ALBERT
R. McMAHAN, farmer, post-office Greenville, was born in Lordstown,
Trumbull Co., Ohio, January 24, 1840, and is a son of Thomas and Lovina
(Thorn) McMahan, the former a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, and the
latter of Morgantown, W. Va. They were married in Trumbull County,
Ohio, and were the parents of fifteen children, only ten of whom grew.
to maturity, viz.: Henry, Joseph, deceased; Lemuel, Mary, James;
Benjamin, deceased; Angeline, deceased; Lewis, Albert B. and Jerusha.
In the spring of 1846 the parents removed with their family to West
Salem Township, Mercer County. The father erected a saw-mill at
Maysville, which he ran two years. In 1848 he purchased the farm
whereon our subject lives, and erected a steam grist-mill, the first in
this part of the county. He operated this mill nearly twenty years, and
then sold it to Philip Schuster, who ran it until it was burned down.
Mr. McMahan afterward built and operated a saw and planing-mill in
Greenville about four years. He died on the homestead, in West Salem,
October 15, 1875, and his widow August 29, 1887. He was a Republican in
politics, and one of the most enterprising citizens of the township.
Albert B. has lived in Mercer County since he was three months old, and
grew up under the parental roof. He was married January 17, 1878, to
Miss Linda, daughter of Mathias and Mary Weinland, of West Salem
Township. Five children have been born of this union: Harry, Eva,
Matthias, Thomas and Benjamin. Mr. McMahan has followed farming
principally as an occupation. Politically he is a Democrat, and one of
the energetic citizens of the community.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1190
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