James Perry Gannon (abt. 1854 - 1922)

Born about 7 Jan 1854 in Cannon, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Apr 1922 at about age 68 in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

James was born in Cannon County, Tennessee, on January 7, 1854, to Samuel Gannon and Susannah Stacy.^{[1] [2]} He married first Tennessee "Tennie" Brooks, daughter of John Brooks and Martha Wimberley, on October 12, 1873. They had two known children:

• 1874-1953: Rice Sewell,^[3] m. Mary Jane Clark, 1910
• 1877-1947: Emma Thomas,^[4] m. Richard Holloway, 1906

Tennie died of consumption in June 1879.^[5] James remarried on July 9, 1880 to Julie Ann Williams, daughter of Melchizedek and Jane Williams, and widow of Tennie's brother, William Brooks.^[6] They are not known to have had any more children.^[7]

James died on April 28, 1922, in Rutherford, Tennessee.^[8] He is recorded as a widower, so Julie predeceased him, but her date of death is not known. At least one family researcher reports her death as 1913. His death certificate states that he was buried at Walden Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T7-1L9 : 18 February 2021), Jas Gannon in entry for Susan Gannon, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8V-WFW : 29 May 2021), James Gannon in entry for Suzanna Gannon, 1870.
3. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSRG-RD9 : 1 March 2021), James Perry Gannon in entry for Rice Sewell Gannon, 12 Jan 1953; Death, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSF1-B7T : 10 December 2021), Jim Gannon in entry for Emma Gannon Holloway, 8 Jan 1947; Death, Smyrna, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
5. ↑ U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 28; Census Year: 1879; Census Place: District 1 and 2, Camp. Available at Ancestry $$.
6. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFQ-ZMW : 4 December 2014), James Gannon and July Brooks, 09 Jul 1880; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 250, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGN9-MSX : accessed 2 July 2023), James S Gannons, Civil District 25, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 2B, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1517; FHL microfilm 1,375,530.
8. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSSX-T7Q : 23 February 2021), James P. Gannon, 28 Apr 1922; Death, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.