Nathan A. Gann, a prominent citizen of Eagle Township, Polk County, Arkansas was born in Paulding County, Georgia, on August 27, 1844, and is one of five living children born to Hiram and Elizabeth (Goggins) Gann, natives also of Georgia, the father born in 1824, and the mother in 1826. The father is still living , is a resident of Eagle Township, Polk County, Arkansas, but the mother died in this county in 1879. They resided in Georgia until 1847 and then moved to Marion County, Alabama in 1867.
From there they moved to Hardin County, Tennessee and in 1869 to Cook County, Texas, and then to Polk County, Arkansas in the later part of the same year. The father has always followed farming and for fifteen years was engaged in merchandising at which he was very sucessful. He is a Mason, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, being clerk in the same, and is a Democrat in politics. Of his children, William A. is a farmer in Archer County, Texas; Melissa is the wife of J. B. Greene of this county, John D. is a farmer of this county and Hiram F, is also in this county.
Nathan A. Gann received a good practical education in his youth and in 1862 joined the Fourth Mississippi Cavalry. Eighteen months later he joined Pierce's Battalion and was lieutenant until cessation of hostilities. He was in the battle of Thompson's Station in Middle Tennesse, and was very seriously wounded by a bullet which entered just under the left collar bone and passed clear through. His recovery was considered a miracle. He served in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.
After the war he commenced working for himself as a farmer and after residing in Alabama, Tennesse, and Texas, he came to Arkansas in 1869. Locating in Polk County, on Two Mile Creek, where he bought a claim. Later he sold this and settled at Eagle Hill, where he has 600 acres with good houses and outbuildings on the same. He owns another tract of 200 acres south of his present residence.
He has been in the mercantile business most of the time for the last twelve years and was postmaster at Eagle Hill for five years. On March 17, 1864 he was married to Miss Mary E. Hughes of Alabama, a native of Marion County of that state, born in 1842. By this union they have five children; John R. (farmning with his father), James H. (also at home), Celia Melissa, Nathan F., and Mary, who is usually called Mollie. Two children are deceased; William H. and Laura L.
Mr. and Mrs. Gann are members of the Missionary Baptist Church and in his political views the former is strictly Democratic.
Western Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs, published 1891
Nathan Gann is Killed By Train. Was walking on Trestle
Near Home a Short Distance Below Potter When Killed. Was Pioneer of Polk County.
Passenger train No.4, northbound, in charge of Conductor Dobson and Engineer Beateman, due in Mena at 4:10 p.m., but about an hour late Tuesday, struck and instantly killed Uncle Nathan Gann on the trestle across Two mile Creek, just south of Potter.
It seems that Mr. Gann has been in the habit of crossing this trestle daily in going to and from the home of his son-in-law, J.F. Garrett, where he is making his home, to his own home, which is located just north of the trestle. Tuesday he had been to Potter, on his return stopped at his own home to do chores, and proceeded across the trestle on his way to Mr. Garrett's home. He had gotten almost across the bridge when the engine struck him, knocking him ovr the embankment to the edge of the creek, a distance of thrity or forty feet. There is a curve in the track at the point an the supposition is that the trainmen did not see Mr. Gann until they were almost upon him, and yet the train was stopped before all the cars passed over the trestle. It is likely, too, that Mr. Gann, on account of the infirmities of age and the heavy atmosphere, did not hear the approach of the train. When the train was stopped and the trainmen and passengers had reached the body, it was found by Dr. F.A. Lee, who was a passenger on the train, that all life was extinct.
Hurried examination revealed that his left cheek bone was crushed, his skull fractured, and the bones in his left arm and leg broken. The body was carried to the home of Mr. Garrett.Arrangements are being made to hold the funeral Thursday, starting from the Garrett home at 11 o'clock for te Molly Gann Cemetery, where the funeral serivces will be held ans will be in charge of Rev. J.M. Green, an old friend of the deceased.
