David Cross Gander

1844 - 1914  (69 years)

• Name	David Cross Gander  [1, 2]
  Birth	30 Jun 1844	Spencer Township, Guernsey County, Ohio   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1845	Ohio   [9]
  Death	3 Jan 1914	Byesville, Guernsey, Ohio   [7, 8, 10]
  Burial	Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Bluebell, Guernsey, Ohio   [7, 8, 10]
  Person ID	I26007	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of BAM
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	David Gander,   b. 10 Oct 1800, Frederick County, Virginia d. 18 Jun 1871, Spencer Township, Guernsey County, Ohio (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Rachael Shull,   b. 16 Jan 1803, Virginia d. 18 Sep 1869, Guernsey County, Ohio (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1822	Frederick County, Virginia   [8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Notes	Married by John B. Tilden, the same justice of the peace from Stephens City, Virginia, that married Rachael's older sister Catherine to David's older brother John almost a year earlier. "Neither Gander brother resided in. Page Co., Va., as stated in the Scholl, Sholl, Shull Genealogy." ["Jonathan Shull (Sholl) / Margaret Whissen Biography", citation details below]
  Family ID	F15569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Moore,   b. 16 May 1848, Opperman, Guernsey, Ohio d. 28 Apr 1894, Byesville, Guernsey, Ohio (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1868	Guernsey County, Ohio   [7, 8, 17, 18]
  Children	+ 1. Wilbur Grant Gaunder,   b. 19 Sep 1869, Guernsey County, Ohio d. 23 Jul 1960, Mt. Vernon, Knox, Ohio (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F15567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Civil War, 172nd Regiment, Ohio (National Guard). Private, Company C. Enlisted 1 May 1864 (or, according to Charles Gander, 27 Apr 1864), mustered out 3 Sep 1864 at Gallipolis, Ohio. He and his family moved to Kansas on 1 Nov 1885, but due to Rhoda's poor health, they returned to Guernsey County on 1 Sep 1886. He died of complications of epilepsy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3312] Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962, on ancestry.com. [S3542] "Isaac Moore / Elizabeth Hickle Biography", posted to ancestry.com by Charles Harrison Gander, 22 Feb 2017. Cites several genealogical works by him to us, including The Ancestral History of Thelma E. Adair and The Ancestral History of Barbara (Weber/Weaver) Gander. [S3391] Find a Grave page for David Cross Gander., date, county, and state only. [S2849] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, on ancestry.com., year only. [S4269] Spaid Genealogy, from the First of the Name in This Country to the Present Time by Abraham Thompson Secrest. Columbus, Ohio: 1922., date only. [S4275] "David Gander / Rachel Shull Biography", posted to ancestry.com by Charles Harrison Gander, 3 Dec 2016. Cites his The History and Genealogy of the Gander Families (1987)., date, county, and state only. [S4276] "David Cross Gander / Rhoda Moore Biography", posted to ancestry.com by Charles Harrison Gander, 3 Dec 2016. Cites his The History and Genealogy of the Gander Families (1987). [S6676] The History and Genealogy of the Gander Families by Charles Harrison Gander. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1987. [S2231] 1870 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S3391] Find a Grave page for David Cross Gander. [S3394] Find a Grave page for Rachel/Rachael Shull Gander. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com., year and state only. [S3397] Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, on ancestry.com. [S4272] Scholl, Sholl, Shull Genealogy by John William Scholl. New York: The Grafton Press, 1930. [S4274] "Jonathan Shull (Sholl) / Margaret Whissen Biography", posted to ancestry.com by Charles Harrison Gander, 31 Jan 2017. Cites several works by him unavailable to us, including The Ancestral History of Thelma E. Adair and The Ancestral History of Barbara (Weber/Weaver) Gander. [S4275] "David Gander / Rachel Shull Biography", posted to ancestry.com by Charles Harrison Gander, 3 Dec 2016. Cites his The History and Genealogy of the Gander Families (1987). [S2849] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, on ancestry.com. [S3392] Find a Grave page for Rhoda Moore Gander., year only.