Smith William Gann

1840 - 1879  (39 years)

• Name	Smith William Gann  [1, 2]
  Born	1840	Hamilton, Marion, Alabama   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Beat 5, Marion, Alabama   [2]
  Residence	1850	Beat 5, Marion, Alabama   [2]
  	With parents Thomas J and Rachel (Miller) Gann and four sisters
  Census	1860	Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama   [3]
  	Astons Store P.O.
  Occupation	1860	Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama   [3]
  	Farm laborer
  Residence	1860	Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama   [3]
  	With parents Thomas J and Rachel (Miller) Gann and nine siblings
  Civil War Veteran	25 Nov 1863 - 17 Dec 1864  [5]
  	Co F, 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, United States Volunteers
  	Age: 23 Birthplace: Marion Co., AL Occupation: Farmer Rank at enlistment: Private Company Assignment: F 11/25/1863 Enlisted Camp Davies, MS 2/17/1864 Sick in Hospital Memphis, TN In Adams USA General Hospital. 12/17/1864 Mustered Out Savannah, GA By reason of being on march from Atlanta to Savannah. Notes: Sick in Rome, GA, July 1864.
  Residence	1867	Pikeville Precinct, Marion, Alabama   [6]
  Census	1870	Western District, Marion, Alabama   [4]
  	Pikeville P.O.
  Occupation	1870	Western District, Marion, Alabama   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1870	Western District, Marion, Alabama   [4]
  	With wife Mary A (Welch) and two sons
  Died	24 May 1879  [7, 8]
  	Probably died in Marion Co.
  Probate	7 Apr 1888	Hamilton, Marion, Alabama   [9]
  	Estate settlement scheduled for 27 Apr 1888
  Buried	Lamar Co., Alabama   [5, 7, 8]
  	Camp Ground Cemetery
  		Smith W Gann Memorial at Find A Grave - With Grave Photo Created by: rebekahpaw Record added: Jan 21, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 46948220
  Person ID	I185	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Jefferson Gann,   b. 1819 - 1820, Tennessee ,   d. 1860 - 1866, Alabama  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Rachel E Miller,   b. 8 Jun 1825, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jun 1897, Guin, Marion, Alabama  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F025	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Winnie Ford
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Welch,   b. 13 Jun 1843, Fayette Co., Alabama ,   d. 11 Mar 1934, Guin, Marion, Alabama  (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. John Thomas Gann,   b. 6 Jan 1868, Marion Co., Alabama ,   d. 25 Jan 1938, Guin, Marion, Alabama  (Age 70 years)   2. William Joshua Gann,   b. 13 Jan 1869, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama ,   d. 1 Jan 1940 - 1 Apr 1940, Marion Co., Alabama  (Age 71 years)   3. James Franklin Gann,   b. 5 Jul 1872, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama ,   d. 26 Nov 1939, Monroe Co., Mississippi  (Age 67 years)   4. George Henry Gann,   b. 4 Feb 1874, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama ,   d. 2 Aug 1947, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama  (Age 73 years)   5. Elaim Nathaniel Gann,   b. 5 Jul 1877, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama ,   d. 4 Feb 1956, Guin, Marion, Alabama  (Age 78 years)   6. Rachel Elizabeth Gann,   b. 6 Feb 1879, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama ,   d. 10 Nov 1960  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F109	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S10177] Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974, Alabama Department of Public Health, LDS film 1908823, cert. 22190 (Reliability: 2), 19 Jan 2020. Son George H Gann's death certificate gives "Smith Gann" as his father's name [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 3, p.109, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 12 Jul 2010. [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 439, p. 63, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 25 May 2010. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 47, p. 8, Western District, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 02 May 2010. [S12585] 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV, Ryan Dupree, webmaster, http://www.1stalabamacavalryusv.com (Reliability: 2), 30 Mar 2010. [S69] Alabama 1867 Voter Registration Records, Alabama Department of Archives and History, (Montgomery, AL: Alabama Department of Archives and History) (Reliability: 3), 28 Oct 2014. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 46948220 (Reliability: 2), 15 Nov 2012. [S34626] FamilyHistory.com Message Boards, http://genforum.genealogy.com/gann/messages/943.html. [S240] The Marion County Herald, (Hamilton, AL: Herald Pub. Co., 188?-189?), 19 Apr 1888, pg. 1 (Reliability: 2), 27 Nov 2020.