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Margaret M GANNAge: 18 years1861–1880

Name: Margaret M GANN

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Birth	April 7, 1861 Houstonia, Pettis Co, MO
Death	March 26, 1880 (Age 18 years) Shared note: All I can offer is the following "verbal family history" of the tradegy. The 3 girls were daughters … All I can offer is the following "verbal family history" of the tradegy. The 3 girls were daughters of Silas & Catherine (Harris) Gann; Silas was my gr-gr-grandfather's brother. All 3 drowned in their father's mill pond in boating accident; their father Silas was operating the mill at the time; mill was sold later. There are several versions as to the cause of the accident among living descendants yet all agree they were crossing the pond on their way to a party when the accident occurred. What has been "verbally" passed down through my family is that all 3 girls were dressed up for the party and boating across the mill pond to attend. One of the girls had leaned over the edge of the boat, running her hand in the water, lost her balance tipping the boat over, and all 3 fell in and drowned encumbered by their bulky clothing that women/girls of that day wore. A teenage boy (remembered by family to be one of their cousins or a brother...no one living now knows for sure) saw the accident and tried to save them but was unsuccessful. As Martha said, all 3 girls are buried in the Marlin Cemetery in Webster Co., MO and have a very lovely "angel" stone. --- Doretta Moore

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Katherine HARRIS William Henry GANN Louis R. GANN Charles GANN John Albert “Doc” GANN Julia Anne GANN Sarah GANN Cornelius (Neil) GANN Margaret M GANN Mary E GANN Patsy (Pertey) GANN Silas Boaz GANN Birth: December 6, 1815 — Washington Co TN Death: December 27, 1891 — Dallas or Webster Co Missouri
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Silas Boaz GANN William Henry GANN Louis R. GANN Charles GANN John Albert “Doc” GANN Julia Anne GANN Sarah GANN Cornelius (Neil) GANN Margaret M GANN Mary E GANN Patsy (Pertey) GANN Katherine HARRIS Birth: 1825 — Tennessee Death: May 27, 1906 — Marshfield MO
	Marriage: about 1840 — TN
1 year elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ann Martha GANN William Allen GANN Sarah Lucinda GANN Martha GANN Nancy I GANN Elizabeth Susan GANN Tennessee (Jude) GANN Margaret GANN Leonard Silas “Len” GANN Catherine “Sarah” GANN Amanda GANN William Henry GANN Birth: December 28, 1840 — Hamilton Co Tenn Death: February 16, 1925 — Dallas Co Missouri
7 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah PATTY Louis R. GANN Birth: October 29, 1847 — Tennessee Death: February 12, 1936 — Jackson Township, Dallas Co, MO
4 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Prudence (Sarah) POTEET Charles GANN Birth: March 20, 1852 Death: August 23, 1926
6 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary RAY John Albert “Doc” GANN Birth: July 21, 1858 — Houston, Pettis Co, MO Death: March 25, 1937
-15 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cornelius B. PATTY Patsy Ann PATTY Julia Anne GANN Birth: March 22, 1843 Death: August 20, 1927
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joseph PHELPS Sarah GANN Birth: July 19, 1846 Death: March 26, 1880
4 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Cornelius (Neil) GANN Birth: 1850
11 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Margaret M GANN Birth: April 7, 1861 — Houstonia, Pettis Co, MO Death: March 26, 1880
1 year younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary E GANN Birth: April 12, 1862 — Houstonia, Pettis, MO Death: March 26, 1880
6 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Patsy (Pertey) GANN Birth: 1867 — MO

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Death View	All I can offer is the following "verbal family history" of the tradegy. The 3 girls were daughters of Silas & Catherine (Harris) Gann; Silas was my gr-gr-grandfather's brother. All 3 drowned in their father's mill pond in boating accident; their father Silas was operating the mill at the time; mill was sold later. There are several versions as to the cause of the accident among living descendants yet all agree they were crossing the pond on their way to a party when the accident occurred. What has been "verbally" passed down through my family is that all 3 girls were dressed up for the party and boating across the mill pond to attend. One of the girls had leaned over the edge of the boat, running her hand in the water, lost her balance tipping the boat over, and all 3 fell in and drowned encumbered by their bulky clothing that women/girls of that day wore. A teenage boy (remembered by family to be one of their cousins or a brother...no one living now knows for sure) saw the accident and tried to save them but was unsuccessful. As Martha said, all 3 girls are buried in the Marlin Cemetery in Webster Co., MO and have a very lovely "angel" stone. --- Doretta Moore
Note	From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. March 25, 1880 - Three daughters of Silas Gan, aged fifteen, seventeen and nineteen years, respectively, were drowned while crossing the mill pond, nineteen miles north of Marshfield.