He had the following children:
F i Elizabeth CHAMBERS
Joseph MCMAHON was born in 1761 in Pa. He died in 1838 in Cincinnati,Ohio. He married Mary SCHRYHAUSER in Mar 1792 in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.
Enlisted spring/summer of 1777 at or near Pittsburgh. Served as a fifer and
drummer with Captain George Rice'scompany, Colonel Heth's Virginia Regiment.
Served at the battle of Eutaw Springs. Discharged 1781, after the surrender of
Lord Cornwallis. Awarded a pension in 1838 OH. Pension record checked.The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1828,
while a resident of Adams County, Ohio. He lived for some time in Adams and
Scioto Counties, Ohio.This group of Snyders/McMahans migrated from PA to Adams County OH about 1820,
Green twp, Sandy Springs then to Cincinnati then to Whiteside Co, IL abt. 1837.Joseph believed to have died in explosion of the riverboat "Moselle" 1838
Cincinnati (no record found).Historical Collections of Ohio
Henry Howe, LL.D.
Published by the State of Ohio, 1900
Explosion of the Moselle -- The new and elegant steamboat, Moselle, Captain
Perkin, left the wharf in Cincinnati, April 26, 1838 (full of passengers), for
Louisville and St. Louis; and, with the view of taking a family on board at
Fulton, about a mile and a half above the quay, proceeded up the river and made
fast to a lumber raft for that purpose. Here the family was taken on board; and
during the whole time of their detention, the captain had madly held on to all
the steam that he could create, with the intention, not only of showing off to
the best advantage the great speed of his boat, as it passed down the river the
entire length of the city, but that he might overtake and pass another boat
which had left the wharf for Louisville, but short time previous. As the Mosell
was a new brag boat, and had recently made several exceedingly quick trips to
and from Cincinnati, it would not do to risk her popularity for speed, by givin
to another boat (even though that boat had the advantage of time and distance)
the most remote chance of becoming the first to arrive at the destined port.
This insane policy--this poor ambition of proprietors and captains--has almost
inevitably tended to the same melancholy results. The Moselle had but just
parted from the lumber raft to which she had been fast--her wheels had scarcely
make their first revolution--when her boilers burst with an awful and astoundin
noise, equal to the most violent clap of thunder. The explosion was destructive
and heart-rending in the extreme; heads, limbs and bodies were seen flying
through the air in every direction, attended with the most horrible shrieks and
groans from the wounded and dying. The boat, at the time of the accident, was
about thirty feet from the shore, and was rendered a perfect wreck. It seemed t
be entirely shattered as far back as the gentlemen�s cabin; and her hurricane
deck, the whole length, was entirely swept away. The boat immediately began to
sink, and float with a strong current down the river, at the same time receding
farther from the shore--while the passengers, who yet remained unhurt in the
gentlemen�s and ladies cabins became panic-struck, and most of them with a
fatuity which seems unaccountable, jumped into the river. Being above the
ordinary business parts of the city, there were no boats at hand except a few
large and unmanageable wood-floats, that were carried to the relief of the
sufferers, as soon as possible, by the few persons on the shore. Many were
drowned, however, before they could be rescued, and many sunk, who were never
seen afterwards. There was one little boy on the shore who was seen wringing hi
hands in agony, imploring those present to save his father, mother and three
sisters--all of whom were struggling in the water to gain the shore--but whom
the little fellow had the awful misfortune to see perish, one by one, almost
within his reach; an infant child, belonging to the family, was picked up alive
floating down the river on one of the fragments of the hurricane deck.
The boat sunk about fifteen minutes after the explosion, leaving nothing to
be seen but her chimneys and a small portion of her upper works.
The "Moselle" was crowded with passengers from stem to stern, principally
Germans, bound to St. Louis. Nearly all on board (with the exception of those i
the ladies� cabin) were killed or wounded. Most of the sufferers were among the
bands of the steerage passengers. The captain was thrown by the explosion into
the street and was picked up dead and dreadfully mangled. Another man was force
through the roof of one of the neighboring houses; the pilot was thrown about a
hundred feet into the air, whence he fell and found his grave in the river; and
many were the limbs and other fragments of human bodies which were found
scattered about upon the river and far along the shore. The number destroyed by
the explosion was extimated at over 200 persons.
Married by Adamson Tannehill, J.P., later a senator.
Mary SCHRYHAUSER was born about 1770 in Holstein,Germany or Pa. She died after 1850 in Il or Ia. She married Joseph MCMAHON in Mar 1792 in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.
1850 Whiteside Co. IL census shows Mary age 80 living with son Oliver, his wife
and 2 children (says born PA).
Name may be Schrierhauser.
