James GannAge: 83 years1820–1903
- Name
- James Gann
- Given names
- James
- Surname
- Gann
![]() | about 1820 24 7 |
![]() | Elizabeth Gann about 1824 (Age 4 years) |
![]() | William Gann about 1825 (Age 5 years) |
![]() | John Gann February 1826 (Age 6 years) |
![]() | Wesley Gann about 1827 (Age 7 years) |
![]() | Nancy Gann about 1828 (Age 8 years) |
![]() | Robert Gann 1829/30 CE (1830) (Age 10 years) |
![]() | Russell Gann April 1834 (Age 14 years) |
![]() | Sarah Gann about 1836 (Age 16 years) |
![]() #1 | John Gann 1839 (Age 19 years) |
![]() #2 | Sarah Gann 1839 (Age 19 years) |
![]() | Andrew Jefferson Gann July 18, 1839 (Age 19 years) |
![]() | Thomas Gann July 25, 1840 (Age 20 years) |
![]() #3 | Anderson Gann September 15, 1840 (Age 20 years) |
![]() #4 | Monroe Gann about 1842 (Age 22 years) |
![]() | Mary Gann December 1842 (Age 22 years) |
![]() | Lydia A. (Liddey) Gann January 1843 (Age 23 years) |
![]() #5 | Margaret Gann about 1844 (Age 24 years) |
![]() | Martha Gann about 1847 (Age 27 years) |
![]() #6 | Joseph Gann about 1848 (Age 28 years) |
![]() | Lucinda Gann April 1849 (Age 29 years) |
![]() | Amanda Gann about 1850 (Age 30 years) |
![]() | Thomas Gann 1850 (Age 30 years) |
![]() #7 | James Gann about 1855 (Age 35 years) |
![]() | Monroe Gann — Frances Fowler — View this family April 22, 1863 (Age 43 years) |
![]() | Robert Gann November 14, 1863 (Age 43 years) |
![]() | Mary (Polly) McArster 1870 (Age 50 years) |
![]() | Russell Gann February 23, 1885 (Age 65 years) |
![]() | John Gann May 1903 (Age 83 years) |
![]() | July 24, 1903 (Age 83 years) |
Family with parents |
father |
Thomas Gann Birth: 1796 31 — TN Death: 1850 — Hamilton Co, TN |
mother |
Mary (Polly) McArster Birth: 1813 — TN Death: 1870 — Hamilton Co, TN |
Marriage: June 10, 1818 — Rhea Co, TN |
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3 years himself |
James Gann Birth: about 1820 24 7 — TN Death: July 24, 1903 — St. Francois Co, MO |
11 years younger brother |
Robert Gann Birth: 1829/30 CE (1830) 34 17 — Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN Death: November 14, 1863 — Bates Twp, Sebastian Co, AR |
-5 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Gann Birth: about 1824 28 11 — TN Death: after 1904 |
2 years younger brother |
William Gann Birth: about 1825 29 12 — TN Death: Golconder, Pope Co, IL |
14 months younger brother |
John Gann Birth: February 1826 30 13 — TN Death: May 1903 — Hamilton Co, TN |
23 months younger brother |
Wesley Gann Birth: about 1827 31 14 — TN Death: Nashville, TN |
2 years younger sister |
Nancy Gann Birth: about 1828 32 15 — TN Death: AR |
6 years younger brother |
Russell Gann Birth: April 1834 38 21 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: February 23, 1885 — Hamilton Co, TN |
3 years younger sister |
Sarah Gann Birth: about 1836 40 23 — TN Death: January 27, 1910 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
4 years younger brother |
Andrew Jefferson Gann Birth: July 18, 1839 43 26 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: November 6, 1914 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
3 years younger sister |
Mary Gann Birth: December 1842 46 29 — TN Death: after 1904 |
2 months younger sister |
Lydia A. (Liddey) Gann Birth: January 1843 47 30 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: June 11, 1911 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
5 years younger sister |
Martha Gann Birth: about 1847 51 34 — TN Death: |
2 years younger sister |
Lucinda Gann Birth: April 1849 53 36 — TN Death: |
21 months younger sister |
Amanda Gann Birth: about 1850 54 37 — TN Death: September 5, 1934 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
Family with Sarah Gann |
himself |
James Gann Birth: about 1820 24 7 — TN Death: July 24, 1903 — St. Francois Co, MO |
wife |
Sarah Gann Birth: about 1823 — TN Death: Washington Co, MO |
son |
John Gann Birth: 1839 19 16 — TN Death: |
1 year daughter |
Sarah Gann Birth: 1839 19 16 Death: |
20 months son |
Anderson Gann Birth: September 15, 1840 20 17 — Soddy, TN Death: January 24, 1924 — Iron Twp, St. Francois Co, MO |
2 years son |
Monroe Gann Birth: about 1842 22 19 — TN Death: |
3 years daughter |
Margaret Gann Birth: about 1844 24 21 — TN Death: |
5 years son |
Joseph Gann Birth: about 1848 28 25 — TN Death: |
8 years son |
James Gann Birth: about 1855 35 32 — TN Death: |
Note | From Phyllis Horsman, 8/31/96 1850 Census; Hamilton Co., TN; Page 379, Residence 112: James Gann 27 Farmer TN; Sarah Age 25 TN; John 8 TN; Andrew 6 TN; Monroe 4 TN; Margaret 2 TN; Joseph 1 TN 1860 Fed census, Belleview Twp, P. O. Caledonia, Washington Co, MO, house 201, page 358: James Gahn, 40, farmer, b. TN; Sarah Gahn, 37, b. TN; Anderson Ghan, 19, collier, b. TN; Monroe Ghan, 18, b. TN; Margaret Ghan, 16, b. TN; Joseph Ghan, 12, b. TN; James Ghan, 5, b. TN. Personal deposition made by James Gann on Dec. 14, 1896 to accompany Indian War Pension Application Form. State of Missouri, County of St. Francois, Before J. J. Brady, Notary Public, Declaration of James Gann, Sr., for Pension. My name is James Gann. I am past 80 years of age. Have been farm hand and farmer from boyhood til broken down by age. I never learned to read or write. I live in a "cabin-tent" with my Son Jr. and his family near Elvins post office