Abagail G Gadberry

27 December 1827–3 June 1904 (Age 76)
Roane, Tennessee, United States

The Life of Abagail G

When Abagail G Gadberry was born on 27 December 1827, in Roane, Tennessee, United States, her father, Greenberry Gadberry, was 42 and her mother, Joanna Lloyd, was 40. She married Laban McGahan on 8 December 1848. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 4, Russell, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 3, Russell, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 3 June 1904, in Jabez, Russell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Jabez, Russell, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Laban McGahan
1829–1912
Abagail G Gadberry
1827–1904
Marriage: 8 December 1848
Sarah Ann McGahan
1849–1895
John W. McGahan
1851–1852
Mary Worth McGahan
1852–1934
Nancy Jane McGahan
1852–1957
Elizabeth Ellen McGahan
1856–1880
George A.C. McGahan
1859–1934
Berryman Hale McGahan
1861–1937
James Thomas Mc Gahan
1862–1939
Henry Sherman McGahan
1866–1926
Roland V McGahan
1869–1945
William Stillman McGahan
1871–1924
Sheridan McGahan
1876–1973
Jesse B. McGahan
1879–1896

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
8 December 1848
, Russell, Kentucky, USA
children

(13)

    Sarah Ann McGahan

    Female1849–1895Female

    John W. McGahan

    Male1851–1852Male

    Mary Worth McGahan

    Female1852–1934Female

    Nancy Jane McGahan

    Female1852–1957Female

    Elizabeth Ellen McGahan

    Female1856–1880Female

+8 More Children

Parents and Siblings

    Greenberry Gadberry

    Male1785–1870Male

    Joanna Lloyd

    Female1787–1893Female

siblings

(8)

    Mary Polly Gadberry

    Female1810–1890Female

    James A. Gadberry

    Male1812–1900Male

    William S Gadberry

    Male1812–1860Male

    Andrew Jackson Gadberry Sr

    Male1816–1902Male

    Nathaniel Gadberry

    Male1820–Male

+3 More Children

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 3

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built

Age 8

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.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh

Age 35

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

Variant of English Gadbury .

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Abagail McGahan in household of Laban McGahan, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Abagil Mc Guhan in household of Laben Mc Guhan, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Abbigal Mcgahany in household of Laban Mcgahany, "United States Census, 1900"

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