Margaret Catherine Gann

Brief Life History of Margaret Catherine

When Margaret Catherine Gann was born on 28 March 1841, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Adam Alfred Gann, was 22 and her mother, Jane Susanna La Follette, was 22. She married Rufus Leroy Been on 6 September 1861, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Wileys Cove Township, Searcy, Arkansas, United States in 1870 and Bates Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 July 1902, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Greenwood, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rufus Leroy Been
1840–1927
Margaret Catherine Gann
1841–1902
Marriage: 6 September 1861
Susanna Jane Been
1862–1942
Been
1864–1870
Martha Melissa "Mattie" Been
1866–1942
James Hazzard Been
1868–1902
Laura Rains Been
1871–1871
William Lee Been
1872–1928
Hugh Nathaniel Been
1875–1963
John Armenious Been
1878–1961
Margrett Esther Been
1880–1913
Alford Houston Been
1884–1900

Sources (7)

  • Margaret C Bun in household of Rufus L Bun, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Margaret Catherine Gann Been, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Public Member Trees

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened form of McGann , from Mag Gana.

German: from the personal name Gano, or, in Austria, a short form of Candidus, a personal name from Latin candidus ‘bright, white, clear, beautiful’ (see Kann ).

German: topographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree, Middle High German gant.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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