in this St. Francois County, Missouri. I volunteered when about 19 years of age in 1836 in the U.S. Army at Chatanooga, Tennessee to quiet and remove Cherokee Indians, Gen. Wood we were under. My Captain was John P. Long, Lieutenant John Brown and ? Wilds. Sergeant and Corporals not remembered. At Chatanooga we were given muskets and cartridge boxes all filled, but no uniforms. The gun had flint locks, we bit off one end of the cartridge, ramed it down hard and the gun primed itself. We were at Chatanooga a week or less and were sent home by orders. I got no pay for this service, and not clothing, or other compensation. The next year soldiers were wanted and I volunteered again at Chatanooga. My Captain was named Laferre, 1st Lieut. Wm. Vinsant, 2nd Wm. Becke, Orderly Sergeant James Conner, Corporal Wm. S. Conner, a brother of the Orderly Sergeant. When I went into service this 2nd time it was early corn planting time and I continued until discharged, which was the same year when roasting ears were getting hard. I was paid for this $8 per month. Declarant produces to the Notary, declarant's "Discharge." It is on paper 2 1/2 inches wide and near 8 inches long, and of the tenor as follows: "I certify that James Gann Sr., a Private under my command in a company of Infantry Received into the Service of the United States on the 25th of July 1836 By order of Genl. Wool was Regularly and honorably Discharged on 29th of July 1836. S/s/ John Brown, Jr., by order Jno. P. Long, Capt." Declarant continuing says: We were a few weeks in Chatanooga and then were hunting and escorting the unwilling Indians from their camps, wigwams and hiding places, to Fort Morrow up the River, from Fort Morrow they were, by boats, shipped to Arkansas--flat boats and steamers. I was born in Hamilton Co., Tennessee, continued there until about 35 or 40 years of age when I came to Missouri and continued til 1895 in Missouri some 12 miles S.W. of this place and here til now. I cannot recollect the number or date of my land warrants. The 1st warrant was for 40 acres and came to me at "Harrison," Hamilton County, Tennessee; I sold it there, I think, to Jim Roddy. The 2nd warrant was for 120 acres and came to me at Iron Mountain, Mo. from my Brother, John, who had it forwarded from "Harrison." I sold the 120 acres warrant to Val. C. Peers of Farmington, Mo. Signed James (his x mark) Gann, Sr. Witnesses: T. J. Cain and Robert Gann Sworn to and subscribed by James Gann, Sr., and attested by the witnesses before me, and I am well acquainted with declarant and the witnesses, Thos. J. Crain, and Robert Taylor Gann, and believe them to be reputable and credible. I have no interest in declarants claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. Given under my hand at office in Elvins, this 14th day of Dec. 1896. My term expires Jany 31, 1900. J. J. Brady, Notary Public. State of Missouri, County of St. Francois: On this 14 day of Dec. A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety six, personally appeared James Gan, Sr., a resident of Elvins, in the County of St. Francois, in the State of Missouri, who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, deposes and says: I am the identical James Gann, who served under the name of James Gann, as a private in the Company commanded by Captain John P. Long, in the "not recollected" regiment of Tenn. Vol. Infty, commanded by "not recollected", Gen. Wool, in the Indian War of 1836; that I enlisted at Chatanuga on or about the 25th day of July, A.D. 1836, for the term of 12 months, and was honorably discharged at my home, Hamilton Co. Tenn, on the 29th day of July, 1836. That being duly enlisted, as aforesaid, I actually served thirty days or more which service was as follows: "First service under Capt. John P. Long, July 25-29, 1836. Second Service under Capt. Laferre some months from time of corn planting til roasting ears were full ripe 1837." That I have been married; that maiden name of my wife was Sarah Gann (2nd cousins), to whom I was married at Hamilton Co., Tenn. in the State of Tennessee, on the ___ day of 1839 or 1840, A.D.; that my wife is now Dead, having died on the __ day of Sept. [illegible] at Washington Co., in the State of Missouri; that I have not since remarried... Pensioner dropped. United States Pension Agency, Topeka, Kansas, July 31, 1903, Certificate No. 3749, Class: Indian War Survivor, Pensioner: James Gann, Sr.; Service: Capt. Lafferys Co. Tenn. Mtd.; The Commissioner of Pensions: Sir, I have the honor to report that the above named pensioner who was last paid at $8, to May, 1903, has been dropped because of Death. Died 24 July 1903. In an Affidavit in Chancery Ct. Record, Hamilton Co, Tenn. #9604, James's sister Mary Gann Billings wrote: "I don't know [when James died]. [He] died in Missouri. He had two children when he left here but I don't know whether he had any children surviving him or not. Their children were named Isabella and Sinna. I have not heard from them since the Civil War and I hear then that he was killed and left his wife and two children. They were then at Iron Mtn., MO." [Her testimony apparently does not apply to this James as he did not die until 1903. This statement could apply to Robert Gann who had two children by that name and was killed in the Civil War in Arkansas.] |