The Hood Family of Webster County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NameMcGARRAH, Mary A. , Grandmother
Birth Dateabt 1827
Birth PlaceSouth Carolina
Death PlaceLodi, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Spouses
Birth DateSep 1823
Birth PlaceFlorence, Lauderdale County, Alabama
MemoNow Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Death Date29 Mar 1907 Age: 83
Death PlaceWebster County, Mississippi
Burial Date31 Mar 1907
Burial PlaceOld Concord Cemetery, Embry, Webster County, Mississippi
Misc. Notes
Carried the mail on horseback between Tuscaloosa and another Alabama town. He was a plantation overseer in slave days in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, for a man named Spencer Moore and also for a Dr. Kimbrell. He served in the cavlary with General Nathan Bedford Forrest during the Civil War.
He moved to Mississippi in 1850 and built a log house near Lindsey Creek.
Austin and his brother, Mathew, married the McGarrh sisters.
Marr Date26 Sep 1845
Marr PlaceTallapoosa County, Alabama