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Robert McMahan, an enterprising citizen of Union Township, Webster Co., Mo., was born in Webster County, then known as Wright County, on the 23d of December, 1848. His parents, James and Temperance (Mason) McMahan, were natives of Middle Tennessee, in which State they were married and lived until 1839, when they removed to Webster County, Mo., and located near where the town of Seymour is now situated, afterward moving to near Waldo. The father, who was a successful farmer, died in 1853, and the mother in 1872. Of their family of eleven children, six are now living, viz.: John F., a prominent farmer of Webster County; Joseph, a stock trader of St. James, Mo.; William, a farmer and stock dealer near Seymour, Mo.; Hulda, wife of Perry Chaffin, of Webster County; Dobson is a farmer of Belle County, Tex., and Robert. The latter received a common-school education in his native county, and when twenty-one years of age engaged in farming and stock raising, which he has ever since continued with marked success. He now owns a well-improved farm in a desirable location in Union Township, the greater portion of which is under cultivation. July 21, 1878, he married Annie Foster, daughter of Jesse Foster, who came with his family from East Tennessee, and located in Webster County, where Mrs. McMahan was born June 21, 1851. Jesse Foster is deceased, but his widow is still living near Waldo, on the old homestead, with her youngest son. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McMahan, viz.: Hulda Temperance, born May 25, 1879, died August 24, 1879; John R., born May 26, 1881; Bertha May, born January 27, 1883; Thomas W., born June 5, 1885, and Effie Myrtle, born November 23, 1887. Mrs. McMahan is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In politics our subject is in sympathy with the Democratic party.