1903 - 1973 (70 years)
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Name |
James K Vardeman Gann [1, 2] |
- Named for James Kimble Vardaman, a populist Mississippi politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Vardaman garnered votes with strong pro-farmer speeches and policy positions, and was perhaps the most flagrantly hostile racist in the history of American public service.
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Nickname |
Vard |
Born |
29 Sep 1903 |
Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi [3, 4, 5] |
- Death certificate gives the year as 1900
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Gender |
Male |
Census |
1910 |
Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi [6] |
Enumeration District 1-19 |
Residence |
1910 |
Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi [6] |
New Aberdeen Rd
With parents William J and Margaret A (Logan) Gann and four siblings |
Census |
1930 |
Hamilton, Marion, Alabama [7] |
Occupation |
1930 |
Hamilton, Marion, Alabama [7] |
Farmer, General Farm |
Residence |
1930 |
Hamilton, Marion, Alabama [7] |
Residence |
1935 |
Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama [8] |
In the "same house" as in 1940 |
Census |
1940 |
Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama [8] |
Enumeration District 47-3 |
Occupation |
1940 |
Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama [8] |
Employed full-time "farming", he earned $500 in 1939 |
Residence |
1940 |
Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama [8] |
With wife Emma R ("Zettie"), seven children and a farm hand |
Social Security Number |
417-18-4288 [2] |
Died |
2 Dec 1973 |
Hamilton, Marion, Alabama [2, 3, 5] |
Cause: "Natural Causes" |
Address: "Highway 278 W", at his home |
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Gann, James K Vardaman - death cert - Alabama Death Certificates no. 33416, 1973
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Buried |
5 Dec 1973 |
Hamilton, Marion, Alabama [2, 5, 9] |
- Hamilton City Cemetery [2]
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James K V Gann Memorial at Find A Grave Created by: Joyce Rye Kasberg
Record added: Feb 07, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 84629909 |
Notes |
- He attended school through the third grade [8]
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Person ID |
I179 |
Wm L Gann Ancestors |
Last Modified |
5 Jan 2020 |
Father |
William Joshua Gann, b. 13 Jan 1869, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama , d. 1 Jan 1940 - 1 Apr 1940, Marion Co., Alabama (Age 71 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Margaret Annie Logan, b. 7 Jun 1873, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama , d. 1 Jun - 14 Nov 1910 (Age 37 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Married |
30 Mar 1892 |
Lamar Co., Alabama [10, 11] |
- Officiated by W J Kirk, Minister of the Gospel, at his residence [10]
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Marriage License |
30 Mar 1892 |
Lamar Co., Alabama [10] |
Issued by W A Young, Judge of Probate |
Family ID |
F026 |
Group Sheet |
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Sources |
- [S10090] Marion Co., AL Birth records 1920-1931, Marion County, Alabama Probate Court, (Hamilton, Alabama (1920-1931)), FHL US/CAN Film 1888622 Item 2..
James K Vardaman was a Mississippi governor and US Senator between 1900 and 1920, known at the time as a populist farmer's advocate, known now as an unbelievable flaming racist.
- [S10177] Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974, Alabama Department of Public Health, LDS film 2242025, ref 33416 (Reliability: 3), 5 Jan 2020.
- [S34632] Social Security Death Index, U.S. Social Security Administration, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009).
- [S10090] Marion Co., AL Birth records 1920-1931, Marion County, Alabama Probate Court, (Hamilton, Alabama (1920-1931)), FHL US/CAN Film 1888622 Item 2..
- [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 24706889 (Reliability: 1), 14 Mar 2011.
- [S40176] 1910 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), fam. 116, p. 7A, ED 1-19, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi (Reliability: 2), 01 Mar 2010.
- [S40174] 1930 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930), fam. 302, p. 16B, ED 47-3, Hamilton, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 11 Jan 2010.
- [S40214] 1940 United States Federal Census, United States, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), fam. 25, p. 2A, ED 47-3, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 5 Apr 2012.
- [S01875] Cemetery Inscriptions of Marion Co., Alabama, Dorothy Shores Stalcup & William Spann Stalcup, comps., (1979), Vol. 1, p. 162.
- [S163] Lamar County, Alabama Marriage Records, 1867-1929, Alabama. Circuit Court (Lamar County) (Main Author), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990), vol. 6, p. 50 (Reliability: 3), 12 Apr 2018.
- [S12597] Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research (Reliability: 3), 03 Nov 2010.
- [S40174] 1930 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930), fam. 302, p. 16B, ED 47-3, Hamilton, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 11 Jan 2010.
The census shows age at first marriage for all married couples; it indicates Vard and Zetta were married 7 years as of 1930.
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