Joseph
Gill
Born in Jefferson County Alabama
Ancestors 
Son of John Lumpkin Gill Sr
and Elizabeth (Diffey) Gill
Brother of
Eliza Gill, Henry K Gill, William Harrison Gill, James Diffey Gill, Peter Gill, John Lumpkin Gill Jr, Margaret J Gill and Charles Curtis. Gill
Husband of
Martha (Eaton) Gill
— married
25 Jan 1874 [location unknown]
Father of
James Edward Gill, John Henry Gill, Jennie (Gill) Swinwood, HW Gill, Mary Josephine (Gill) Rogers and Kate (Gill) Edmondson
Died
at age 94
in Jefferson County, Alabama
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Feb 2018
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Biography
F. Joseph Gill was born 23 Aug. 1827 and died Oct. 9, 1921 in Jefferson Co., AL. On Jan. 25, 1874 he married Martha Eaton a daughter of James Eaton.
Except for his brother John L. Gill, Jr., Joseph was the only one of his family to enlist for the Civil War. He first entered the service as a Private in Oct. 1862 at Talladega, AL in the 1st Engineering Corps, Co. B of the Confederate Army and continued on until the close of the war. During the war, he gained the rank of Sergeant.
Joseph and Martha Eaton Gill had the following children: 1. James Edward Gill, b. ca. 1876; d. 7 June 1967; m. Willie Isabelle Amberson, born 1886, died 14 May 1961 2. John Henry Gill, b. 13 Oct. 1877; d. 2 March 1936 in Jefferson Co., AL. He married Sally Faucett 1880-1946. 3. Jennie Gill, b. 3 Dec. 1880; d. 11 Dec. 1920. On 24 Dec. 1908 she married John James Swinwood, b. 26 Jan. 1877 in Newcastle, Staffordshire, England; d. Feb. 1938 in Walker Co., AL. 4. H.W. Gill, Marbury, AL, tanner. 5. Mary Josephine Gill, b. 28 May 1883; d. 11 June 1980; m. Marshall Dewitt Rogers, b. 2 Sept. 1878; d. 22 April 1960
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6. Kate Gill, b. Jan. 18, 1888; d. Dec. 6, 1960; wife of Hugh Edmondson, b. May 10, 1883; d. July 4, 1954
G. John L. Gill, Jr., next ancestor
Sources
- Ben Toney
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~3.12%
Nora Stephens
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Raquel Toney :
23andMe, GEDmatch M838514 [compare]
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~3.12%
James Cowan :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Berry (Allen) Hill :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LynneHill39
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Jan (Allen) Thomas :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JA
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