William Austin GannAge: 77 years1865–1942
- Name
- William Austin Gann
- Given names
- William Austin
- Surname
- Gann
 Birth | November 1865 39 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Savannah Tenasee Gann May 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Laura Gann April 25, 1875 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Nathan Gann March 24, 1877 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a father | Berry Granville Gann August 9, 1878 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Zora Bell Alice Trimmer — View this family September 14, 1890 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Audie Gann March 21, 1891 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Myrtis Gann December 7, 1893 (Age 28 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Wells — Myrtis Gann — View this family December 7, 1893 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Margaret Priscilla … 1893 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Jesse Gann August 1894 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Chauncey Ray Gann September 25, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | William Delbert Gann 1904 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Stidham March 9, 1909 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Homer Burrow — Audie Gann — View this family April 19, 1912 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Audie Gann December 1, 1915 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a sister | Laura Gann August 5, 1928 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a wife | Zora Bell Alice Trimmer January 1936 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Nathan Adam Gann May 4, 1939 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary A. Gann July 29, 1939 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | November 1942 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Berry Granville Gann Birth: 1826 32 37 — Carroll, Fayette Co, GA Death: August 9, 1878 — Dye Mound, Montague Co, TX |
| mother |
Elizabeth Stidham Birth: 1838 — GA Death: March 9, 1909 — Dye Mound, Montague Co, TX |
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Marriage: January 15, 1857 — Haralson Co, GA |
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14 months elder brother |
Nathan Adam Gann Birth: March 3, 1858 32 20 — Marion Co, AL Death: May 4, 1939 — Marlow, Stephens Co, OK |
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22 months elder sister |
Mary A. Gann Birth: 1859 33 21 — AL Death: July 29, 1939 — Dye Mound, Montague Co, TX |
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4 years elder sister |
Nancy E. Gann Birth: 1862 36 24 — Marion Co, AL Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Hiram Gann Birth: 1864 38 26 — TN Death: |
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23 months himself |
William Austin Gann Birth: November 1865 39 27 — TN Death: November 1942 — Purcell, McClain Co, OK |
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5 years younger sister |
Savannah Tenasee Gann Birth: May 1870 44 32 — Montague Co, TX Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Laura Gann Birth: April 25, 1875 49 37 — Montague Co, TX Death: August 5, 1928 — Dye Mound, Montague Co, TX |
| Family with Zora Bell Alice Trimmer |
| himself |
William Austin Gann Birth: November 1865 39 27 — TN Death: November 1942 — Purcell, McClain Co, OK |
| wife |
Zora Bell Alice Trimmer Birth: August 1870 — TN Death: January 1936 — Foster, Garvin Co, OK |
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Marriage: September 14, 1890 — Montague Co, TX |
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6 months daughter |
Audie Gann Birth: March 21, 1891 25 20 — TX Death: December 1, 1915 — Foster, OK |
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3 years daughter |
Myrtis Gann Birth: December 7, 1893 28 23 — TX Death: November 21, 1985 — Wynnewood, Murray Co, OK |
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9 months son |
William Jesse Gann Birth: August 1894 28 24 — TX Death: 1959 — Marlow, Stephens Co, OK |
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6 years son |
Chauncey Ray Gann Birth: September 25, 1900 34 30 — OK Death: May 15, 1970 — Marlow, Stephens Co, OK |
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4 years son |
William Delbert Gann Birth: 1904 38 33 — Royal, OK Death: |
| Note | From Wayne Gann, 18305 Hidden Falls, Eagle River, AK 99577 10/7/94. Billie Payne 1994: To his grandchildren, he was Pa Will. A very quiet man and reserved. As I remember he was not a grandfather that you would crawl up in his lap for attention. He and Nannie (Zora) owned a large ranch with mostly grazing land and some farm land. The Gann's came to Oklahoma from Montague Co, TX. The Ganns were always very interested in education. Before statehood when there were not many public schools, the children went to a Presbyterian boarding school, called a college (sure it was no more than a high school of today). When they built their ranch house, it was one of the finest in that part of the country. They had a piano (very few in the area had one). There were many people going through the country that would stop for a night or two. People in those days didn't travel so fast, so had to find places to stay on their way to local towns to do their trading. Local word was out that the Ganns was a good place to stay. I don't know how Nannie did all that cooking for so many people. She was a wonderful cook. Some of the things she cooked that were delicious included: chicken and dumplings, chess pie, ham baked in a wood stove, biscuits and fried chicken. I can remember when the school district had a one-room school. The teacher often stayed (boarded was the term they used) with them. I thought it fun to go to that school. I seldom had the opportunity. Pa Will was on the School Board and I imagine the one that ran the school. I know he gave the teachers their checks (warrants they were called then). The little one-room school was located on a green hill. The school was "Gann's Green School." Nannie didn't like the conotation of Green. Fannie Boles Gann 1980: William A. and Zora lived on a ranch at Old Royal, Oklahoma (20 minutes south of Lindsey, OK). They raised Hereford cattle, built a new house on the ranch in 1906 and it's still in fair condition as of 1980. He was average height with steel blue eyes. A person of hard drive and accomplished many dreams. Nanny (Zora) was a beautiful person with dark hair and eyes, weighed about 100 pounds, who "worshipped" Will. Every word he spoke was gospel to her. She went about doing good for everyone. Fannie was a real joy to have for a mother-in-law. Whole family was fun to be around. In a letter to her granddaughter, Beulah Gann Jackson (daughter of Nathan and Ella Gann) she stated that William was born after the wagon train arrived in Dye Mound, Texas. All census reports dispute this, stating that William was born in Tennessee. Savannah was the first child born in Texas according to the census. The Gann family came across to Texas from Tennessee with the same wagon train, settling in Dye Mound, Texas. |