Freeman Madison Gass

Brief Life History of Freeman Madison

When Freeman Madison Gass was born in February 1821, in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, James T. Gass, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Betsey Van Dyke, was 25. He married Penirah Randles in 1849, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Civil District 2, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1900. He died after 1 June 1900, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, and was buried in Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Freeman Madison Gass
1821–1900
Penirah Randles
1826–1897
Marriage: 1849
Elizabeth Jane Gass
1851–
Mary Penelope "Neppie" Gass
1853–1940
Nancy A Gass
1858–1936
Penirah Tennessee Gass
1859–1943
Florida Lutitia Gass
1861–1934
William Powell Gass
1863–1951
Martha Emma Gass
1867–1939
Jerome Madison Gass
1876–1967

Sources (12)

  • Freeman M Gufs, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Freeman M. Gass - Government record: birth-name: Freeman Madison Gass
  • Freeman Madison Gass, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (2)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

South German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in a street in a city, town, or village, Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, Yiddish gas ‘street, side street’.

Altered form of German Gast .

Scottish (southwestern): habitational name from Gasse (Kirkcudbrights).

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

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