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Smith William Gann

Male 1840 - 1879  (39 years)


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  • Name Smith William Gann  [1, 2] 
    Born 1840  Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Beat 5, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1850  Beat 5, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    With parents Thomas J and Rachel (Miller) Gann and four sisters 
    Census 1860  Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Astons Store P.O. 
    Occupation 1860  Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Farm laborer 
    Residence 1860  Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1870  Western District, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Pikeville P.O. 
    Occupation 1870  Western District, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1870  Western District, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Estate settlement scheduled for 27 Apr 1888 
    Buried Lamar Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8] 
    • Camp Ground Cemetery
    Smith W Gann Memorial at Find A Grave - With Grave Photo    		 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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1860 - 1866, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Rachel E Miller,   b. 8 Jun 1825, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1897, Guin, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F025  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Winnie Ford,   d. 15 Feb 1863  [10] 
    Married Y  [10] 
    Notes 
    • This couple was childless at the time of Winnie Ford's death. [10]
    Children 
     1. Gann,   b. 15 Feb 1863, Marion County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1863, Marion County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F111  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Mary Ann Welch,   b. 15 Jun 1837, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1934, Guin, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)  [11] 
    Marriage License 18 Dec 1865  Marion County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Issued by Judge John D Terrell, probate judge of Marion County 
    Married 21 Dec 1865  Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Married at the house of W. R. West by Nathaniel Miller, JP [11]
    Children 
     1. John Thomas Gann,   b. 6 Jan 1867, Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1938, Guin, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. William Joshua Gann,   b. 13 Jan 1869, Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1940 - 1 Apr 1940, Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. James Franklin Gann,   b. 5 Jul 1871, Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1939, Monroe Co., Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     4. George Henry Gann,   b. 4 Feb 1874, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1947, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     5. Elam Nathaniel Gann,   b. 5 Jul 1876, Marion Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1956, Guin, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Rachel Elizabeth Gann,   b. 6 Feb 1879, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1960  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [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

    2. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [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.

    5. [S12585] 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV, Ryan Dupree, webmaster, http://www.1stalabamacavalryusv.com (Reliability: 2), 30 Mar 2010.

    6. [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.

    7. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 46948220 (Reliability: 2), 15 Nov 2012.

    8. [S34626] FamilyHistory.com Message Boards, http://genforum.genealogy.com/gann/messages/943.html.

    9. [S240] The Marion County Herald, (Hamilton, AL: Herald Pub. Co., 188?-189?), 19 Apr 1888, pg. 1 (Reliability: 2), 27 Nov 2020.

    10. [S319] Civil War and Later Pension Files, Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration), Mary A (Welch Walters Gann) Miller, Widow's Pension Request File 974647, pg. 63 (Reliability: 3), 29 Apr 2024.

    11. [S319] Civil War and Later Pension Files, Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration), Mary A (Welch Walters Gann) Miller, Widow's Pension Request File 974647, pg. 45 (Reliability: 3), 29 Apr 2024.

    12. [S319] Civil War and Later Pension Files, Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration), Mary A (Welch Walters Gann) Miller, Widow's Pension Request File 974647, pg. 45 (Reliability: 3), 3 Jan 2025.


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