Caroline (Cason) Mahaney (1824 - 1854)

Born 22 Nov 1824 in Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Morgan Mahanay — married 23 Nov 1843 in Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1854 at age 29 in Canaan, Clay Township, Gasconade, Missouri Territory, United States

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Biography

Caroline was born in 1824, in Jackson, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Edward Meriwether Cason and his first wife Levica Gipson.

On 23 Nov 1843, in Jackson, she married Benjamin Morgan Mahanay. They settled in Jackson and had 5 children.

1. John Clayton Mahanay b. 1844 TN - d. 1919 TX, m1/wid. Mary Elizabeth Erikson, m2. Sarah J. Fox
2. Sarah Levica Mahanay b. 1847 TN - d. 1878 TX, m. Milton Hibler
3. [Mahaney-432|Elizabeth Mahaney]] b. 1848 TN - d. 1915, TX, m. David Lindsey Hinkle
4. Edward Perry Mahanay b. 1849 TN - d. 1912, TX, m1/wid. Martha Jane Coffey, m2/wid. Dora Tummins, m3. Ida Youngblood
5. Millard Fillmore Mahanay b. 1853 MO - d. 1922 TX, m1/wid. Harriet Virginia Bridges, m2. Melissa Florence Bridges. His wives were sisters. He had children with both, so they were half-siblings and 1st cousins.

By 1853 they had moved from Tennessee to Gasconade, Missouri. It was here she passed away in 1854, age 29. The cause is unknown. She is buried at the Old Salem Cemetery.

Her sister Sarah married Benjamins brother Lloyd.

Sources

• Family Search KCW8-FNG

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDK-26X : 23 December 2020), Caroline Mehanay in household of Benjamin M Mehanay (sic), Jackson, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/sources/viewedit/MM99-QSX?context

Edward Meriwether Cason's family Bible in possession of his granddaughter Florine Cason Hix, Gainesboro, Tenn. as of Aug. 1979.

• Marriage Certificate, Family Record, - Edward Meriwether Cason and Mary Ann Elizabeth Hall, Married at Henry Hall's on the 23rd day of January 1840.

Edward M. Cason; b. Hanover Co. Va Jan 3, 1805, d. Jan. 1, 1895, Married June 6, 1823 to Levicy G. Cason; b. Green Co. Ky June 1, 1806, d. Apr. 15, 1839. Gives Levicy's children, dates and places.

• Daughter Elizabeth death certificate. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3WT-3GQ : Tue Jan 23 23:23:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Elizabeth Mahaney and B M Mahaney, 18 January 1916.