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John Lavander Gawf

John Lavander Gawf[1]

Male Abt 1840 - 1910  (70 years)

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  • Name John Lavander Gawf  [2, 3] 
    Birth Abt 1840  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Aug 1910  Sharp, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    Burial Sharp, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    Mary Ann "Polly" Doss,   b. 10 Jul 1819, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1896  (Age 76 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I12386  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father GEORGE Washington Gawf,   b. 1818, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1904, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann "Polly" Doss,   b. 10 Jul 1819, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1896 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 23 Feb 1840  Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabell Maxwell,   b. Oct 1865, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1895  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Callie Maxwell,   b. 1892, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. George Gawf,   b. Oct 1896, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Charles Franklin Gawf,   b. 24 Jun 1897, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1968, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    ▻ Opal Decker  m. 5 Aug 1932

    ▻ Opal Decker  m. 5 Aug 1932
     4. Christopher Columbus Gawf,   b. Aug 1899, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1973 (Age 74 years)
    ▻ Lois Cherry  m. 26 Dec 1927

    ▻ Lois Cherry  m. 26 Dec 1927
     5. Tisha V. Gawf,   b. 1901, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Polly A. Gawf,   b. Abt 1903, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family 2 Margaret Catherine Johnson,   b. Abt 1845, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1895, Sharp, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1867  Sharp, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. William Washington Gawf,   b. Abt 1868, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1956, Eufaula, McIntosh, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    ▻ Leddia Catherine Fletcher  m. 10 Oct 1889

    ▻ Leddia Catherine Fletcher  m. 10 Oct 1889
     2. Mary Ann Rebecca Gawf,   b. Abt 1871, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1967, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    ▻ James Robert Payne  m. 5 May 1891

    ▻ James Robert Payne  m. 5 May 1891
     3. Jehue L. Gawf,   b. Abt 1872, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1892, Sharp, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     4. John Henry Gawf,   b. Abt 1875, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1965 (Age 90 years)

     5. Betty Catherine Gawf,   b. 13 Sep 1876, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1986, Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 109 years)

     6. James Monroe Gawf,   b. Abt 1880, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1950, Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    ▻ Stella Allen  m. 20 Dec 1908

    ▻ Stella Allen  m. 20 Dec 1908
     7. Thomas J. Gawf,   b. 19 Nov 1881   d. 19 Nov 1881 (Age 0 years)
     8. Samuel Newton Gawf,   b. Apr 1883, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Lee Roscoe Maxwell,   b. 7 Jan 1885, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. Dora May Gawf,   b. Oct 1886, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F3703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • next door to father 1880 Census Place: Washington, Sharp, Arkansas Source: FHL Film 1254057 Nt'l Archives Film T9-0057 Page 111B
      Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
      John L. GAWF Self M/M W 40 TN Occ:Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN
      Margret GAWF Wife F/M W 35 TN Occ:Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
      William W. GAWF Son M/S W 12 AR Occ:Works On Farm Fa: TN Mo: TN
      John L. GAWF Son M/S W 8 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN
      Mary A. GAWF Dau F/S W 9 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN
      John H. GAWF Son M/S W 5 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN
      Catherine GAWF Dau F/S W 3 AR Fa: TN Mo: TN
      James N. GAWF Son M/S W 4M AR Fa: TN Mo: TN

      Per Jean GAWFs research: John enlisted in camp near Little Rock, Arkansas, March 5, 1863; reported as a deserter, March 5, 1863, and dropped from the rolls 1863; formerly served in the 14th (Powers') Arkansas Infantry. GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF N.E. ARKANSAS, SHARP COUNTY. John L. Gawf is a well-to-do farmer of Washington Township, and grandson of Edmond Gawf, of North Carolina, who died in Tennessee. John's father, George W. Gawf, was born in Tennessee, in 1818, and went when a boy with his parents to Tennessee, where he married. He was a farmer, and in 1852 he went to Carroll County, Ark., and to Sharp County in 1864, where he is still living. He is of Dutch descent. His wife was Mary A. Doss, born in 1819, by whom he had eight children, six of whom are living: William, James P., Margaret Stoddard, Mary Ann Montgomery, Jerusha Shaw, and John L., the subject of this sketch, the eldest, who was born in Henderson County, Tenn., December 25, 1840; he was raised until eleven years of age in Tennessee, where he received part of his schooling, and the remainder in Sharp County. In 1867 he married Miss Margaret C. Johnson, who was born in Tennessee, Knox County, in 1847, and whose father was Jahue Johnson, a Baptist minister, and old citizen of Sharp County, where he now resides, and whose mother was Rebecca Johnson. Margaret is the mother of nine children, eight of whom are living: William W., Mary A. R., Jehu L., John H., Catherine E., James M., Samuel N. and Dora B. Mr. Gawf has a farm of 280 acres, on which he has resided since 1870, 150 acres of which are cultivated. He served in the Confederate Army, in Company G, Fourteenth Arkansas Regiment, in the battles of Pea Ridge (Ark.), Corinth and Iuka (Miss.), Delhi (La.), and various other skirmishes, and was discharged in 1865. He is a Democrat in politics, and is an influential citizen and well-to-do. His two eldest children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
      1900 Sharp Co., AR, Washington Township
      1910 Sharp Co., AR, Big Rock Township, lists in household step daughter Callie MAXWELL, 18 d sister-in-law Victoria Pery, 43

      Civil War: Name: J. L. Gawf Company: I Unit: 14 (Powers') Arkansas Infantry. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate Notes: Gauff J L

  • Sources 
    1. [S205] Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1922, Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Certificates; Year: Abt 1840.

    2. [S20] Gawf, Jean (Dortha Jean Burnett).

    3. [S90] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current.

    4. [S12] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Sharp, Arkansas; Roll: 57; Family History Film: 1254057; Page: 111B; Enumeration District: 190; Image: 0529.
      Record for John L. Gawf

    5. [S5] Tombstone.

    6. [S24] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Washington, Sharp, Arkansas; Roll: 77; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0116.