They had the following children:
M i John MCMAHON F ii Elizabeth MCMAHON M iii James MCMAHON was born in 1798. M iv Benjamin MCMAHON was born in 1799. M v Joseph MCMAHON was born in 1802. He died in 1814. M vi Robert Luther MCMAHON F vii Sarah MCMAHON was born in 1807. She died in 1835. M viii Abner MCMAHON was born in 1809. He died in 1832. F ix Mary MCMAHON was born in 1811. She died in 1823. F x Phebe MCMAHON M xi Greggory MCMAHON was born on 2 May 1816. He died on 26 Dec 1852 in St. Louis,Mo.
Greggory owned one of the first stores in Albany IL 1835 and later was a
riverboat Captain.M xii Oliver MCMAHON
Johathan DAVIS.Johathan married Phebe MCMAHON.
Phebe MCMAHON [Parents] was born on 11 Feb 1814. She married Johathan DAVIS.
Had the first white child born in Whiteside county,1838.
Andrew ZORNES was born in 1786 in Pa. He died in Mar 1873 in Whiteside County,Il. He married Elizabeth MCMAHON.
Elizabeth MCMAHON [Parents] was born on 30 Dec 1795. She died in 1861 in Garden Planie,Whiteside,Il. She married Andrew ZORNES.
Other marriages:SNYDER, Charles\Daniel
Children: Joseph (mar Nancy Clark), Sarah (mar Francis Parker), Abner (mar
Margaret Cox), and unknown son who ran away at age 14.
Oliver MCMAHON [Parents] was born on 14 Aug 1818. He died in 1892 in Lyons,Ia. He married Ora FISK.
Oliver migrated to Whiteside County, IL 1835, one the first settlers. Oliver
owned /operated several banks, the last VP of 1st Nat'l Bank Lyons IA 9across
the river from Whiteside IL.Had five wives.
Ora FISK.Ora married Oliver MCMAHON.
John MCMAHON [Parents] was born on 22 Apr 1793. He died in 1856 in Whiteside County,Il. He married Rachel.
Buried at Garden Plain Cemetery, Whiteside,IL
Children: Mary, Joseph, James, Harriet, Wbenezer, Phebe, Rachel, Abner, John,
Janathan, Sara Ann (born 1820-1842).
Rachel was buried in Garden Plain Cem,Whiteside,Il. She married John MCMAHON.
Charles\Daniel SNYDER was born after 1790. He married Elizabeth MCMAHON.
Believed to have been killed in the explosion of the Steamboat "Moselle" in
Cincinnati in 1838.
Elizabeth MCMAHON [Parents] was born on 30 Dec 1795. She died in 1861 in Garden Planie,Whiteside,Il. She married Charles\Daniel SNYDER.
Other marriages:ZORNES, Andrew
Children: Joseph (mar Nancy Clark), Sarah (mar Francis Parker), Abner (mar
Margaret Cox), and unknown son who ran away at age 14.
Miles H. HART [Parents] was born about 1731 in Warminster,Bucks Co.,Pennsylvania. He died about 1785 in Elizabethtown,Kentucky. He married Delilah BURRIS about 1750 in Berkeley Co.,Va.
Delilah BURRIS was born in 1739 in Pos. Botecourt C,Virginia. She died in 1829. She married Miles H. HART about 1750 in Berkeley Co.,Va.
They had the following children:
M i Silas HART M ii Henry HART M iii John HART M iv Miles HART M v Thomas HART M vi Moses HART was born in 1763. He died after 1825 in Indiana. M vii Joseph HART was born about 1768. He died in 1769/1858 in Dearborn County,Indiana. M viii Aaron HART was born in 1770. He died in 1771/1850. M ix Samuel HART was born after 1770 in Paradise County,Illininois. M x Josiah HART
Bruff BROUGHTON [Parents] was born on 10 Dec 1690 in Stepney Parish,Somerset,Md. He died on 5 Jan 1748/1749 in Somerset,Ma. He married Hannah before 1746.
Hannah.Hannah married Bruff BROUGHTON before 1746.
married 2d Aaron Tillman, 1750, Coventry Parish, Somerset, MD
They had the following children:
M i Charles BROUGHTON was born on 9 Feb 1746/1747 in Coventry Parish,Somerset,Md. He died about 1788 in Nelson Co,Ky. F ii Mary BROUGHTON
Robert SAMUELS.Robert married Elizabeth HART.
Elizabeth HART [Parents] was born about 1778 in Westmoreland Cou,Pennsylvania. She died in Nelson County,Ky. She married Robert SAMUELS.
BIRTH: PLAC Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
DEATH: DATE BET. 1779 - 1872