24.01--Mary Gwin--b. 1817; m1. 27 Dec. 1838 to Drury H. Roark; m2. on 17 May 1849 to Mr. Abel Turner
24.02--Thomas Gwin--b. ca. 1818-19; data unk.
24.03--Isom Gwin, b. 17 Mar 1817 in (prob. Shelby) Co., AL territory; d. 7 Dec 1853; m. 1837 to Mary Burdine Wilson; [MBWG m2. 28 Jan 1859 to John Steadman]
24.04--William Gwin, b.18 Dec 1820; d. 29 Apr 1889; m. 12 (13?) May 1842 RoseAnn "Roe" Carlisle Jones Wilson
24.05--Sarah Gwin, b. ca. 1826; d. 31 Mar 1885; m. 18 Mar 1841 to Louis Basset
24.06--Ann Gwin, b. ca. 1827--1845); m. 19 Jan 1843 to Joseph Lavalette Basset
24.07--Martha J. Gwin, b. ca.1828--unk).; m. 22 Apr 1847 to Jesse Comelander
24.08--Chesley R. Gwin; (ca.1828--after 6 Dec 1909); m1. 20 Mar 1850 Frances E. "Fannie" Bell; m2. 21 Dec 1870 to the widow, Mrs. Paralee Blevins Whitfield
24.09--Louisa A. Gwin, b. ca. 1829-30, bef. 1830 census; d. unk; bd. Cahaba's New Cem.; m1?. Mr. Gaviness; m2. on 17 May 1849 Mr.Wm. G. (or J.) McKnight.

24.08--Chesley "Chess" Richard Gwin; b. ca.1828 [age 22 on 7 Nov 1850 in census, but age 33 on 5 Jul 1860 census]; m1. 20 Mar 1850 at Bogue Chitto, Dallas Co., AL, to Mary Frances E. "Fannie" Bell, (b. ca. 1830--listed on 7 Nov 1850 census as age 20--she and C.R. Gwin are the only two people living in the home with John and Jane Gwin in that census; listed on 7 Jul 1860 census as M. F. Gwin, age 29--could her full name have been Mary Frances Elizabeth Bell?); allegedly daughter of a "Hard-shell" Baptist preacher; raised a big family (and Alice Foster-Blevins' Rootsweb site states that two of these children were a son, Chesley, and a daughter, Fannie, although no other info is listed); 3 children listed on the 1860 census (see below);

[In her 1992 letter to Roy L. Smith, Linda Derry said she had "some ads from the Dallas Gazette that mention the wagonshop of William J. Smith and Chesley Gwin in Liberty Hill;" while the only Liberty Hill now in Alabama is in the northeast corner of the state, my cemetery records book of Dallas Co. shows a Liberty cemetery about a mile south of White's Bluff on County Road 2--this would be about ten miles southwest of Cahaba, a very likely candidate for the site of this wagon shop.  And sure enough, the census of 5 July 1860 of Liberty Hill, Athens Beat, Dallas Co., AL, lists the C.R. Gwin family as living in residence #266, with the family of Wm. J. Smith living next door in #267.  The 1860 Census of Athens Beat, Liberty Hill Post Office, Dallas Co., AL, on 5 July lists C. R. Gwin, 33, wagonmaker, with real estate valued at $800 and personal property at $6425, b. in AL; wife M. F. Gwin, 29, b. in AL; and children W. J. Gwin, 8, male; J. I. Gwin, 6, male; and Enoch Gwin, 2, male, all b. in AL. The 1880 census of Dallas Co., AL, lists C. R. Gwin, age 53, a white, married, male, living in Browns, AL, with his wife, P. B., age 45, and a son, C. J., age 14.  I believe this is Chesley Richard for at least these three reasons: his age matches, his wife's middle initial B. could easily be for Blevins, and Browns is only about 9 miles nw of Bogue Chitto and less than a mile e. of Belvue where Chesley's grand-nephew (and my grandfather!) James Basset Gwin was born  21 Apr 1872. Mary Bell Guin, d.o. C.R. and M.E. Guin, listed as b. 1 Mar 1856 and d. 22 Jun (no yr), and her brother John I. Gwin (Dec. 24, 1853 - Oct. 4, 1907),  are bd. in the Bell Family Cem., e. of Rt. 5 on the county rd. at Weissinger Lakes, about 3 mi. s. of Browns, Dallas Co., AL; I visited this cemetery in Jul 2003 and again in Jul 2004 and took these pictures.]

