When John David Gist was born in March 1859, in Franklin, Alabama, United States, his father, James Gist, was 40 and his mother, Susannah Durbin, was 36. He married Julia C. Hearn on 13 December 1889, in Colbert, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Allsboro, Colbert, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 21 March 1940, in Cherokee, Colbert, Alabama, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cherokee, Colbert, Alabama, United States.
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1861: Colbert, Alabama, United States
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English (Devon and Cornwall): nickname from Middle English giste, which could denote a supporting timber or joist, or (in Cornwall) a beam of any kind. The surname possibly denotes a strong, well-built individual.
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