James Franklin Gann^[1]

1871 - 1939  (68 years)

• Name	James Franklin Gann  [2, 3]
  Born	5 Jul 1871	Marion Co., Alabama   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	At the home of his grandmother, Rachel (Miller) Gann. [1] Some sources give 1872 as the year; we have chosen the year given in an 1881 affidavit by his aunts, Hannah C (Gann) Bozeman and Frances I (Gann) Shaw; they witnessed his birth.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama   [5]
  	Enumeration District 246
  Occupation	1880	Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama   [5]
  	At home
  Residence	1880	Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama   [5]
  	With mother Mary A (Welch) Gann and five siblings
  Residence	9 Feb 1892	Marion Co., Alabama   [6]
  Census	1900	Mantachie Precinct, Itawamba, Mississippi   [7]
  	Enumeration District 1-38
  Occupation	1900	Mantachie Precinct, Itawamba, Mississippi   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1900	Mantachie Precinct, Itawamba, Mississippi   [7]
  	With wife Martha M (Stanford) and four children
  Census	1910	Henson, Lamar, Alabama   [8]
  	Enumeration District 6-61
  Occupation	1910	Henson, Lamar, Alabama   [8]
  	Farmer, General farm
  Residence	1910	Henson, Lamar, Alabama   [8]
  	Sulligent Rd With wife Martha M (Stanford) and four children
  Census	1920	Carbon Hill, Walker, Alabama   [9]
  	Enumeration District 10-103
  Occupation	1920	Carbon Hill, Walker, Alabama   [9]
  	Miner, Coal mine
  Residence	1920	Carbon Hill, Walker, Alabama   [9]
  	With wife Martha M (Stanford) and five children
  Census	1930	Twp. 13, Monroe, Mississippi   [10]
  	Enumeration District 10-5
  Occupation	1930	Twp. 13, Monroe, Mississippi   [10]
  	Farmer, General farm
  Residence	1930	Twp. 13, Monroe, Mississippi   [10]
  	Sipsy & Valley Rd With wife Martha M (Stanford) and a son
  Residence	13 Mar 1934	Greenwood Springs, Monroe, Mississippi   [11]
  Died	26 Nov 1939	Monroe Co., Mississippi   [4]
  Buried	Greenwood Springs, Monroe, Mississippi   [4]
  	Easter Cemetery
  		James Franklin Gann (1872 - 1939) - Find A Grave Memorial With headstone photo. Created by: M&M Record added: Jan 06, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 46376004
  Notes	Probate records of Monroe Co., Mississippi not available for the date of his death (18 Sep 2017)
  Person ID	I188	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	1 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Smith William Gann,   b. 1840, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama ,   d. 24 May 1879  (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Ann Welch,   b. 15 Jun 1837, Georgia ,   d. 11 Mar 1934, Guin, Marion, Alabama  (Age 96 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage License	18 Dec 1865	Marion County, Alabama   [12]
  	Issued by Judge John D Terrell, probate judge of Marion County
  Married	21 Dec 1865	Marion Co., Alabama   [13]
  	Married at the house of W. R. West by Nathaniel Miller, JP [13]
  Family ID	F109	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Martha Manarrie Stanford,   b. 11 Oct 1872, Marion Co., Alabama ,   d. 11 Oct 1957, Monroe Co., Mississippi  (Age 85 years)
  Marriage License	8 Oct 1891	Lamar Co., Alabama   [14]
  	Issued by W A Young, Judge of Probate
  Married	11 Oct 1891	Lamar Co., Alabama   [7, 14]
  	Officiated by T J Springfield, Minister of the Gospel, at David Stanford's residence [14]
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [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. 31 (Reliability: 2), 1 May 2024. [S40252] Alabama, Probate Records, 1809-1985, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Marion > Estates 1887-1922 vol 1 > image 27 of 223 (Reliability: 3), 31 Oct 2013. [S34626] FamilyHistory.com Message Boards, http://genforum.genealogy.com/gann/messages/943.html. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Find A Grave Memorial# 46376004 (Reliability: 1), 17 Oct 2010. [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 133, p. 17, ED 246, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 27 Mar 2010. [S40252] Alabama, Probate Records, 1809-1985, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Marion > Estates 1887-1922 vol 1 > image 70 of 223 (Reliability: 3), 31 Oct 2013. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 289, p. 16A, ED 1-98, Mantachie Precinct, Itawamba, Mississippi (Reliability: 2), 15 Mar 2010. [S40176] 1910 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), fam. 29, p. 2B, ED 6-61, Henson, Lamar, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 15 Mar 2010. [S40175] 1920 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives, Washington, D.C.), fam. 205, p. 10B, dist. 10-103, Carbon Hill, Walker, Alabama (Reliability: 2), 15 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. 306, p. 15B, dist. 10-5, Twp. 13, Monroe, Mississippi (Reliability: 2), 15 Mar 2010. [S238] The Birmingham News, (Birmingham, Alabama: The Birmingham News Company (1880-), 13 Mar 1934, pg. 1 (Reliability: 2), 23 Nov 2020. Listed as a surviving son in his mother's obituary. [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. [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. [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. 5, p. 385 (Reliability: 3), 12 Apr 2018.