Elizabeth Gammon was the mother of Emaline Nash Carson, the grandmother of Mary Elizabeth Carson Wyant and the great grandmother of Bessie Ethel Wyant Wellons, my grandmother.
She was born after her father Harris Gammon’s death on April 15, 1832 in Orange County, Indiana.
Her parents were Harris Gammon (1811-1831) and Margaret Krutsinger (1812-1894). Her step-father was John L. McCarty.
She married Pleasant Riley Nash on August 12, 1850 in Orange County, Indiana.
Their oldest of 7 children, Emaline Nash, was born in December of 1853.
See Pleasant Riley Nash article for census reports showing their movement from Indiana to Clay County, near Xenia, in Illinois.
She died on January 17, 1865 near Xenia in Clay County, Illinois. She was just 33 years old. She is buried in the Stipp Cemetery in Clay County, Illinois.
Elizabeth’s mother married John L. McCarty on January 18, 1834, before Elizabeth’s 2nd birthday.
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