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COL Samuel Gwin

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COL Samuel Gwin

Birth
Fountain Head, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Jul 1838 (aged 43–44)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Full Biography of Col. Samuel Gwin available at:
Mississippi Genealogy Trails- Issaquena County Biographies
https://genealogytrails.com/miss/issaquena/bios.html
Obituary:
Death of Samuel Gwin
Col. Samuel Gwin of Mississippi, Cashier of the Union Bank of that State, and formerly receiver of public monies, died suddenly in this city, at the Exchange Hotel, on the evening of the 24th inst. His illness lasted only 3 days. He had been in delicate health for several weeks previous to the last attack. The disease that carried him off was pronounced to be congestive fever, of the most malignant type.---N.O. Com Bulletin
Source: The Weekly Mississippian, Jackson, MS., August 3, 1838, pg. 3
(Note: Congestive Fever is an old medical term for Malaria)
Col. Samuel Gwin was buried on the Springfield Plantation in the Stirling Family Cemetery, in East Baton Rouge, LA. The cemetery and Springfield Plantation no longer exist.
Full Biography of Col. Samuel Gwin available at:
Mississippi Genealogy Trails- Issaquena County Biographies
https://genealogytrails.com/miss/issaquena/bios.html
Obituary:
Death of Samuel Gwin
Col. Samuel Gwin of Mississippi, Cashier of the Union Bank of that State, and formerly receiver of public monies, died suddenly in this city, at the Exchange Hotel, on the evening of the 24th inst. His illness lasted only 3 days. He had been in delicate health for several weeks previous to the last attack. The disease that carried him off was pronounced to be congestive fever, of the most malignant type.---N.O. Com Bulletin
Source: The Weekly Mississippian, Jackson, MS., August 3, 1838, pg. 3
(Note: Congestive Fever is an old medical term for Malaria)
Col. Samuel Gwin was buried on the Springfield Plantation in the Stirling Family Cemetery, in East Baton Rouge, LA. The cemetery and Springfield Plantation no longer exist.

Gravesite Details

The Stirling Cemetery was located on the Springfield Plantation in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196471677/samuel-gwin: accessed ), memorial page for COL Samuel Gwin (1794–25 Jul 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 196471677, citing Stirling Family Cemetery, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by WeSearch2 (contributor 47183126).