Thomas Marion Gasaway, Second Child of Five, First born son of Samuel F. & Elizabeth ( ) Gasaway.
Brother of Lucinda "Lucy" (Tippens), Martha, Edward and William Gassaway.
Husband first to Amelia Bird, father the following children with her:
Nancy Ellen, Samuel J., Louisa Jennie and Millie;
then to Amelia's younger sister Mary C. Bird, father the following children with her:
Ida Mae (Gottberg), Mattie C. (Huggins), David, Levi & Walter Gasaway.
Fought in Civil War, Wounded & Capture at Battles of Yorktown & Gettysburg. Was with his father when he was killed at Yorktown, Virginia, Shot in the head.
Thomas Marion, was listed as son of Samuel Gassaway on the 1850 census in Bandola District, Cobb County, Georgia. Record of the birth of Thomas Marion is extant in the county records at Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia.
Thomas and his father served in Company H, 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Thomas military record shows he was from Walker County, Georgia, and that he enlisted at Ringgold in Catoosa County. He also served a tour of duty in Company H of the 23rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteers.
Thomas's wife Amelia died about 1867 and he married her younger sister Mary, and moved his family from Georgia to Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas by Train in 1870, with other members of the Bird Family. On at least two different occasions Thomas made "runs" into the Oklahoma Territory to work several years at a time in the coal mines near Sallisaw and McAlister.
Following his death, which may have occurred in Oklahoma, his widow Mary was moved by her brother John Bird to Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas. The names of the children of Thomas Marion Gassaway and their respective dates of birth and death were contributed by Nina (Deeter) Ellis.
Members of this family traditionally used the spelling Gasaway for their surname.
(Information from the Book "Genalogical History of the Gassaway Family by William and Anna Rutherford)
Listed on the United States Federal Census of 1850 living in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, as Thomas M. Gassway, at age 9
1870, living in Georgia, as Thomas M. Gasoway, with wife Mary and children, he is at age 29.
Story told to me: while Thomas and his family were living in the McAlester, Oklahoma area, one day he was challenged by a group of men to pick up a barrel of Molasses, and he did. It snap his strength and he passed away not long after.
*"United States Federal Census of 1900 for
Cedar Falls, Conway County, Arkansas we find Mary Gasaway age 55 listed as Widow living with son, Walter at age 18.
Research also listed a date of Death as June 25, 1902. Not sure why the two different dates unless another recorded it wrong."*
Brother of Lucinda "Lucy" (Tippens), Martha, Edward and William Gassaway.
Husband first to Amelia Bird, father the following children with her:
Nancy Ellen, Samuel J., Louisa Jennie and Millie;
then to Amelia's younger sister Mary C. Bird, father the following children with her:
Ida Mae (Gottberg), Mattie C. (Huggins), David, Levi & Walter Gasaway.
Fought in Civil War, Wounded & Capture at Battles of Yorktown & Gettysburg. Was with his father when he was killed at Yorktown, Virginia, Shot in the head.
Thomas Marion, was listed as son of Samuel Gassaway on the 1850 census in Bandola District, Cobb County, Georgia. Record of the birth of Thomas Marion is extant in the county records at Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia.
Thomas and his father served in Company H, 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Thomas military record shows he was from Walker County, Georgia, and that he enlisted at Ringgold in Catoosa County. He also served a tour of duty in Company H of the 23rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteers.
Thomas's wife Amelia died about 1867 and he married her younger sister Mary, and moved his family from Georgia to Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas by Train in 1870, with other members of the Bird Family. On at least two different occasions Thomas made "runs" into the Oklahoma Territory to work several years at a time in the coal mines near Sallisaw and McAlister.
Following his death, which may have occurred in Oklahoma, his widow Mary was moved by her brother John Bird to Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas. The names of the children of Thomas Marion Gassaway and their respective dates of birth and death were contributed by Nina (Deeter) Ellis.
Members of this family traditionally used the spelling Gasaway for their surname.
(Information from the Book "Genalogical History of the Gassaway Family by William and Anna Rutherford)
Listed on the United States Federal Census of 1850 living in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, as Thomas M. Gassway, at age 9
1870, living in Georgia, as Thomas M. Gasoway, with wife Mary and children, he is at age 29.
Story told to me: while Thomas and his family were living in the McAlester, Oklahoma area, one day he was challenged by a group of men to pick up a barrel of Molasses, and he did. It snap his strength and he passed away not long after.
*"United States Federal Census of 1900 for
Cedar Falls, Conway County, Arkansas we find Mary Gasaway age 55 listed as Widow living with son, Walter at age 18.
Research also listed a date of Death as June 25, 1902. Not sure why the two different dates unless another recorded it wrong."*
Thomas Marion Gasaway, Second Child of Five, First born son of Samuel F. & Elizabeth ( ) Gasaway.
