Joseph
Wesley
Gantt
III
Born in Perry Co, PA
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Wesley Gantt II
and Mary (Lobaugh) Gantt
Brother of
Elizabeth Gantt
Husband of
Mary Ann (McGowen) Gantt
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine Gantt, Jacob Gantt, Mary A. Gantt, Isaiah McGowan Gantt and Margaret (Gantt) Bealor
Died
at age 70
in Newport, Perry Co, PA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 May 2011
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Biography
- Born 9 March 1796 in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Died 31 January 1867 in Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Buried in Newport Cemetery, Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Notes state that Joseph Gantt, 3rd and Mary McGowan had 8 children. They lived on the banks of the Little Buffalo Creek about 3 miles south west of Newport and died there.
- 1850 Census, Pennsylvania, Perry County, Centre Township - Joseph Gantt, age 54, Farmer, Real Estate worth 2,000; Mary A., age 44; Joseph (N? II?) age 21, Laborer; Catharine, age 20; Jacob, age 18, Laborer; Mary A., age 17; Josiah M. (Isaiah ?) age 15, Laborer; Margaret, age 13; William E., age 5.
- Information on Gantt family came from Genealogy of the de Gant, Gantt, Gant, Gaunt, Gauntt, Gantt Family, Charles Stuart Gantt, 1936, 1937, 1938, Baltimore, Maryland, a copy of which was viewed in Seattle Public Library by Linda Stienstra. Notes in file.
- Headstone picture from Find A Grave
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