Andrew Gann

Narrative:

     Andrew Gann was born about 1817 in 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
     Andrew and his brother George both moved to Knox Co., Ohio, but when is unknown. George was there by 1831, when he married. It is unknown whether Andrew moved at the same time or followed his older brother later, but was clearly there by 1844.¹³
     Andrew married Elizabeth Hibbets on 4 Jul 1838 in Knox Co., Ohio, with James Greer, justice of the peace, officiating.^9,1,10
     Andrew and Elizabeth appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Millwood Union Twp., Knox Co., Ohio, enumerated 30 Sep 1850. Their children John, Leander and Robert were listed as living with them, as were Suannah Showe, age 12, relationship unknown, and two shoemakers, John Ohrbaugh, age 21, and Joseph Hess, age 19, who appear to have been helpers.¹
     Andrew and Elizabeth moved their family to Iowa about 1855.¹⁴ They appeared on the 1856 State Census of Sigourney Twp., Keokuk Co., Iowa. Their children John, Leander and Robert were listed as living with them.²
     Andrew and Elizabeth appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Sigourney Twp., Keokuk Co., Iowa, enumerated 26 Jul 1860, reporting real estate valued at $1,200 and personal estate of $250. Their children John, Leander and Robert were listed as living with them, as were four apparent boarders, including a physician, carpenter, and printer, and two female domestics, M. and Jane Snakenburgh, ages 17 and 15.¹⁵
     Andrew and Elizabeth appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Sigourney Twp., Keokuk Co., Iowa, enumerated 20 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate of $500. Their children John, Leander and Robert were listed as living with them, as were Jennie Gann, age 19 and born in Illinois, and H. Gann, female, age 13, born in Iowa, relationships unknown. There were also seven apparent guests in their hotel, including a harness maker, a shoemaker with two daughters under age 10, a blacksmith, and a wagon maker, and a hotel clerk.¹⁶
     Andrew and Elizabeth appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa, enumerated 15 Jun 1880. Their son John was listed as living with them, Their son Leander and his family were apparently living close by as they were listed next in the record.¹⁷
     Andrew and Elizabeth appeared on the 1885 State Census of Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa. Their son Robert was listed as living with them, as were his wife, Mary [surname unknown], and their children, Bertha Gann and Arty E. Gann.¹⁸
     He was a shoemaker. He called himself a landlord in 1860, perhaps referring to the boarders with the family, and a hotel keeper in 1870. In 1880 he was working on a farm. By 1885 he had returned to shoemaking.^{19,20,21,22,23,24}