Was a Pioneer, Nathan Gann was one first the pioneer settlers of Polk County, coming to Arkansas over forty years ago and locating in the Potter neighborhood, where he resided continuously, except for a period of a few years when he lived in Mena. While in Mena he was engaged in the general mercantile business and served thje city as alderman. At the time of his death he was a member of the Confederate Pension Board of Polk County.
He was a good citizen and a splended neighbor and friend. He was Born in one Carolinas in the year 1841. From there the family moved to Alabama, from which state Mr. Gann served in the Civil War in a company under the command of a brother of John H. Hamilton of this city. He was Married in Alabama oon after the close of the war to Mary Hughes, who died at Potter November 16,1913. From Alabama the family moved to Tennessee, thence to Texas and from there to Polk County, Coming here about 1870. He is survived by Three Sons, Rufus, James, and Frank, the two former living in Dustin and Talihina,Ok., and the latter near Potter. His Daughter, Mrs. J.F. Garrett died September 8,1914. Three brothers Frank Gann of near Potter, and Uilliam and John Gann of Oklahoma also survive him. Cemetery Book List: Nathan A. Gann b. Aug 27,1844, d. Jan 26,1915. Buried Mollie Gann Cemetery.
From there they moved to Hardin County, Tennessee and in 1869 to Cook County, Texas, and then to Polk County, Arkansas in the later part of the same year. The father has always followed farming and for fifteen years was engaged in merchandising at which he was very sucessful. He is a Mason, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, being clerk in the same, and is a Democrat in politics. Of his children, William A. is a farmer in Archer County, Texas; Melissa is the wife of J. B. Greene of this county, John D. is a farmer of this county and Hiram F, is also in this county.
Nathan A. Gann received a good practical education in his youth and in 1862 joined the Fourth Mississippi Cavalry. Eighteen months later he joined Pierce's Battalion and was lieutenant until cessation of hostilities. He was in the battle of Thompson's Station in Middle Tennesse, and was very seriously wounded by a bullet which entered just under the left collar bone and passed clear through. His recovery was considered a miracle. He served in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.
After the war he commenced working for himself as a farmer and after residing in Alabama, Tennesse, and Texas, he came to Arkansas in 1869. Locating in Polk County, on Two Mile Creek, where he bought a claim. Later he sold this and settled at Eagle Hill, where he has 600 acres with good houses and outbuildings on the same. He owns another tract of 200 acres south of his present residence.
He has been in the mercantile business most of the time for the last twelve years and was postmaster at Eagle Hill for five years. On March 17, 1864 he was married to Miss Mary E. Hughes of Alabama, a native of Marion County of that state, born in 1842. By this union they have five children; John R. (farmning with his father), James H. (also at home), Celia Melissa, Nathan F., and Mary, who is usually called Mollie. Two children are deceased; William H. and Laura L.
Mr. and Mrs. Gann are members of the Missionary Baptist Church and in his political views the former is strictly Democratic.
Western Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs, published 1891
Nathan Gann is Killed By Train. Was walking on Trestle
Near Home a Short Distance Below Potter When Killed. Was Pioneer of Polk County.
Passenger train No.4, northbound, in charge of Conductor Dobson and Engineer Beateman, due in Mena at 4:10 p.m., but about an hour late Tuesday, struck and instantly killed Uncle Nathan Gann on the trestle across Two mile Creek, just south of Potter.
It seems that Mr. Gann has been in the habit of crossing this trestle daily in going to and from the home of his son-in-law, J.F. Garrett, where he is making his home, to his own home, which is located just north of the trestle. Tuesday he had been to Potter, on his return stopped at his own home to do chores, and proceeded across the trestle on his way to Mr. Garrett's home. He had gotten almost across the bridge when the engine struck him, knocking him ovr the embankment to the edge of the creek, a distance of thrity or forty feet. There is a curve in the track at the point an the supposition is that the trainmen did not see Mr. Gann until they were almost upon him, and yet the train was stopped before all the cars passed over the trestle. It is likely, too, that Mr. Gann, on account of the infirmities of age and the heavy atmosphere, did not hear the approach of the train. When the train was stopped and the trainmen and passengers had reached the body, it was found by Dr. F.A. Lee, who was a passenger on the train, that all life was extinct.
