David Gander

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• Alternate birth: 10 Oct 1800, Shenandoah County, Virginia
• Alternate birth: 1801, Virginia

Notes:

From Charles Gander (citation details below):

It has been reported that David and his brother George walked from the neighborhood of Capon Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia), to Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1827. George, who had migrated to Ohio in 1814, evidently had returned to Virginia to guide his younger brother and his small family to the Ohio frontier. David had been the last of the known male descendants of his grandfather Peter Gander to move from the Valley of Virginia to Ohio. Construction on the National Road in Ohio (now U.S. route 40) had begun only two years earlier. Although all of the roads followed by David on his journey to Zanesville were unpaved and especially difficult when wet, the Ohio segment along Zanes Trace still was only a little better than a path through forests beaten down by men and animals; most fordable streams were unbridged. David had a dog that also accompanied the family to Ohio, but shortly after arriving in Muskingum County, the dog decided to leave. He swam the Ohio River and when he arrived back in the former neighborhood in Virginia, his paws were raw. He was taken over and cared for by one of David's former neighbors. […]

In July of 1863, the Confederate forces under General John Morgan made a raid into southern Ohio, advancing the farthest north of any Confederate force during the Civil War. Warned of this raid, David and his youngest son, David Cross, hid almost all of their horses in a bush-covered gully. Two of David's other sons were away serving in the Union Army. The Confederate forces came through the farm, took the one unhidden horse and some food and proceeded further north. The horse was never returned.

When about 43 years of age, David was converted (possibly from Baptist or Reformed beliefs) and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is listed as one of the "early members" of the Bethel M.E. Church.

David married Rachael Shull on 26 Dec 1822 in Frederick County, Virginia. Rachael (daughter of Jonathan Shull and Margaret Whissen) was born on 16 Jan 1803 in Virginia; died on 18 Sep 1869 in Guernsey County, Ohio; was buried in Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Bluebell, Guernsey, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1845, Ohio

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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.

David married Rhoda Moore on 1 Nov 1868 in Guernsey County, Ohio. Rhoda (daughter of Isaac Moore and Elizabeth Hickle) was born on 16 May 1848 in Opperman, Guernsey, Ohio; died on 28 Apr 1894 in Byesville, Guernsey, Ohio; was buried in Bethel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Bluebell, Guernsey, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 23 Jul 1961, Mt. Vernon, Knox, Ohio

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Said to have been a locomotive engineer for the B&O Railroad.

Wilbur married Anna Minto on 4 Nov 1891 in Guernsey County, Ohio. Anna (daughter of William Minto and Ann Bone) was born on 14 May 1869 in Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio; died on 9 Sep 1941 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Basil married Marion Gertrude Roeser on 19 Jul 1925 in Licking County, Ohio. Marion (daughter of Ulrich Fredrik Roeser and Katherine Bausch) was born on 12 Aug 1900 in Newark, Licking, Ohio; died on 2 Nov 1976 in Newark, Licking, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marion married Richard Allen Meacham on 1 Oct 1949 in Licking County, Ohio. Richard (son of Ralph Ancil Meacham and Clara Elizabeth Walker) was born on 28 Sep 1923 in Utica, Licking, Ohio; died on 29 Apr 2011 in Ft. Myers, Lee, Florida; was buried in Wilson Cemetery, Newark, Licking, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beth married Tappan Wright King on 13 Oct 1978 in New York City. Tappan (son of Lowell King and Phyllis Wright) was born on 10 Sep 1950 in Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]