PBSCV1599
Gen. James Patton Anderson Camp 1599
Celebrating 30 Years 1992 - 2022
THE GILL FAMILY
WILLIAM ALEXANDER "BILLY BUDD" GILL
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FRANCES ROZELLA "FANNIE" GARLINGTON
A TEXAS FAMILY GOES TO BRAZIL
PARENTS & FOREBEARS
PARENTS & FOREBEARS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
APPARENTLY DIED YOUNG. NOT ON 1850 CENSUS
MARRIED WHITFIELD "PONY" SCOTT
SHOT AND MURDERED AGE 18
NO FURTHER INFORMATION
MARRIED WILLIAM GRAY GARRETT
APPARENTLY DIED YOUNG. NOT ON 1860 CENSUS
DIED OF FLUX AT AGE 13
NO FURTHER INFORMATION
MARRIED ARMITAGE T. OAKLEY
MARRIED PHILLIP JAMES STEPHENSON
Albert G. Gowan, first child of Ebenezer Jahue Gowan and Louisa E. Carr Gowan, was born December 30, 1860 at Sylvarena, Mississippi. He removed with his father’s family about 1877 to Blooming Grove.
On January 1, 1888, he was married to Miss S. Emma Beaubieu, age 15, of Navarro County who was born in 1873. In 1889 they received a deed to land located 17 miles northwest of Comanche, Texas, according to Comanche County Deed Book 28, page 250.
On December 17, 1789, they received a release from B. F. Clark on 40 acres of land, according to Comanche County Deed Book 28, page 252. On June 24, 1890, Albert G. Gowan and S. Emma Beaubieu Gowan “of DeLeon, Texas” sold the 40 acres to to J. W. Pittman for $165, according to Comanche County Deed Book 29, page 261.
On August 5, 1890 Albert G. Gowan received a deed to Lots 1, 3 and 4, Block 13 in DeLeon from Texas Central Railway Company, according to Comanche County Deed Book 41, pages 196-198. They sold Lot 4, Block 13 to J. T. Warren for $40, according to Comanche County Deed Book 41, page 195. They also gave a warranty deed to J. R. McAdams December 13, 1890, according to Comanche County Deed Book 41, page 199. In 1890 Albert G. Gowan was described as an “inventor and house builder.”
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Emma Beaubieu Gowan died about the end of 1890, perhaps in childbirth. A son, unnamed, was born to her December 20, 1890 and died the same day.
Albert G. Goway was married second to Mrs. Naomi Lee Dossett Gill, probably in Shackelford County, Texas August 20, 1891. She was born in Kentucky in August 1869.
Albert G. Gowan purchased 99 acres of land from Mrs. S. F. Harbin, “a feme sole of Dublin, Texas,” according to Comanche CountyDeed Book 53, page 155. He paid $450 for the farm.
Albert G. Gowan appeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Comanche County, Enumeration District 27, page 11:
“Gowan, A. G. 40, born in MS in December
1860
Lee 30, born in KY in August 1869
Carrie 8, born in TX in July 1892
Victor 5, born in TX in September
1894
Benjamin 2, born in TX in June 1897”
Albert G. Gowan and NaomI Lee Dossett Gill gave a warranty deed to M. G. Gaines October 17, 1901 to the Harbin land, according to Comanche County Deed Book 53, page 156. He received an affidavit Aujgust 25, 1915 from Fleet Gill attesting to this transaction, according to Comanche County Deed Book 103, page 374.
About 1902, Albert G. Gowan removed to Eastland County, Texas where he resumed farming.
Albert G. Gowan gave a release to property in Dallas County, Texas to Henry Schaerdel January 14, 1927, according to Dallas County Deed Book 1420, page 59.
Albert G. Gowan died July 10, 1927 at Dallas, according to BVS File 22794. He was buried in the DeLeon Cemetery.
On January 20, 1939 Naomi Lee Dossett Gill Gowan sold a lot in Waxahachie, Texas to her son-in-law, Frank Sailing and his wife, Carrie Louise Gowan Sailing, according to Ellis County Deed Book 341, page 346. She gave them a release on the vendor’s lein February 19, 1942. At that time, she lived at 2201 Taft, Ft. Worth, Texas. By 1952, she had returned to Comanche, Texas.
She died September 21, 1959 in Dallas, according to BVS File 49000.
Children born to Albert G. Gowan and Naomi Lee Dossett Gill include:
Carrie Louise Gowan born July 4, 1892
Victor Thomas Gowan born September 2, 1894
Ben Cecil Gowan born June 21, 1897
Albert G. Gowan, Jr. born about 1898
Rufus James Gowan born October 11, 1900
Carr Gowan born July 22, 1903
Vyda Lee Gowen born May 2, 1905
Golder Gotch Gowan born July 7, 1907
Warren Gowan born September 3, 1909
Carrie Louise Gowan, daughter of Albert G. Gowan and Naomi Lee Dossett Gill, was born July 4, 1892, according to Comanche County Birth Book 20, page 434. She was married about 1910, husband’s, name Davis. Later she was remarried to DeWitt Travis.
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Agee M Gowan
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BIRTH 8 Dec 1859 Sylvarena, Smith County, Mississippi, USA
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DEATH 10 Jul 1927 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
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BURIAL DeLeon Cemetery De Leon, Comanche County, Texas, USA
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PLOT Section B6
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MEMORIAL ID 21565547
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Naomi Lee Dossett Gowan
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BIRTH 10 Aug 1869
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DEATH 4 Sep 1959
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BURIAL DeLeon Cemetery De Leon, Comanche County, Texas, USA
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PLOT Section B6
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MEMORIAL ID 21565565