Hurried examination revealed that his left cheek bone was crushed, his skull fractured, and the bones in his left arm and leg broken. The body was carried to the home of Mr. Garrett.Arrangements are being made to hold the funeral Thursday, starting from the Garrett home at 11 o'clock for te Molly Gann Cemetery, where the funeral serivces will be held ans will be in charge of Rev. J.M. Green, an old friend of the deceased.
Was a Pioneer, Nathan Gann was one first the pioneer settlers of Polk County, coming to Arkansas over forty years ago and locating in the Potter neighborhood, where he resided continuously, except for a period of a few years when he lived in Mena. While in Mena he was engaged in the general mercantile business and served thje city as alderman. At the time of his death he was a member of the Confederate Pension Board of Polk County.
He was a good citizen and a splended neighbor and friend. He was Born in one Carolinas in the year 1841. From there the family moved to Alabama, from which state Mr. Gann served in the Civil War in a company under the command of a brother of John H. Hamilton of this city. He was Married in Alabama oon after the close of the war to Mary Hughes, who died at Potter November 16,1913. From Alabama the family moved to Tennessee, thence to Texas and from there to Polk County, Coming here about 1870. He is survived by Three Sons, Rufus, James, and Frank, the two former living in Dustin and Talihina,Ok., and the latter near Potter. His Daughter, Mrs. J.F. Garrett died September 8,1914. Three brothers Frank Gann of near Potter, and Uilliam and John Gann of Oklahoma also survive him. Cemetery Book List: Nathan A. Gann b. Aug 27,1844, d. Jan 26,1915. Buried Mollie Gann Cemetery.
Nathan A. Gann, a prominent citizen of Eagle Township, Polk County, Arkansas was born in Paulding County, Georgia, on August 27, 1844, and is one of five living children born to Hiram and Elizabeth (Goggins) Gann, natives also of Georgia, the father born in 1824, and the mother in 1826. The father is still living , is a resident of Eagle Township, Polk County, Arkansas, but the mother died in this county in 1879. They resided in Georgia until 1847 and then moved to Marion County, Alabama in 1867.
From there they moved to Hardin County, Tennessee and in 1869 to Cook County, Texas, and then to Polk County, Arkansas in the later part of the same year. The father has always followed farming and for fifteen years was engaged in merchandising at which he was very sucessful. He is a Mason, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, being clerk in the same, and is a Democrat in politics. Of his children, William A. is a farmer in Archer County, Texas; Melissa is the wife of J. B. Greene of this county, John D. is a farmer of this county and Hiram F, is also in this county.
Nathan A. Gann received a good practical education in his youth and in 1862 joined the Fourth Mississippi Cavalry. Eighteen months later he joined Pierce's Battalion and was lieutenant until cessation of hostilities. He was in the battle of Thompson's Station in Middle Tennesse, and was very seriously wounded by a bullet which entered just under the left collar bone and passed clear through. His recovery was considered a miracle. He served in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.
After the war he commenced working for himself as a farmer and after residing in Alabama, Tennesse, and Texas, he came to Arkansas in 1869. Locating in Polk County, on Two Mile Creek, where he bought a claim. Later he sold this and settled at Eagle Hill, where he has 600 acres with good houses and outbuildings on the same. He owns another tract of 200 acres south of his present residence.
He has been in the mercantile business most of the time for the last twelve years and was postmaster at Eagle Hill for five years. On March 17, 1864 he was married to Miss Mary E. Hughes of Alabama, a native of Marion County of that state, born in 1842. By this union they have five children; John R. (farmning with his father), James H. (also at home), Celia Melissa, Nathan F., and Mary, who is usually called Mollie. Two children are deceased; William H. and Laura L.
