Harris Gammon

Harris Gammon was the father of Elisabeth Gammon Nash, the grandfather of Emaline “Emma” Nash Carson, the great grandfather of Mary E. Carson Wyant and the great great grandfather of Bessie Ethel Wyant, my grandmother.

He was born on September 9, 1811 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. He died on October 15, 1831 in Orange County, Indiana. He was just 20 years old.

He married Margaret Krutsinger on January 28, 1830.

In the 1830 census of Orange County, Indiana, we have 1 male and 1 female, both aged 15-19.

They had two children:

James Mathew, born 1830
Elizabeth was born April 15, 1832, after her father died.

He was buried at the McElyea Nail Cemetery in Orange County, Indiana.