Lewis C. Gann1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 8584, (abt 1819 - 1854)
FatherJohn Gann4,5 (23 Jun 1775 - 10 Mar 1842)
MotherCatherine Christ5 (abt 6 Oct 1780 - 19 Oct 1864)

Key Events:

Birth: about 9 Dec 1819, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania6,7,8
Marriage: Maria Hougendoubler (27 Feb 1825 - 15 Dec 1899)9
Death: 28 Sep 1854, Warren, Illinois10
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Warren, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois3
ChartsThe Ganns of Lycoming Co. Pennsylvania

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Narrative:

     Lewis C. Gann was born about 9 Dec 1819 in Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.6,7,8
     He was probably one of the three males under age 10 listed in the household of his father, John Gann, in the 1820 Federal Census of Nippenose Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.11 He was probably one of the two males age 10 to15 listed in the household of his father in the 1830 Federal Census of Adams Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.12
     Lewis married Maria Hougendoubler.9
     Lewis and Maria appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Limestone Twp., Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 17 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $1,500. Their children Peter, Sarah, Mary and Andrew were listed as living with them.1
     Lewis and Maria moved their family to Cedarville, Illinois, about 1853, then in 1854 moved to the embryo town of Warren.13
     He was a farmer in Pennsylvania. He worked at blacksmithing and wagon making after he arrived in Illinois, and was about to engage in the furniture business when he died.14,15
     Lewis died on 28 Sep 1854 in Warren, Illinois, of cholera, two weeks after moving to Warren, Illinois.10 He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Warren, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois.3

Children:
     Children with Maria Hougendoubler:

  • Peter Herst Gann16,17 (25 Jun 1844 - 31 May 1916)
  • Sarah C. Gann16 (abt 1846 - )
  • Mary E. Gann16 (abt 1848 - )
  • Andrew P. Gann16 (abt 21 Nov 1849 - 2 Oct 1854)

Citations

  1. [S6013] Lewis Gann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.
  2. [S6070] Orphans Court Dockets, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, D:486, petition of John Gann for partition of real estate of John Gann Senr., Dec 1844 term, shows name as Lewis Gann.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 53497699, Lewis C Gann.
  4. [S6070] Orphans Court Dockets, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, D:486, petition of John Gann for partition of real estate of John Gann Senr., Dec 1844 term.
  5. [S5914] Collins and Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, vol II pg 329.
  6. [S3045] Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, pg 260, shows year, county, and state.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 53497699, Lewis C Gann, shows age 34 yrs, 9 mo, 19 days at death 28 Sep 1854.
  8. [S6013] Lewis Gann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 31 and state.
  9. [S6013] Lewis Gann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 53497699, Lewis C Gann, shows date.
  11. [S5913] John Gunn household, 1820 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania.
  12. [S5908] John Gunn household, 1830 U.S. Census, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.
  13. [S3045] Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, pg 259.
  14. [S3045] Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, pg 260.
  15. [S6013] Lewis Gann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as farmer.
  16. [S6013] Lewis Gann household, 1850 U.S. Census, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  17. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Herst C. Gann.