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Melvina Abigail Gann

Melvina Abigail Gann

Female 1853 - 1916  (62 years)

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  1. 1.  Melvina Abigail GannMelvina Abigail Gann was born 22 Aug 1853, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Gann and Rachel E Miller); died 1 Apr 1916, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Astons Store P.O.
    • Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
    • Census: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 245
    • Census: 1900, Guin, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-67
    • Census: 1910, Guin, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-87
    • Occupation: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
    • Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With parents Thomas J and Rachel (Miller) Gann and nine siblings
    • Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With mother Rachel (Miller) Gann and five siblings
    • Residence: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; With husband John A Shaw and children
    • Residence: 1900, Guin, Marion, Alabama; With husband John A Shaw and six children
    • Residence: 1910, Guin, Marion, Alabama; With husband John A Shaw and three daughters

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Guin City Cemetery

    Melvina married John A Shaw 1872. John was born 15 Jul 1853, Alabama; died 4 Jan 1926; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Jefferson Gann was born 1819 - 1820, Tennessee (son of Joshua Gann and Elizabeth); died 1860 - 1866, Alabama.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
    • Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
    • Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Astons Store P.O.
    • Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
    • Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With a boy under age 21, five girls under age 21 and a woman over age 21
    • Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With wife Rachel (Miller) and five children
    • Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Rachel (Miller) and ten children

    Notes:

    Probate records for Marion Co., Alabama were destroyed in 1878 and do not exist for his date of death

    Birth:
    Some researchers indicate that he was born in White county, Tennessee

    Died:
    Wife Rachel (Miller) appeared as a head of household in the 1866 Alabama state census

    Thomas — Rachel E Miller. Rachel was born 8 Jun 1825, Tennessee; died 25 Jun 1897, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried Beaverton, Lamar, Alabama. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rachel E Miller was born 8 Jun 1825, Tennessee; died 25 Jun 1897, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried Beaverton, Lamar, Alabama.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
    • Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Astons Store P.O.
    • Census: 1866, Twp. 13 Range 13W, Marion, Alabama
    • Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
    • Census: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 246
    • Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Domestic
    • Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
    • Occupation: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
    • Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With husband Thomas J Gann and five children
    • Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With husband Thomas J Gann and ten children
    • Residence: 1866, Twp. 13 Range 13W, Marion, Alabama; With a boy and three girls under age 10, three girls age 10 to 20 and a man and woman over age 20
    • Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With six children
    • Residence: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; With children Henry and Mary

    Notes:

    The 1880 census indicates that she had had pneumonia.

    Some researchers show her as the daughter of Nathaniel Miller (b 1777 in Spartanburg Co., SC) and Margaret Newton

    Some researchers have her middle name as "Louisa"

    Name:
    Some researchers give middle name "Louise", others "Elizabeth"

    Buried:
    Camp Ground Cemetery

    Died:
    GANN, Mrs. RACHEAL

    Little Rock: Mrs. RACHEAL GANN, aged 71, died at the home of WM. SHAW on Sunday. - (Guin Gazette, July 2, 1897)

    Mrs. RACHEL GANN, mother of Mrs. J. A. SHAW of this place, died at her home near Guin last Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. She leaves a large family and many friends to mourn her death. - (Marion County News, July 1, 1897)

    Children:
    1. Smith William Gann was born 1840, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 24 May 1879; was buried Lamar Co., Alabama.
    2. Margret E Gann was born 1842, Alabama; died 1878; was buried Fayette County, Alabama.
    3. Amelia C Gann was born 30 May 1845, Alabama; died 22 Apr 1922; was buried Lamar County, Alabama.
    4. Hulda Jane Gann was born 12 Jan 1846, Alabama; died 25 Mar 1915, Beat 13, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried Winfield, Marion, Alabama.
    5. Sarah Ann Gann was born 6 Jun 1847, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 17 Aug 1911, Beat 11, Marion, Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.
    6. Frances Isabela Gann was born 10 Mar 1850, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 28 Apr 1888; was buried Beaverton, Lamar, Alabama.
    7. Rebecca C Gann was born 1852, Alabama; died Aft 01 Jun 1860.
    8. 1. Melvina Abigail Gann was born 22 Aug 1853, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 1 Apr 1916, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.
    9. Hannah Clementine Gann was born Aug 1856, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died Aft 1910; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.
    10. Henry Newton Gann was born 15 Apr 1860, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 12 Nov 1923, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried Marion Co., Alabama.
    11. Mary Savannah Gann was born 20 Jun 1861, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 16 Oct 1932, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried 17 Oct 1932, Marion Co., Alabama.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joshua Gann was born 1790, Tennessee (son of John Gann and Hanna Smith); died Aft 1 Jun 1850.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama
    • Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
    • Census: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama
    • Occupation: 1836-1837, Alabama; Alabama State representative for Marion County
    • Occupation: 31 Dec 1841, Marion Co., Alabama; Justice of the Peace (Acting)
    • Occupation: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
    • Residence: 1830, Marion Co., Alabama; With two boys and a girl age 10 to 14, two girls age 15 to 19 and a woman age 40 to 49
    • Residence: 1850, Marion Co., Alabama; With a woman over age 21
    • Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With wife Elizabeth
    • _MILT: 20 Sep 1814 - 03 May 1815, Tennessee; Captain Andrew Lawson Company, Colonel William Johnson Regiment, East Tennessee Drafted Militia

