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 _J. Russell MAHAN ___|
|  m 1855             |
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|--Franklin MAHAN 
|  (1861 - ....)
|                                                 _Ambrose Pinkney COBB _+
|                                                | (1775 - 1850) m 1803  
|                      _Ambrose Pinkney COBB Jr._|
|                     | (1818 - 1888) m 1836     |
|                     |                          |_Mary Jane ALCORN _____
|                     |                            (1775 - 1850) m 1803  
|_Elizabeth COBB _____|
  (1838 - ....) m 1855|
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                      |_Sarah Ann MATNEY ________|
                        (1818 - 1885) m 1836     |
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