Brother of Lucinda "Lucy" (Tippens), Martha, Edward and William Gassaway.
Husband first to Amelia Bird, father the following children with her:
Nancy Ellen, Samuel J., Louisa Jennie and Millie;
then to Amelia's younger sister Mary C. Bird, father the following children with her:
Ida Mae (Gottberg), Mattie C. (Huggins), David, Levi & Walter Gasaway.
Fought in Civil War, Wounded & Capture at Battles of Yorktown & Gettysburg. Was with his father when he was killed at Yorktown, Virginia, Shot in the head.
Thomas Marion, was listed as son of Samuel Gassaway on the 1850 census in Bandola District, Cobb County, Georgia. Record of the birth of Thomas Marion is extant in the county records at Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia.
Thomas and his father served in Company H, 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Thomas military record shows he was from Walker County, Georgia, and that he enlisted at Ringgold in Catoosa County. He also served a tour of duty in Company H of the 23rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteers.
Thomas's wife Amelia died about 1867 and he married her younger sister Mary, and moved his family from Georgia to Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas by Train in 1870, with other members of the Bird Family. On at least two different occasions Thomas made "runs" into the Oklahoma Territory to work several years at a time in the coal mines near Sallisaw and McAlister.
Following his death, which may have occurred in Oklahoma, his widow Mary was moved by her brother John Bird to Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas. The names of the children of Thomas Marion Gassaway and their respective dates of birth and death were contributed by Nina (Deeter) Ellis.
Members of this family traditionally used the spelling Gasaway for their surname.
(Information from the Book "Genalogical History of the Gassaway Family by William and Anna Rutherford)
Listed on the United States Federal Census of 1850 living in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, as Thomas M. Gassway, at age 9
1870, living in Georgia, as Thomas M. Gasoway, with wife Mary and children, he is at age 29.
Story told to me: while Thomas and his family were living in the McAlester, Oklahoma area, one day he was challenged by a group of men to pick up a barrel of Molasses, and he did. It snap his strength and he passed away not long after.
*"United States Federal Census of 1900 for
Cedar Falls, Conway County, Arkansas we find Mary Gasaway age 55 listed as Widow living with son, Walter at age 18.
Research also listed a date of Death as June 25, 1902. Not sure why the two different dates unless another recorded it wrong."*
Brother of Lucinda "Lucy" (Tippens), Martha, Edward and William Gassaway.
Husband first to Amelia Bird, father the following children with her:
Nancy Ellen, Samuel J., Louisa Jennie and Millie;
then to Amelia's younger sister Mary C. Bird, father the following children with her:
Ida Mae (Gottberg), Mattie C. (Huggins), David, Levi & Walter Gasaway.
Fought in Civil War, Wounded & Capture at Battles of Yorktown & Gettysburg. Was with his father when he was killed at Yorktown, Virginia, Shot in the head.
Thomas Marion, was listed as son of Samuel Gassaway on the 1850 census in Bandola District, Cobb County, Georgia. Record of the birth of Thomas Marion is extant in the county records at Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia.
Thomas and his father served in Company H, 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Thomas military record shows he was from Walker County, Georgia, and that he enlisted at Ringgold in Catoosa County. He also served a tour of duty in Company H of the 23rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteers.
Thomas's wife Amelia died about 1867 and he married her younger sister Mary, and moved his family from Georgia to Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas by Train in 1870, with other members of the Bird Family. On at least two different occasions Thomas made "runs" into the Oklahoma Territory to work several years at a time in the coal mines near Sallisaw and McAlister.
Following his death, which may have occurred in Oklahoma, his widow Mary was moved by her brother John Bird to Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas. The names of the children of Thomas Marion Gassaway and their respective dates of birth and death were contributed by Nina (Deeter) Ellis.
Members of this family traditionally used the spelling Gasaway for their surname.
(Information from the Book "Genalogical History of the Gassaway Family by William and Anna Rutherford)
Listed on the United States Federal Census of 1850 living in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, as Thomas M. Gassway, at age 9
1870, living in Georgia, as Thomas M. Gasoway, with wife Mary and children, he is at age 29.
Story told to me: while Thomas and his family were living in the McAlester, Oklahoma area, one day he was challenged by a group of men to pick up a barrel of Molasses, and he did. It snap his strength and he passed away not long after.
*"United States Federal Census of 1900 for
Cedar Falls, Conway County, Arkansas we find Mary Gasaway age 55 listed as Widow living with son, Walter at age 18.
Research also listed a date of Death as June 25, 1902. Not sure why the two different dates unless another recorded it wrong."*
Gravesite Details
Thomas was living with his family in the McAlester, Oklahoma area when he passed away.
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