    Notes:

    Name:
    Some other researchers list his name as Joshua Samuel on the basis of an 1860 census record for a Samuel Gann in Marion County Alabama, aged 75

    Occupation:
    Joshua Gann, in furtherance of an Itawamba Co., Mississippi deed between a Samuel F Gann and Elizabeth his wife (residents of Marion County, Alabama), questioned Elizabeth "separate and apart" from her husband to ensure she was not coerced into relinquishing her rights to the land being sold.

    Joshua — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1800, North Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1850. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth was born 1800, North Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1850.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
    • Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With husband Joshua Gann

    Notes:

    Name:
    Some researchers have a last name of Woodson. Woodson is later a family name among her descendants

    Children:
    1. Daughter One Gann
    2. Daughter Two Gann
    3. Daughter Three Gann
    4. Smith Woodson Gann was born 1814, Tennessee; died 1897, Marion Co., Alabama; was buried Guin, Marion, Alabama.
    5. 2. Thomas Jefferson Gann was born 1819 - 1820, Tennessee; died 1860 - 1866, Alabama.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Gann was born 1749, Frederick Co., Virginia (son of Adam Gann and Jane); died 23 Jan 1815, Cannon Co., Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: Steadfast
    • Residence: 10 Dec 1782, Halifax Co., Virginia; Sells 100 acres of land (deed)
    • Residence: 20 Aug 1803, Buncombe Co., North Carolina; On this date he bought land in Rutherford Co., North Carolina (deed record)
    • Residence: 2 Feb 1805, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; Sold the tract in Rutherford Co., North Carolina that he purchased in 1803 (deed)

    Notes:

    Warren Co., Tennessee deeds 1814 - 1830, include sales to John Gann (1821) and sales by John Gann, Sr. (1824 sale of the same parcel from 1821), William Gann (1824), and a sale by Thomas Gann to Samuel Gann (1829); Joshua Gann witnesses several of these transactions. The earliest Warren Co., Tennessee deeds, 1808-1814, are only available at a FamilySearch affiliated library. (7 Jul 2018)

    Not found in 1805 tax list of Warren Co., Tennessee
    Not found in 1812 tax list of Warren Co., Tennessee (9 Jul 2018)

    Residence:
    Not able to find in deed indexes of Buncombe or Rutherford Counties (19 Jun 2018)

    Residence:
    Not able to find in deed indexes of Buncombe or Rutherford Counties (19 Jun 2018)

    Died:
    Cannon County was not organized at the time of his death; it is likely to have been in Warren County at the time

    John married Hanna Smith Abt 1780, Virginia. Hanna was born Abt 1750, Virginia; died Bef 1840, Marion Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Hanna Smith was born Abt 1750, Virginia; died Bef 1840, Marion Co., Alabama.

    Notes:

    To do: Search Halifax Co., Virginia probates in an attempt to establish her surname

    Children:
    1. Ignatius Gann was born Abt 1780, Virginia; died Abt 1850, Cannon Co., Tennessee.
    2. Samuel Brooks Gann was born 1785 - 1786, Washington Co., Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1860, Marion Co., Alabama.
    3. William Gann was born 1789, Washington Co., Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1860, Itawamba Co., Mississippi.
    4. 4. Joshua Gann was born 1790, Tennessee; died Aft 1 Jun 1850.
    5. John W Gann was born 1793, Warren Co., Tennessee; died 1845 - 1850, De Soto Co., Mississippi.
    6. Robert Gann was born 1798-1800, South Carolina; died Aft 1 Jun 1860.
    7. Thomas Gann was born 1801 - 1802, South Carolina; died Aft 01 Jun 1860.
    8. Smith Gann was born 1804, Tennessee; died Aft 01 Jun 1860.


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