Zachariah
T. GAPEN
Born:
Feb. 20, 1798 in Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania - probably Chester Twp.
Died:
Oct. 22, 1846 in Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois. 48y8m5d.
Zachariah
T. Gapen was a nailmaker.
Margaret
McGEE
Born:
about 1803
Died:
July 22, 1851. 48y4m7d.
Zachariah
T. GAPEN and Margaret McGEE were married about 1822?
Zachariah
T. GAPEN and Margaret are buried in the Gapen Cemetery, four miles north
east of Rushville, Illinois, on Route 24. This cemetery is
located in the southwest quarter of section 3, Rushville Twp. It is on
the farm owned by Thomas GAPEN in 1872. Margaret (McGEE) GAPEN died
in a cholera epidemic so severe that their son, Thomas, was forced to bury
her by himself.
Children::
1.
Elizabeth Gapen b. Nov. 17 or 27, 1823
2.
Sarah Gapen b. Oct 12, 1825
3.
John McGee Gapen b. about 1828
4.
Mary E. Gapen b. about 1831
5.
Thomas Gapen b. May 3, 1833
6.
Michael Gapen (Lt. or Capt.) b. Sept. 7, 1835 (or May 7, 1842?)
All above Children b. in Chester Twp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania
7.
Eli Gapen b. Sept 7 1835 in Dunkard Twp., Greene Co., Pennsylvania
All children following born in Rushville Twp., Schuyler Co., Illinois:
8.
Harriet A. Gapen b. about 1843
9.
Emma A. Gapen b. about 1844
10.
Rebecca E. Gapen b. about 1845
11.
Margaret E. Gapen b. about 1846
12.
James Zachariah Gapen b. March 15, 1847
Child
no. 12 was in the Andersonville Prison in Ga during the civil war.
Margaret
Marcella McKee Allen of Macomb, Illinois (probably deceased now)
provided
much of of original family data.
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