G2G: I am trying to get further back than my great grandfather. His name is John Gammon, he was born in 1871 in Tennessee.

Question

He had a son Boyd William Gammon, born in 1906.

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John Gammon

United States Census, 1910

Name	John Gammon
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1910
Event Place	Gatliff, Campbell, Tennessee, United States
Gender	Male
Age	39
Marital Status	Married
Race	White
Race (Original)	White
Relationship to Head of Household	Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Head
Birth Year (Estimated)	1871
Birthplace	Tennessee
Father's Birthplace	Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace	Tennessee
Sheet Letter	B
Sheet Number	19

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
John Gammon	Head	M	39	Tennessee
Rosa Gammon	Wife	F	20	Tennessee
Boyd Gammon	Son	M	2	Tennessee

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United States Census, 1910

District	ED 49
Sheet Number and Letter	19B
Household ID	401
Affiliate Name	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number	T624
Affiliate Film Number	1492
GS Film Number	1375505
Digital Folder Number	004985548
Image Number	00530

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXP-76V : accessed 9 January 2018), John Gammon, Gatliff, Campbell, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 19B, family 401, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1492; FHL microfilm 1,375,505.

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Thanks for your response.   I am hoping to find out when/where John Gammon died, and who his parents were.

Answer 1

John Calvin Gannon

West Virginia Deaths

Name	John Calvin Gannon
Event Date	31 Mar 1961
Event Place	Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Gender	Male
Age (Expanded)	90 years
Birth Date	18 Jan 1871
Birthplace	Tennessee
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Name	Winkler Gannon
Occupation	Retired
Address	2113 Zabel Dr
Residence Place	Charleston, Kanawha, W. Va.
Cemetery	Cunningham Mem. Park
Burial Place	St. Albans, W. Va.
Burial Date	03 Apr 1961
Affiliate Repository Type	County Records

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West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999

GS Film number	460383
Digital Folder Number	4226843
Image Number	325
Reference ID	v 11 p 317

Citing this Record

"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N976-VTL : 4 December 2014), John Calvin Gannon, 31 Mar 1961; citing Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, v 11 p 317, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 460,383.

Answer 2

John C Gannon

United States Census, 1880

Name	John C Gannon
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1880
Event Place	District 13, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Gender	Male
Age	9
Marital Status	Single
Race	White
Race (Original)	W
Occupation	At Home
Relationship to Head of Household	Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Son
Birth Year (Estimated)	1871
Birthplace	Tennessee, United States
Father's Birthplace	Tennessee, United States
Mother's Birthplace	Tennessee, United States
Sheet Letter	C
Sheet Number	407
Person Number	5
Volume	1

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
William Gannon	Self	M	39	Tennessee, United States
Mary E Gannon	Wife	F	35	Tennessee, United States
Luisa J Gannon	Daughter	F	16	Tennessee, United States
Samuel K Gannon	Son	M	14	Tennessee, United States
William H Gannon	Son	M	11	Tennessee, United States
John C Gannon	Son	M	9	Tennessee, United States
Benjeman Gannon	Son	M	7	Tennessee, United States
Margrett S Gannon	Daughter	F	2	Tennessee, United States
Tennessee Gannon	Daughter	F	0	Tennessee, United States

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United States Census, 1880

District	ED 136
Sheet Number and Letter	407C
Household ID	13402651
Affiliate Name	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number	T9
Affiliate Film Number	1284
GS Film Number	1255284
Digital Folder Number	005162518
Image Number	00019

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWJ-H7B : 15 July 2017), John C Gannon in household of William Gannon, District 13, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 136, sheet 407C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1284; FHL microfilm 1,255,284.

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I hope one of the father's names, William or Winkler, is correct.

Answer 3

Hi Anonymous,

It would be helpful if you have more details in your family tree, in order to help find a match.

For example, on his son Boyd, it would be helpful to know what locations he was in. Are there other known sources for Boyd? We can use that to help put together other pieces of the puzzle and work our way back to find further ancestors.

For example, through searching for Boyd, I came across this record for the 1920 US Census:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQV-56H

This looks like it could be the family, but now they are in Indiana. But is this correct? Are these the correct family members?

With additional known family members, we can find out records for them, and one of those records could provide a clue that we can use to go backwards in generations.

So I would suggest filling out as much as you know, on each generation, and to include siblings in those generations. They all help to figure out the puzzle.

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Yes that is the correct data. Boyd was from Indiana.  Family lore has it that his mother John Gammons wife Rosa was 1/2 indian.

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Ok, so I'm adding that source to profiles. You'll have to add it to Boyd's because of privacy lock on it.

But now we come up with a major problem to resolve. John Gammon has a birth year of 1871 in the 1910 Census. But he has a birth year of 1854 in the 1920 Census. Obviously there's been an error somewhere. Or the real truth is in between. This is why having additional relationships (i.e. adding children) is important. We have to search out additional matching records to be able to find out more information.

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Also, Boyd needs to be connected to his mother, Rosa.

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Ok, I may have found something.

Doing a search on Find A Grave for a John Gammon, born sometime before 1875, and died after 1920 (because we now have a Census record for 1920), I found this profile in Indiana:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112564641/john-w.-gammon

If you search for other Gammon's in the same cemetery, there just so happens to be a Boyd Gammon:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128666018/boyd-gammon

Is this your Boyd Gammon?

I would also suggest that this is a match because there is an Addie (Gammon) Beasley in the same cemetery:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128659358/addie-beasley

With the 1920 Census, we know that John Gammon had a daughter named Addie, and the birth years match (within 1 year).

If all of this is a match we now have a proper birth and death year for John Gammon, which we can use to search on to find older records and possibly his parents.

Please confirm if this is correct. If so, then these records can be added to the corresponding profiles.

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Yes, thank you!  Good work.   I never thought to look in the same cemetery.   I heard Boyd had a sibling named Addie.   Now I have better dates to work with.  :)

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I just found the 1940 Census for the family, too. Adding that now.

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Thank you again!  I tried to honor you with a couple badges, but not sure how.

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Doing some more searching, here is one possibility for John Gammon in Tennessee. The 1870 Census:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDC-NR5

And the 1880 Census:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD72-PVS

If you look at the names and ages, you can see that this is the same family. And there is a John which matches the correct age.

Note that there is no 1890 Census available as it was destroyed in a fire.

We don't know yet if this is the correct John Gammon, or if this is some other John Gammon. We need to find out more information to verify if this is a right match. Right now it's only a possibility.

Answer 4

He is John Wiley Gammon. Born December 18, 1864, in Roan County Tennessee. Married 1905 in Tennessee to Rosa Bailey. Died September 23, 1950, in Indianapolis, IN.
His father Harrison Gammon and his mother Elizabeth Roberts.
HIs son is Boyd William Gammon. Born August 11, 1906 in Tennessee.  Married September 12, 1934. Death April, 2002.