Ann Martha GANNAge: 74 years1837–1911
- Name
- Ann Martha GANN
- Given names
- Ann Martha
- Surname
- GANN
- Also known as
- Martha Myers
 Birth | 1837 32 34 |
 Birth of a sister | Jane GANN 1845 (Age 8 years) |
 Marriage | John EBLEN — View this family about 1856 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Elizabeth “Sis” EBLEN 1857 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a husband | John EBLEN about 1858 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Allen GANN April 9, 1860 (Age 23 years) |
| Marriage | William Henry GANN — View this family August 5, 1860 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | William Henry GANN — View this family 1860 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Catherine “Sarah” GANN August 6, 1862 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Amanda GANN February 22, 1864 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Martha GANN September 28, 1866 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Sarah Lucinda GANN April 13, 1868 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Sarah Lucinda GANN April 13, 1868 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Nancy I GANN June 10, 1870 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Tennessee (Jude) GANN February 10, 1872 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Tennessee (Jude) GANN February 1872 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Elizabeth Susan GANN December 21, 1874 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | Elizabeth Susan GANN December 21, 1874 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #13 | Margaret GANN December 4, 1876 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a sister | Jane GANN 1876 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Nancy I GANN 1877 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #14 | Leonard Silas “Len” GANN January 30, 1879 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a father | Allen GANN after 1880 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary MYERS after 1880 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jim Hyder GANN — Sarah Lucinda GANN — View this family January 16, 1881 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jim Hyder GANN — Sarah Lucinda GANN — View this family January 16, 1881 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charley “Crip” GANN — Martha GANN — View this family May 21, 1884 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Allen GANN — Eliza Jane FRIEND — View this family January 28, 1885 (Age 48 years) Note: License says both William and Eliza Jane were residents of Thorpe, Dallas Co, MO.
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| Marriage of a child | Nathan MONTGOMERY — Elizabeth Susan GANN — View this family July 21, 1895 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Nathan MONTGOMERY — Elizabeth Susan GANN — View this family July 21, 1895 (Age 58 years) |
 Death | about 1911 (Age 74 years) |
| Death | |
 Burial |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Allen GANN Birth: about 1805 35 Death: after 1880 — St Francois Co, Missouri |
| mother |
Mary MYERS Birth: 1803 Death: after 1880 |
| herself |
Ann Martha GANN Birth: 1837 32 34 — Hamilton Co Tenn Death: Dallas Co Mo |
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9 years younger sister |
Jane GANN Birth: 1845 40 42 — Tennessee Death: 1876 — Fredericktown, MO |
| Family with William Henry GANN |
| husband |
Birth: December 28, 1840 25 15 — Hamilton Co Tenn Death: February 16, 1925 — Dallas Co Missouri |
| herself |
Ann Martha GANN Birth: 1837 32 34 — Hamilton Co Tenn Death: Dallas Co Mo |
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Marriage: August 5, 1860 — Webster, MO |
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-4 months son |
Birth: April 9, 1860 19 23 — Webster Co Missouri Death: December 21, 1937 — Wagoner Co, OK |
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8 years daughter |
Sarah Lucinda GANN Birth: April 13, 1868 27 31 — Conway, Dallas Co Missouri Death: May 9, 1934 — Charity Dallas Co Mo |
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-18 months daughter |
Martha GANN Birth: September 28, 1866 25 29 — Dallas Co Missouri |
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4 years daughter |
Nancy I GANN Birth: June 10, 1870 29 33 — Missouri Death: 1877 — Webster Co Mo |
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5 years daughter |
Elizabeth Susan GANN Birth: December 21, 1874 33 37 — Dallas Co Missouri Death: May 29, 1954 — Vinita, Craig Co, OK |
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-3 years daughter |
Birth: February 10, 1872 31 35 — Conway Dallas Co Missouri Death: Conway Dallas Co Missouri |
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5 years daughter |
Birth: December 4, 1876 35 39 — Dallas Co Missouri Death: March 6, 1966 — Elkland, Webster Co MO |
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2 years son |
Birth: January 30, 1879 38 42 — Dallas Co Missouri Death: May 14, 1925 — Dallas Co Mo |
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-17 years daughter |
Catherine “Sarah” GANN Birth: August 6, 1862 21 25 — Dallas Co Missouri Death: March 26, 1927 — Webster Co Mo |
