Andrew's parents got married on 6 Nov. 1878 in Tennessee (1).
In 1900, our Andrew lived with his parents and siblings in Civil District 14 of Sumner County, Tennessee (2). His father was a farmer.
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| Andrew Ewing Gant |
Andrew E Gant
United States Census, 1900
Name: Andrew E Gant
Event: Type Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Civil District 14, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: W
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Date: Nov 1890
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household
Andrew E Gant. Head, Male, age 42, born Tennessee
Maggie A Gant, Wife, Female, age 41, born Tennessee
Andrew E Gant, Son, M, 10, born Tennessee
Georgie Gant, Daughter, F, age 7, born Tennessee
Pearlie Gant, Daughter, F, age 4, born Tennessee
John H Gant, Son, M, age 2, born Tennessee
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| Andrew Ewing, his wife Martha Ann and their children |
When our cousin was 20, he married (3) Miss Lena C. Hudson (b. 1892 in Kentucky). She was the daughter of Mr. Thomas W. and Martha Hudson.
The young couple settled at RFD #3 in Fountain Head, Tennessee, where Andrew ran a farm. On the WW1 draft registration card, Andrew wrote his middle name as "Eyngen". Maybe it is just a spelling error? The same WW1 document informs also that cousin Andrew was a medium height man, he had brown eyes and black hair (4).
Anyhow, as later official records show, his closest relatives called him Genie. He and Lena had 6 children. The Census of 1930 recorded the family in District 11 of Robertson County, Tennessee (5).
Andrew E Gant
United States Census, 1930
Name: Andrew E Gant
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 11, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 7
Household
Andrew E Gant, Head, Male, age 40, born Tennessee
Lena K Gant, Wife, Female, age 38, born Kentucky
Beatrice Gant, Daughter, F, age 19, born Tennessee
Cecil V Gant, Son, Male, age 16, born Tennessee
William C Gant, Son, Male, age 14, born Tennessee
Margret L Gant, Daughter, Female, age 8, born Tennessee
Robert E Gant, Son, Male, age 7, born Tennessee
Eva K Gant, Daughter, Female, age 2, born Tennessee
Andrew Eugene, wife Lena and their children. There is a family story connected with the picture - it was taken to commemorate and celebrate "the greatest tobacco crop in Robertson County"* (it was probably around 1932).
The children:
Beatrice (b. 27 June 1910) married Mr. James Ray West on 26 Dec. 1932 (6).
Cecil Vernon (b. 1913) married Miss Eva Trogden on 21 April 1935 (7,8).
William Claude (b. 1 Feb. 1916). More about him here.
Margaret Louise Gant (b. 18 June 1921) married Mr. Harold C. Swann. He died on 14 July 1951.
Margaret remarried on 14 Jan. 1956 (in Cheatham, TN). Her second spouse was Pat Boyles (9).
Robert Edward (b. 1923) married Miss Floriene Onolee Fillmore (born in 1922) on 23 Nov. 1943 (10).
Eva Catherine (b. 8 May 1927) married Mr. Melvin T Chandler on 4 August 1948.
Andrew Eugene's wife Lena passed in 1964. He died four years later, in Dec. 1970 in White House, Robertson, Tennessee (11).
Andrew Eugene's grandparents
Jonathan Mason Gant (b. 1830, Orange, North Carolina/d. about 1880, Sumner, NC), our 1st cousin 3 times removed, married (12,13) Zelphea A Dorris (b. about 1831, Tennessee). It happened on 6 August 1850 in Sumner, Tennessee.
UPDATE:
Information provided by Holly Devaser, great-granddaughter of Andrew Eugene Gant:
"According to our research, Andrew Ewing Gant married Martha Durham on November 6, 1878, and they had one son, Henry Gant, born 1879. However, the trail goes cold from there for both Martha and Henry. It is assumed they both died. Then Andrew Ewing married Margaret (“Maggie”) Pardue [Woodward] on March 22, 1884. [My mother and I visited the archives in Sumner County, Tennessee in approximately 2010 and viewed the marriage certificate in microfiche. However, I cannot place my hands on it at the moment. I’ll keep looking and if you’re interested, I can send it to you.] She brought with her one son, James Woodward, born 1879 (his father died in 1880). With Maggie, Andrew Ewing had five children: Andrew Eugene (“Genie”), Georgia (“Georgie”), Pearl (“Pearlie”), John F., and Brodie as you have listed from the 1900 census on your page."
About the family photo (see above):
"This photograph was taken approximately 1910-1911. The back row (l to r): James Woodward, Effie Hudson Woodward, Andrew Eugene Gant, Lena Catherine Hudson Gant.
The front row: Andrew Ewing Gant, Brodie Gant, Maggie Pardue Woodward Gant, Beatrice Gant West. We know that this picture is approximately 1910, as the baby in the photograph is my grandmother, Beatrice Gant, who was born June 27, 1910".
Thank you Holly for all the details!
1. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-P4LT : 22 December 2016), A E Gant and M A Durham, 06 Nov 1878; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,856.
2. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZX-956 : accessed 23 May 2019), Andrew E Gant, Civil District 14, Sumner, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 4A, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,601.
3. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-5WWK : 22 December 2016), Eugenie Gant and Lena Hudson, 28 Nov 1908; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,870.
4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ65-QBP : 13 March 2018), Andrew Eyrigen Gant, 1917-1918; citing Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,695.
5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQY-J1Z : accessed 23 May 2019), Andrew E Gant, District 11, Robertson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 7B, line 72, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2270; FHL microfilm 2,342,004.
6. "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNX6-FY8 : 4 December 2014), Ray West and Beatrice Gant, 26 Dec 1932; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. , Robertson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
7. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK41-1KC2 : 6 November 2017), Cecil Vernon Gant and Eva Trogden, 16 Apr 1935; citing Robertson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,223,671.
8. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK41-1KCG : 6 November 2017), Cecil Vernon Gant and Eva Trogden, 21 Apr 1935; citing Robertson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,223,671.
9. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ73-3VH : 6 November 2017), Pat Boyles and Margaret Louise Swann, 14 Jan 1956; citing Cheatham, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 494, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,012,091.
10. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZWF-QCQ : 3 November 2017), Robert E Gant and Floriene Onolee Fillmore, 23 Nov 1943; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 70214, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,074,413.
11. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1NC-23N : 20 May 2014), Genie Gant, Dec 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
12. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-GN4P : 22 December 2016), Jonathan M Gant and Zelphea A Dorris, 06 Aug 1850; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,850.
13. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-GN4L : 22 December 2016), Jonathan M Gant and Zelphea A Dorris, 06 Aug 1850; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,850.
*Photos: Courtesy of Mr. Bob G.
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