb county. Thomas Smitherman
died in 1872, and his widow now lives with William H. Mahan. He is a grandson of
Bailey Mahan, who was of Irish origin, having emigrated from Ireland to South
Carolina in an early day, and later on to Mississippi. His mother's parents were
of Scotch descent. Mr. Mahan was brought upon a farm from childhood, receiving a
common school education, and started out in life as a day laborer, at a small
compensation, but by economy and tact he had, by 1869, accumulated money enough
to start a small grocery store at Randolph. By good management and close
attention to business, fair and honest dealing, he has built up an extensive
trade, and carries a large variety of general merchandise. He also owns some 600
acres of fine farming lands in a high state of cultivation. In 1872 he was
elected magistrate, which position he still holds. December 14, 1873, he married
Miss Nancy Derrick, who was born in Lamar county, Texas, July 26, 1848. She is
the daughter of Tobias and Hannah (Webb) Derrick, the latter of whom was born in
Tennessee, November 4, 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Mahan are the parents of six children,
viz.: John W.; Sarah; Martha; Allen D.; and Effie, living, and George M.
deceased. Mr. Mahan is a democrat, and a Mason, and both he and wife are members
of the Methodist Episcopal church, south.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 492

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