Samuel Gann of Winchester Va Family

From Marie Dryden, Chillicothe, MO. From Helen June Harting, West Bloomfield, MI !Birth date for James Green Gann is from Abraham Gann's Bible pages published in "Lifelines, " Volume 3, page 40, Livingston County Genealogical Society, Livingston County, MO. The reco rds of the Livingston County, Missouri, Genealogical Society show that the Gann family was on e of the early families of Livingston County, MO, which was formed in 1837. It is assumed th at the middle name "Green" is from the relationship to the Green Gann family of Lafayette, Co unty, Missouri. !1860 United States Census for Livingston Co., MO, lists James as living with his father, Abr aham, and shows him as 1 year old. 1870 census lists James as 12 and living with his father , Andrew, and Andrew's second wife, Jane. 1980 census shows James as 21 and in the same hous ehold. 1930 census lists James as 72, a widower, and living in the household of his son, Vin cent in Franklin Co., MO. !A grandson of James Green remembers him this way: "Grandfather James Green was the only gra ndparent living when I was born. . . Grandpa was a very quiet person andliked to work in th e woods. I imagine he cut the logs that were in their log home . . . He liked to sit on th e front porch and read the Bible. He lived mostly with Bertha [his daughter] in Triplett an d Aunt Ethel [another daughter] on the farm north of Sullivan. He traveled between them i n a horse and wagon. He died in Triplett. Serilda [James' wife] was very religious and ha d asthma very bad and it caused her death; she passed away when Uncle Vincent was 4 years old ."

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From Marie Dryden, Chillicothe, MO. From Helen June Harting, West Bloomfield, MI Birth date for James Green Gann is from Abraham Gann's Bible pages published in "Lifelines," Volume 3, page 40, Livingston County Genealogical Society, Livingston County, MO. The records of the Livingston County, Missouri, Genealogical Society show that the Gann family was one of the early families of Livingston County, MO, which was formed in 1837. It is assumed that the middle name "Green" is from the relationship to the Green Gann family of Lafayette, County, Missouri. 1860 United States Census for Livingston Co., MO, lists James as living with his father, Abraham, and shows him as 1 year old. 1870 census lists James as 12 and living with his father, Andrew, and Andrew's second wife, Jane. 1980 census shows James as 21 and in the same household. 1930 census lists James as 72, a widower, and living in the household of his son, Vincent in Franklin Co., MO. A grandson of James Green remembers him this way: "Grandfather James Green was the only grandparent living when I was born. . . Grandpa was a very quiet person andliked to work in the woods. I imagine he cut the logs that were in their log home . . . He liked to sit on the front porch and read the Bible. He lived mostly with Bertha [his daughter] in Triplett and Aunt Ethel [another daughter] on the farm north of Sullivan. He traveled between them in a horse and wagon. He died in Triplett. Serilda [James' wife] was very religious and had asthma very bad and it caused her death; she passed away when Uncle Vincent was 4 years old."