[JMG NOTE:  Chesley is the maiden name of the alleged patriarch Richard Gwin's wife Sarah.  Uncle James used this fact to reinforce the alleged reliability of the Richard Gwin story.  But according to one transcriber, in his diary, Rev. Cotten calls him Charley more than once, with no mention of Chesley. Was Cotten hard of hearing, misinterpreting Chesley for Charley?  Or could the full name have been Charles Chesley Richard Gwin?  Could the transcriber have misread Charley for Chesley?  Charley, in Cotten's 22 March 1850 entry, was "getting married tonight to Miss Bell at Bogue Chitto". 
(A few months before my dad, Adrian S. Gwin, died, I asked him where Bogue Chitto is, and he said he guessed it was somewhere on Bogue Chitto Creek, which his family had to cross every time they went from McDowell to Selma and back--he said it's pronounced BOH-guh CHIT-uh Creek).  Sure enough, in January 2002, several miles west of Cahaba on County Road 180, I found this community and walked through the graveyard of one of the old churches there.]

25.01--W. J. Gwin, a son, b. ca. 1852 [age 8 in the 5 Jul 1860 census of Liberty Hill, Athens Beat, Dallas Co., AL]; d. unk.; bd. unk; m. unk; perhaps at least one child;

26.01--Maggie Gwin, b. ca. 1877 (age 3 and living in Cahaba in the 1880 census); d. unk.; bd. unk; m. unk; unk children;

[John M. Gwin Note: Maggie (probably Margaret) is listed in 1880 census as Chesley's granddaughter. Since her surname is Gwin, I assume she is the daughter of one of Chesley's sons. The youngest of the three known sons is C. J. Gwin, but he was only 14 in 1880, so if he were the dad, he'd've been only 11 when she was conceived--not very likely. John I. Gwin was still alive in 1880, so if he were the dad, why wouldn't she be living with him rather than with her grandparents? Enoch is working in Mississippi in 1880 and unmarried. By process of elimination, then, (and assuming we know and have listed all the sons), W. J. Gwin must be the dad.]

25.02--John I. Gwin, a son, b. 24 Dec 1853 (age 6 in the 1860 census); d. 4 Oct 1907.; bd. in the Bell Cem. just south of Browns in northwest Dallas Co. (see gravestone photos); m. unk; unk children; [John M. Gwin Note: I speculate that the second initial is for "Isom", as Chesley's oldest brother, Isom Gwin, died just 7 (or 17) days before this John was born; I also have a deed dated 24 May 1905 where John I. Gwin purchases a lot in Safford, Dallas Co., AL.]

25.03--Mary Bell Gwin, b. 1 Mar 1856, according to headstone; d. 22 Jun 1857; bd. in the Bell family cem. nears Browns, Dallas Co., AL (see gravestone photos);

25.04--Enoch Gwin, b. ca. 1858 (age 2 in the 1860 census); d. unk.; bd. unk; m. unk; unk children; in the 1880 Census there is only one Enoch Gwin in the USA, living in Beat 2, Washington Co., MS, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James H. (Henrietta) Foster of Indiana and their three sons, working as a "clerk in store" (Mr. Foster is a "merchant"); this Enoch is single, white, a native of Alabama, and 22 years old--looks exactly like our Enoch should look, and I believe indeed this is he;

25.05--Lula Gwin, b. ca. 1861; d. unk.; bd. unk; m. unk; unk children; [John M. Gwin Note: I speculate that Chesley's nephew (and my g-grandpa) William Sutton "Sutt" Gwin named his own daughter, Kate Lula Gwin, b. 4 Jul 1874, after this Lula (Sutt's own first cousin).]

