James Madison Gerren (abt. 1848 - 1905)

Born about 1848 in Ohio, United States

Died 13 Feb 1905 at about age 57 in Vernon Township, Isabella County, Michigan, United States

Biography

James Madison Gerren was a son ofJames Gerren Rosanna Booker, born in Ohio in about 1848. He died in Vernon Township, Isabella County, Michigan, on 13 February 1905.^[1] The death record indicates his age at death as 57 years, 11 months, and 24 days, which would indicate a birth in February 1847. However, the 1850 U.S. Census recorded him as one year old, which would indicate a birth in 1848 or 1849.

The 1850 U.S. Census recorded one-year-old James Gerren in his parents' household in Chester Township, Morrow County, Ohio. The household consisted of 42-year-old farmer James Gerren; Rosannah Gerren, 37; Samuel Gerren, 16 and a laborer; Mathias Gerren, 14; Louisa Gerren, 11; Jemima Gerren, 8; Elizabeth Gerren, 4; and James Gerren, 1. According to the record, the elder James Gerren was born in New Jersey and all other family members were born in Ohio.^[2]

James Gerren Served in the Civil War from Lima Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States. James Gerren in the Web: Indiana, U.S., Civil War Soldier Database Index, 1861-1865 Name: James Gerren Birth Year: abt 1846 Age: 18 Enrollment Date: 4 Feb 1864 Discharge Date: 29 Aug 1865 Place: Lima, Indiana Company: H Regiment: 129 He has a Memorial Page on Fold3 [1]

James M. Gerren was married and a farmer at the time of his death from acute pneumonia in Vernon Township, Isabella County, Michigan, on 13 February 1905.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHB1-CJZ : 10 March 2018), James Gerren in entry for James M. Gerren, 13 Feb 1905; citing Vernon, Isabella, Michigan, reference v 2 p 89; FHL microfilm 1,005,119.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DWTW-4GG?cc=1401638&wc=95R9-HZW%3A1031310001%2C1034583301%2C1031455801 : 9 April 2016), Ohio > Morrow > Chester > images 18-19 of 29; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).