George Merle Gammon (1882 - 1982)

Born 27 Jan 1882 in Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Virabel (Morrison) Gammon — married 4 Jun 1911 in Livermore Falls, East Livemore, Androscoggin, Maine

Descendants

Died 1982 at about age 99 in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Birth

George Merle Gammon was born in 1882, the son of George Quimby Gammon and Betsey Gibbs (Bigelow) Gammon of Livermore and Jay, Maine.^[1] He was living with his parents at Jay, Maine, in 1900, with his birth date shown as January 1882.^[2] His World War I draft registration gives his birth date as 27 Jan 1882.^[3]

Marriage

George M. Gammon, farmer, 29, of Jay, Maine, married Virabel Morrison, teacher, 27, of Livermore Falls, Maine, at Livermore Falls on 4 Jun 1911.^[4]

Death

In 1940, G. Merle Gammon, 58, superintendent of the water district, was living with his wife Virabel at Livermore Falls, Maine.^[5] His gravestone at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Livermore Falls is inscribed with the dates 1882-1982.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 115
2. ↑ George M. Gammon in the George Q. Gammon household, family #365, in United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Franklin > ED 95 Jay town > image 33 of 56; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Draft registration card for George Merle Gammon, in United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Franklin County; A-P > image 1303 of 3062; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Marriage record of George M. Gammon and Virabel Morrison, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch > Vital records, 1908-1922 > Gagne - Gardiner > image 3528 of 4025; multiple sources, Maine.
5. ↑ G. Merle Gammon household, household #133, in United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore Falls Town, Livermore Falls > 1-68 > image 17 of 22; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
6. ↑ Photo of gravestone of G, Merle Gammon and "his wife Virabel Morison" (Find A Grave: Memorial #178745127)