25.06?.07?--C. J. Gwin, b. ca. 1866 (age14 in 1880 census); d. unk. (but probably in California--see Anna Todd's letter, below); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.

 [John M. Gwin Note: Anna Todd states that the 1910 census of Browns, AL, shows Chesley and Paralee as being married in or about 1868 (married 42 years in May 1910); therefore, it is likely, in my opinion, that Fannie died either in childbirth with this C. J. Gwin or shortly thereafter, and that Paralee married Chesley at least partly because of his need of someone to help care for the children.]

CRG m2. 21 Dec 1870, a widow, Mrs. Paralee (nee Blevins) Whitfield; no known children (indeed, in the 1900 census she claims to have borne no children and to have none living);
 

Above: From p. 29 of the Marriage License Records of the Judge of the Probate Court, Dallas Co., AL; photocopied by me, John M. Gwin, in the Office of the Judge of the Probate Court, Dallas Co., AL, July 2006

THE STATE OF ALABAMA, Dallas County, to any Ordained or Licensed Minister of the Gospel, Judge of the Circuit or Probate Court, or Justice of the Peace for said County, GREETING: You are hereby Authorized to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between Chesley R. Gwin and Mrs. Patty B. Whitfield and this shall be your sufficient authority for so doing. Given under my hand and seal this 20 day of December, A. D. 1870, J. T. Conaley [L. S.], Judge of Probate. ------------ The above parties were married by me at Mrs. Blevins on the 21st day of Decr A. D. 1870, J. Cooper Waddill, M. G. Fifty Dollars Fine for failing to return this License. ------------------------------------ THE STATE OF ALABAMA, DALLAS COUNTY, Know all Men by these Presents, That we, C. R. Gwin and _________________ are held and firmly bound unto the State of Alabama in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to the which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, adminstrators and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 20 day of Decr 1870. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That if there be no legal cause to obstruct the marriage of Chesley R. Gwin & Mrs. Patty B. Whitfield to whom a License has this day been granted, then to be void; else to remain in full force and virtue. Witness our hands and seals the day and year above written. C. R. Gwin [L.S.] H. H. Stewart [L. S.] Attest J. T. Conaley, Judge of the Probate Court

Res.	Last name	First name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Prop.	POB	Can't Read or Write	JMG Comments
585	Gwin	John	58	M	W	Wheelwright	$1200	TN	checked	John Gwin, son of Isham Gwin and Mary Canterbury Gwin
	Gwin	Jane	56	F	W			TN		Jane Walker Gwin
	Gwin	C. R.	22	M	W			AL		This is Chesley Richard Gwin, who has been married less than a year to Fannie Bell, his Bogue Chitto sweetheart and daughter of a hardshell Baptist preacher.
	Gwin	Frances E.	20	F	W			AL		We now believe her full name to be Mary Frances Elizabeth Bell Gwin, or "Fanny" for short.

Res./Fam.	Last name	Age	Race/ Sex	Occupation	Real/ Pers. Prop.	POB	John M. Gwin Comments
266/261	C. R. Gwin	33	WM	Wagon Maker	$800/ $6425	AL
	M. F. Gwin	29	WF			AL	Mary Frances "Fannie" Elizabeth Bell must have been pregnant with Little Fannie at this time.  It's the last time we see her alive.  We know she was alive to give birth to Little Chesley in about 1866, but what happened?  Did she die in childbirth with him?  She is not mentioned in the book Vital Data from Cemeteries in Dallas County, Alabama as being buried in the Bell cemetery (near Browns) where her daughter Mary Bell Gwin is buried.
	W. J. Gwin	8	WM			AL	We're not sure who this is other than he is the son of Chess and Fanny.
	J. I. Gwin	6	WM			AL	This is going to be John Isom Gwin, if my speculation turns out correctly (see my note in the outline above).
	Enoch Gwin	2	WM			AL
267/262	W. J. Smith	27	wm	Blacksmith	$2000/ 10,453	TN	Look who's living next door! This is William J. Smith, husband of Mary Jane Gwin. Mary Jane is the daughter of Isom Gwin and Mary Burdine Wilson Gwin. Isom and Chesley are brothers, making Mary Jane Chesley's niece. So William and Chesley are nephew-in-law and uncle-in-law, respectively, in addition to being business partners! (OK, get a piece of paper and draw it out so it'll make sense...)
	M. J. Smith	24	wf			AL	Mary Jane Gwin Smith.
	R. I. Smith	4	wm			AL	Only son Robert Isom Smith who will move to Texas, marry, and have a houseful of kids, one of whom will move to Roswell, NM, and become the ancestor of many of the Smiths in that town