Mr. and Mrs. Gann are members of the Missionary Baptist Church and in his political views the former is strictly Democratic.
Western Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs, published 1891
Nathan Gann is Killed By Train. Was walking on Trestle
Near Home a Short Distance Below Potter When Killed. Was Pioneer of Polk County.
Passenger train No.4, northbound, in charge of Conductor Dobson and Engineer Beateman, due in Mena at 4:10 p.m., but about an hour late Tuesday, struck and instantly killed Uncle Nathan Gann on the trestle across Two mile Creek, just south of Potter.
It seems that Mr. Gann has been in the habit of crossing this trestle daily in going to and from the home of his son-in-law, J.F. Garrett, where he is making his home, to his own home, which is located just north of the trestle. Tuesday he had been to Potter, on his return stopped at his own home to do chores, and proceeded across the trestle on his way to Mr. Garrett's home. He had gotten almost across the bridge when the engine struck him, knocking him ovr the embankment to the edge of the creek, a distance of thrity or forty feet. There is a curve in the track at the point an the supposition is that the trainmen did not see Mr. Gann until they were almost upon him, and yet the train was stopped before all the cars passed over the trestle. It is likely, too, that Mr. Gann, on account of the infirmities of age and the heavy atmosphere, did not hear the approach of the train. When the train was stopped and the trainmen and passengers had reached the body, it was found by Dr. F.A. Lee, who was a passenger on the train, that all life was extinct.
Hurried examination revealed that his left cheek bone was crushed, his skull fractured, and the bones in his left arm and leg broken. The body was carried to the home of Mr. Garrett.Arrangements are being made to hold the funeral Thursday, starting from the Garrett home at 11 o'clock for te Molly Gann Cemetery, where the funeral serivces will be held ans will be in charge of Rev. J.M. Green, an old friend of the deceased.
Was a Pioneer, Nathan Gann was one first the pioneer settlers of Polk County, coming to Arkansas over forty years ago and locating in the Potter neighborhood, where he resided continuously, except for a period of a few years when he lived in Mena. While in Mena he was engaged in the general mercantile business and served thje city as alderman. At the time of his death he was a member of the Confederate Pension Board of Polk County.
He was a good citizen and a splended neighbor and friend. He was Born in one Carolinas in the year 1841. From there the family moved to Alabama, from which state Mr. Gann served in the Civil War in a company under the command of a brother of John H. Hamilton of this city. He was Married in Alabama oon after the close of the war to Mary Hughes, who died at Potter November 16,1913. From Alabama the family moved to Tennessee, thence to Texas and from there to Polk County, Coming here about 1870. He is survived by Three Sons, Rufus, James, and Frank, the two former living in Dustin and Talihina,Ok., and the latter near Potter. His Daughter, Mrs. J.F. Garrett died September 8,1914. Three brothers Frank Gann of near Potter, and Uilliam and John Gann of Oklahoma also survive him. Cemetery Book List: Nathan A. Gann b. Aug 27,1844, d. Jan 26,1915. Buried Mollie Gann Cemetery.
From there they moved to Hardin County, Tennessee and in 1869 to Cook County, Texas, and then to Polk County, Arkansas in the later part of the same year. The father has always followed farming and for fifteen years was engaged in merchandising at which he was very sucessful. He is a Mason, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, being clerk in the same, and is a Democrat in politics. Of his children, William A. is a farmer in Archer County, Texas; Melissa is the wife of J. B. Greene of this county, John D. is a farmer of this county and Hiram F, is also in this county.
Nathan A. Gann received a good practical education in his youth and in 1862 joined the Fourth Mississippi Cavalry. Eighteen months later he joined Pierce's Battalion and was lieutenant until cessation of hostilities. He was in the battle of Thompson's Station in Middle Tennesse, and was very seriously wounded by a bullet which entered just under the left collar bone and passed clear through. His recovery was considered a miracle. He served in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.
