John Mahaffey (1797 - 1857)

Born 1797 in County Down, Ireland

Husband of Susanna (Frame) Mahaffey — married before 1836 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 1857 at about age 60 in St. Louis, Missouri

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: John /Mahaffey/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1797

Place: County Down, Ireland^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: 1857

Place: St. Louis, Missouri^[4]

Immigration

Immigration:

Date: 1851

Place: USA, Ireland^[5]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 1857

Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery; Mahaffey Lot, St. Louis, Missouri

Note: #N67^[6]

Note

Note: #N66

Sources

1. ↑ Mahaffey-334 was created by John McCullough through the import of GeoMccGEDancestors.ged on Aug 29, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S38
3. ↑ Source: #S38
4. ↑ Source: #S38
5. ↑ Source: #S43 Page: Mary Mahaffey McCullough
6. ↑ Source: #S38

• Source: S38 Author: Compiler: John A. McCullough Title: MO-Bellefontaine Cemetery burial record, Record Type: Burial files of Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO Repository: #R6 NOTELocation: 4947 W. Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri; Compiler: Read and recorded by John A. McCullough, 3.21.96
• Repository: R6 Name: Bellefontaine Cemetery Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S43 Title: Census 1900, St. Louis, Missouri

Notes

Note N66Little is known about John Mahaffey. He immigrated with his family in 1852 to St. Louis. No information has been found about his parents or his roots in Ireland. John had little time to make a mark in St. Louis, dying at age 60 after only six years at his new home in America.

Listed as laborer.

Note N67Burial certificate says removed from Weslyan Cemetery. It is signed by John McCullough, undertaker. According to Bellefontaine Cemetery, John Mahaffey was first buried Weslyan Cemetery, and then his remains were moved to the McCullough Lot at Bellefontaine, March 28, 1867. On October 30, 1906, his remains were moved again by his daughter-in-law, Sarah Jane Morrison Mahaffey, to the Mahaffey lot which she had acquired. Her husband Robert Mahaffey was also relocated from the McCullough Lot to the new Mahaffey Lot on the same date.