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19 months daughter |
Birth: February 22, 1864 23 27 — Conway, Dallas Co, MO Death: 1936 — Elkland, Webster Co MO |
| Family with John EBLEN |
| husband |
John EBLEN Death: about 1858 |
| herself |
Ann Martha GANN Birth: 1837 32 34 — Hamilton Co Tenn Death: Dallas Co Mo |
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Marriage: about 1856 — Tennessee |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Elizabeth “Sis” EBLEN Birth: 1857 20 — Tennessee Death: June 10, 1931 — Dallas Co, MO |
| Birth | It is unproven that Martha Myers is the daughter of Allen Gann and Mary Myers, but there is strong evidence to support this. Perhaps her name should be Ann Martha GANN as her marriage entry states. Martha's two children Mary Elizabeth Eblen and William Allen Gann were living with Allen Gann in Dallas Co MO in the 1860 census, just at the time Martha and William Henry Gann are wedded. |
| Marriage | 1860 census says William and Martha were married in the past year. From the Missouri Marriage Records: Name: Henry Gann Spouse: Ann Martha Gann Marriage Date: 5 Aug 1860 County: Webster State: MO |
| Census | 1860 United States Federal Census about Henry Gann Name: Henry Gann Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Washington, Webster, Missouri Gender: Male Post Office: St Luke Henry Gann 20 Martha Gann 23 Born in TN. Married within past year |
| Death | Martha was in the 1910 census. Martha's husband Henry Gann is listed as a widower in the 1920 census. Kay Silkey said "Martha died around 1911. She is in the 1910 census, but she did not sign a deed that Henry made in 1912. " |
| Note | Kay Silkey and Charlie Gann have conjectured, with strong evidence, that Martha Myers was actually Martha Gann, daughter of Allen Gann of Hamilton Co TN. (The name Myers was evidently ascribed to Martha by a descendant sometime after the fact.) Here are some records that support the claim.
Allen Gann 40 Mary Gann 40 Martha Gann 14 Mary Gann 10 James Gann 8 Jessa Gann 6
Many of these old family stories have a bit of truth to them. Washington Gann murdered David Wilcoxin in Hamilton County around the time that John Eblen was killed. A Washington Gann came to Webster County around the time Allen did. I don't know if this is the same man." |
| Note | Ever since our cousins started the Gann Society and produced the first GANN family tree, we thought that our Grandpa Tom Gann's Grandma Gann, wife of William Henry Gann of Hamilton Co TN, was named Martha Myers. Many of us researched Martha's history and we could never find her family but after 20 years we figured out that her maiden name was really Ann Martha Gann, daughter of Allen Gann of Tennessee. Ann Martha & William Henry were actually distant cousins. Using DNA matches and court documents, our cousin Kay Silkey has worked hard to determine the ancestry of Allen Gann and we now know Allen Gann connects to the Gann Clan as a descendant of Adam Gann, one of the major branches of of the greater Gann Tree. As part of her proof she found the records of a trial in Hamilton Co TN where Washington Gann, John Eblin and others were tried for murder in 1857. The men on trial had killed a man who had severely beaten Allen Gann earlier in the evening of Nov 4 1856. The record provides proof that Ann Martha Gann was married to Mr John Eblin before she married William Henry Gann and that her father Allen Gann was brother of the accused Washington Gann. The entire record is long but it is transcribed and now available on the internet. (Link below). Here is just a small snippet from the transcript that has genealogical information: "... When Defendant (Washington Gann) asked Allen Gann how he came to let such a man as Wilcoxon hurt him so, Allen Gann replied, "he was drinking." .... Afterwards, Eblin came to where the corpse was lying as they passed from the White House to George Hall's. They passed by where the deceased lay... Defendant remained some time and then went to take Allen Gann home. Defendant did not manifest any excitement while at the dead body. ... After Defendant had taken Allen Gann home, he returned to Dallas and was there all the time until arrested. Witness knew Defendant to be a mild and peacible man but resolute and determined when once aroused. He knew John Eblin to be a violent and desperate man and was the son-in-law of Allen Gann and Washington Gann is the brother of Allen Gann. ...He was at the White House from dark until Gann came in and he was with defendant from the time they went out of the house until Eblin came up and said, "I have killed (him)," says that when Eblin made the remark, no enquiry was made....This was substantially all the evidence in the cause. " Following the trial, the Allen Gann family and others from the neighborhood moved to Missouri. Somewhere between 1857 and 1860 Martha Eblin lost her husband John Eblin and she then married our ancestor William Henry Gann in Webster Co MO. That's how we got to be double Ganns. Here's a link to the entire WILLIAM WILCOXIN MURDER CASE. http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/hamilton/circuitcourt.htm?fbclid=IwAR0jqkKMpk5Mn9pjngeQIccMW3eZlnc4YLxsv_WDXcIXjThw6AJk_AKD7vk |