After the war he commenced working for himself as a farmer and after residing in Alabama, Tennesse, and Texas, he came to Arkansas in 1869. Locating in Polk County, on Two Mile Creek, where he bought a claim. Later he sold this and settled at Eagle Hill, where he has 600 acres with good houses and outbuildings on the same. He owns another tract of 200 acres south of his present residence.
He has been in the mercantile business most of the time for the last twelve years and was postmaster at Eagle Hill for five years. On March 17, 1864 he was married to Miss Mary E. Hughes of Alabama, a native of Marion County of that state, born in 1842. By this union they have five children; John R. (farmning with his father), James H. (also at home), Celia Melissa, Nathan F., and Mary, who is usually called Mollie. Two children are deceased; William H. and Laura L.
Mr. and Mrs. Gann are members of the Missionary Baptist Church and in his political views the former is strictly Democratic.
Western Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs, published 1891
Nathan Gann is Killed By Train. Was walking on Trestle
Near Home a Short Distance Below Potter When Killed. Was Pioneer of Polk County.
Passenger train No.4, northbound, in charge of Conductor Dobson and Engineer Beateman, due in Mena at 4:10 p.m., but about an hour late Tuesday, struck and instantly killed Uncle Nathan Gann on the trestle across Two mile Creek, just south of Potter.
It seems that Mr. Gann has been in the habit of crossing this trestle daily in going to and from the home of his son-in-law, J.F. Garrett, where he is making his home, to his own home, which is located just north of the trestle. Tuesday he had been to Potter, on his return stopped at his own home to do chores, and proceeded across the trestle on his way to Mr. Garrett's home. He had gotten almost across the bridge when the engine struck him, knocking him ovr the embankment to the edge of the creek, a distance of thrity or forty feet. There is a curve in the track at the point an the supposition is that the trainmen did not see Mr. Gann until they were almost upon him, and yet the train was stopped before all the cars passed over the trestle. It is likely, too, that Mr. Gann, on account of the infirmities of age and the heavy atmosphere, did not hear the approach of the train. When the train was stopped and the trainmen and passengers had reached the body, it was found by Dr. F.A. Lee, who was a passenger on the train, that all life was extinct.
Hurried examination revealed that his left cheek bone was crushed, his skull fractured, and the bones in his left arm and leg broken. The body was carried to the home of Mr. Garrett.Arrangements are being made to hold the funeral Thursday, starting from the Garrett home at 11 o'clock for te Molly Gann Cemetery, where the funeral serivces will be held ans will be in charge of Rev. J.M. Green, an old friend of the deceased.
Was a Pioneer, Nathan Gann was one first the pioneer settlers of Polk County, coming to Arkansas over forty years ago and locating in the Potter neighborhood, where he resided continuously, except for a period of a few years when he lived in Mena. While in Mena he was engaged in the general mercantile business and served thje city as alderman. At the time of his death he was a member of the Confederate Pension Board of Polk County.
He was a good citizen and a splended neighbor and friend. He was Born in one Carolinas in the year 1841. From there the family moved to Alabama, from which state Mr. Gann served in the Civil War in a company under the command of a brother of John H. Hamilton of this city. He was Married in Alabama oon after the close of the war to Mary Hughes, who died at Potter November 16,1913. From Alabama the family moved to Tennessee, thence to Texas and from there to Polk County, Coming here about 1870. He is survived by Three Sons, Rufus, James, and Frank, the two former living in Dustin and Talihina,Ok., and the latter near Potter. His Daughter, Mrs. J.F. Garrett died September 8,1914. Three brothers Frank Gann of near Potter, and Uilliam and John Gann of Oklahoma also survive him. Cemetery Book List: Nathan A. Gann b. Aug 27,1844, d. Jan 26,1915. Buried Mollie Gann Cemetery.
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