Sarah Gann

1838 - 1910  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Sarah Gann
  Nickname	Sallie
  Born	Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Jan 1910	Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Buried	Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I2692	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Alfred Gann
  Mother	Susanna
  Family ID	F1312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miles Pinckney Penney,   b. Virginia ,   d. 25 Dec 1877, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1852	Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Christopher Columbus Penney,   b. 17 Oct 1854, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Apr 1937, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years)   2. William P. Penney,   b. Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Apr 1918, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 60 years)   3. Sarah Elizabeth Penney,   b. Hamilton County, Tennessee   4. James Thomas Penney,   b. Hamilton County, Tennessee   5. Margaret Penney,   b. 2 Nov 1869, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Oct 1939, Alabama  (Age 69 years)   6. Joseph Joe Penney,   b. 26 Jul 1873, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Dec 1954, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 81 years)   7. John P. Penney,   b. 23 Mar 1877, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jan 1962, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F1311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From her Widow's Pension Application, Pension Certificate Number292,798, for Sarah (Sallie) Penney: 19 August 1890. Her statement isthat she was married to Miles P. Penney on 20 August 1852 by Daniel S.Jones at "My Sister's" (?) Jeffeson Gann's Home. Another statement byElisha Gann (Sallie's first cousin), age 63, states that he waspersonally present when the rites of matrimony were solemnized betweenthem and an eyewitness to the ceremony. He was chosen and acted in thecapacity of one of the waiters of the occasion, and that they weremarried at Jefferson Gann's. Other statements by A. H. Levi and JacobBarnes, who were 55 and 75 years of age, state that Sallie has no meansof support through he daily labor, and that her husband Miles P. Penneywas no doubt accidentally drowned on 25 December 1877 while crossingClifts Mill Dam in a boat. Later statements in this file by John JosephPenney youngest son of Miles and Sallie Penney attests to the death ofhis mother on 27 January, 1910. Sallie also states that her husband's(MILES) first wife is dead. Sallie died on 27 January 1910 and should be buried next to Miles atthe Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee, but thereis no marker. Evan Penney says that she is buried on the right ofChristopher Columbus Penney, again there is no marker. Sallie's brother Russell Gann was married to Caroline M. Becknell, afull blooded Cherokee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S187] 1850 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).