Eliza GannAge: 106 years1802–1908
- Name
- Eliza Gann
- Given names
- Eliza
- Surname
- Gann
![]() | about 1802 37 |
![]() | Preston Gann April 20, 1802 |
![]() | Malinda Gann about 1805 (Age 3 years) |
![]() | Adam Gann August 6, 1812 (Age 10 years) |
![]() | George Washington Gann 1820 (Age 18 years) |
![]() #1 | Angelina White April 13, 1833 (Age 31 years) |
![]() #2 | Nancy C. White July 29, 1838 (Age 36 years) |
![]() #3 | Letha White 1840 (Age 38 years) |
![]() | Thomas Gann July 25, 1840 (Age 38 years) |
![]() | Robert B. White — View this family 1842 (Age 40 years) |
![]() #4 | Silas White January 16, 1844 (Age 42 years) |
![]() #5 | John White August 16, 1846 (Age 44 years) |
![]() | Thomas Gann 1850 (Age 48 years) |
![]() #6 | Melissa White July 1853 (Age 51 years) |
![]() | Robert B. White 1855 (Age 53 years) |
![]() | Abram Tollet White — Lucretia McNabb — View this family July 25, 1858 (Age 56 years) |
![]() | Silas White — Susan Ann Brinkley — View this family May 15, 1864 (Age 62 years) |
![]() | Christopher Myers — Letha White — View this family August 28, 1867 (Age 65 years) |
![]() | John (Jack) Gann November 5, 1871 (Age 69 years) |
![]() | John White — Margaret Fulks — View this family January 4, 1873 (Age 71 years) |
![]() | Alex H. Rose — Melissa White — View this family July 21, 1878 (Age 76 years) |
![]() | Preston Gann April 24, 1884 (Age 82 years) |
![]() | Mary Gann January 12, 1892 (Age 90 years) |
![]() | Angelina White January 9, 1902 (Age 100 years) |
![]() | 1908 (Age 106 years) |
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Family with parents |
father |
Thomas Gann Birth: March 17, 1764 37 32 — Bedford Co, VA Death: July 25, 1840 — Hamilton Co, TN |
elder brother |
Cornelius Gann Birth: about 1791 26 Death: |
3 years elder brother |
John (Jack) Gann Birth: about 1793 28 — Washington Co, TN Death: November 5, 1871 — Hamilton County, Tennessee |
4 years elder brother |
Thomas Gann Birth: 1796 31 — TN Death: 1850 — Hamilton Co, TN |
5 years elder sister |
Mary Gann Birth: about 1800 35 — NC Death: January 12, 1892 — Willacoochee, Berrien Co, GA |
2 years brother |
Preston Gann Birth: April 20, 1802 38 — Hawkins Co, TN Death: April 24, 1884 |
8 months herself |
Eliza Gann Birth: about 1802 37 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: 1908 — Savoy, Fannin Co, TX |
4 years younger sister |
Malinda Gann Birth: about 1805 40 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: |
16 years younger brother |
George Washington Gann Birth: 1820 55 — TN Death: |
brother |
Family with Robert B. White |
husband |
Robert B. White Birth: 1804 — GA Death: 1855 — Dallas Co, MO |
herself |
Eliza Gann Birth: about 1802 37 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: 1908 — Savoy, Fannin Co, TX |
Marriage: 1842 — Hamilton Co, TN |
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-9 years daughter |
Angelina White Birth: April 13, 1833 29 31 — TN Death: January 9, 1902 — Webster Co, MO |
son | |
daughter |
Nancy C. White Birth: July 29, 1838 34 36 — TN Death: June 17, 1919 — Webster Co, MO |
2 years daughter |
Letha White Birth: 1840 36 38 Death: |
4 years son |
Silas White Birth: January 16, 1844 40 42 — MO Death: April 5, 1922 — Webster Co, MO |
3 years son |
John White Birth: August 16, 1846 42 44 Death: December 1, 1938 — Texas Co, MO |
7 years daughter |
Melissa White Birth: July 1853 49 51 — MO Death: Fannin Co, TX |
Note | From Sue Price Ikerd, R 1, B 574, Conway, MO 56532 (417)589-3981 11/29/96 The following is from an old newspaper clipping: Mrs. Eliza White. Perhaps the oldest person in north Texas is the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Eliza White was born in 1802 in the hill country of East Tenn., where she had meager opportunities for obtaining an education, but at that time there was little importance attached to an education. Her maiden name was Eliza Gann. Her father, Thomas Gann, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was of a sturdy Scotch family, of powerful physique and great longevity, consequently Mrs. White inherited an indomitable disposition. She was married to R. B. White and in 1842 they decided to move to a country where there was more game and greater outlet. To this end he struck westward and finding Southwest Missouri his ideal country he and his little family located there. In 1855 Mr. White died leaving his wife with eight children, most of them girls. With unconquerable courage she went on developing the plans she and her husband had laid. Her dream was disturbed by the Civil war, she was in the tract of vacillating armies who had no regard for her property or the fact that she was a widow. The region where she lived was a regular playground for Quantrell's guerilla band and the Jayhawkers from Kansas. One by one her children married and left the maternal home. Her youngest daughter, Mrs. A. H. Rose, had moved to Texas and insisted that her mother come and live with her. This Mrs. White declined to do until she became feeble with the weight of years when she finally came to spend her last days with her baby child who is grandmother of several children. Mrs. White is now closing her 102 year and, while she is almost helpless, she has fair control of her mind. One worthy characteristic of this aged woman is her piety and religious reverence. She is ready at all times to give God the praise for her long life, even it has been beset with many trials. Her children, in the language of Solomon, cann call her blessed. W.A.D. Also from a newspaper clipping: Grandma White, who lived with her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Rose, south of town died at an early hour Tuesday morning. She was perhaps the oldest person in this part of the country, being 106. She came to Texas from Missouri in 1900 and picked cotton after she was 100 years old. She was always very healthy, never having had a doctor in her life, she just wore out. Burial took place in Savoy cemetery Tuesday evening. Dorretta Moore suggests that the marriage date of 1842 may be a typo and should be 1832 since their first child was born in 1833. They were only married to each other with no other spouses. |