Samuel Gann of Winchester Va Family

William Austin GannAge: 77 years18651942

Name
William Austin Gann
Given names
William Austin
Surname
Gann
Birth November 1865 39 27
Birth of a sisterSavannah Tenasee Gann
May 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterLaura Gann
April 25, 1875 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherNathan Gann
March 24, 1877 (Age 11 years)
Death of a fatherBerry Granville Gann
August 9, 1878 (Age 12 years)
MarriageZora Bell Alice TrimmerView 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 childIra WellsMyrtis GannView this family
December 7, 1893 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMargaret 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 motherElizabeth Stidham
March 9, 1909 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childHomer BurrowAudie GannView this family
April 19, 1912 (Age 46 years)
Death of a daughterAudie Gann
December 1, 1915 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterLaura Gann
August 5, 1928 (Age 62 years)
Death of a wifeZora Bell Alice Trimmer
January 1936 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherNathan Adam Gann
May 4, 1939 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterMary A. Gann
July 29, 1939 (Age 73 years)
Death November 1942 (Age 77 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 15, 1857Haralson Co, GA
14 months
elder brother
22 months
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
23 months
himself
5 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Family with Zora Bell Alice Trimmer - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 14, 1890Montague Co, TX
6 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
9 months
son
6 years
son
4 years
son

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.