Born in Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Gwinn Jr.
and Elizabeth (Taylor) Gwinn
Sister of
Mary Jessie (Gwinn) Freel, Jane (Gwinn) Hanger, Jesse Gwinn, Elizabeth Gwinn, James Gwinn, John Gwinn, Samuel Gwinn, Sarah (Gwinn) Milburn, Julia Ann (Gwinn) Ellis, Andrew Gwinn, Nancy (Gwinn) Milburn and Laban Gwinn
Wife of
John T. Roach
— married
about 1853 in Montgomery, Virginia (now West Virginia) United States
Wife of
James Dolin Lindsay
— married
about 1860 in Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 66
in Bargers Springs, Summers, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2022
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Biography
HISTORY OF THE GWIN FAMILY BY JESSE BLAINE GWIS published 1961; page 73[1] Laban married his first wife, Malinda Ellis, and second wife, Widow Taylor, nee Bonham. S. F. and J. W. are sons of the first wife and are both married and have families. Polly married Alexander Gwinn. Jane married William Hanger. Sally married James Milburn and Juliann married John Ellis, first husband, and James Jarrett, second. Ruth married as her father a bit of a boy about 80 years old, John Reach, and raised four or five children. Nancy married Isaac Milburn and they lived in Indiana and became very wealthy. Both are dead. This sketch has been written by request of J. C. Gwinn, son of August Gwinn. By A. R. Gwinn
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Name • • Ruth Gwinn Sex • • Female Birth • • 29 March 1820 Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States Christening Death • • 26 November 1886 Burial • • Bargers Springs, Summers, West Virginia, United States
Other Information Residence • 1850 Monroe, Virginia, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: United States Census, 1850 Last Changed: March 24, 2020 Residence • 1860 Rollingsburg District, Monroe, Virginia, United States Census Last Changed: May 5, 2020 Residence • 1870 Forest Hill, Campbell, Virginia, United States Last Changed: December 1, 2019 Residence • 1880 Talcott, Summers, West Virginia, United States Last Changed: December 1, 2019
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~0.78%
George B Scott
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gb_scott
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Eula (Burgess) Blankenship :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F219921 [compare], FTDNA kit #219921
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Shirley Blankenship :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F216326 [compare], FTDNA kit #216326
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