From the 26 Aug 1870 U.S. Census of Liberty Hill P.O., Dallas Co., AL

Res./Fam.	Last name	First name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real  Prop.	Pers.  Prop.	POB	Att. sch. w/in this year	JMG Comments
288/293	Gwin	C. R.	43	M	W	Merchant	$200	$500	AL		This is Chesley Richard, John's and Jane's youngest son, who is now a widower--the wife of his youth Fannie has left him with at least three teens and a toddler to raise alone.  It is clear that he needed some help, and the widow, Paralee Blevins, would come along just in time.
	Gwin	John	16	M	W	attends school			AL	Yes
	Gwin	Enoch	12	M	W	attends school			AL	Yes
	Gwin	Fannie	10	F	W	attends school			AL	Yes	As I said earlier, Fannie (the mom) must've been pregnant with Fannie (this daughter) at the last census, she being ten years old here.
	Gwin	Charlie	4	M	W				AL		This must be Alice Foster-Blevins' Chesley Gwin (son of Chesley and Fannie).  Please take a look (in the green box below the blue time line box) at Anna Todd's email regarding this "Charlie".

A typed transcription of the following newspaper advertisement was sent to my double-4th cousin Roy Lester Smith by Ms. Linda Derry, Director or the Cahawba Project, Dallas Co., AL, sometime in the early 1990's.  I received a copy of it in January 2004 from double-4th cousin Barbara Ward.

William J. Smith and Chesley R. Gwin, while being business partners, are also related as follows: Chesley is uncle to William's wife, Mary Jane Gwin Smith, so Chesley is William's uncle by marriage. William was born ca. 1832, and Chesley was born ca. 1828, so, while Chesley is older by about four years, they are still about the same age.

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Birth Year <1827> 
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Name: Enoch Gwin
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: <1858>
Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Clerk In Store
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Home in 1880: Beat 2, Washington, Mississippi
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Hi John,

...I received Chesley's death certificate a couple of months ago...His place of birth was given as simply Alabama, no city or county (my grandfather provided this bit of information on the death cert.)  His date of death was 31 Dec 1936 in Berkeley, CA...I did find  one negative of Chesley and my grandmother that I'd like to scan and email to you also, as soon as I learn how to use my new scanner!

Thanks again,
Anna Todd

...I believe your CJ and my CJ are VERY likely the same person...I think we'll probably stumble over some documentation of it someday...By the way, have you seen the pictures from the old (1840's-1880's) photo album Cousin Barb Ward has?  Chesley Gwin's parents, brother, sister, and several nephews, cousins, inlaws, and even one Outlaw are there, plus many more.! They're online at http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/Index2PhotoAlbum.htm.

Best to you,
John

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From: John Gwin <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Date: Fri Sep 12, 2003  08:50:37 PM US/Mountain
To: Anna Todd <anna_todd2@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Possible match for C J Gwin born c.1866

Hello Anna--great to hear from you--thanks for writing!        :-)

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 06:17 PM, Anna Todd wrote:

Hello John,

...I have a Chesley James Gwin in my family tree that I think might be a match to the C J Gwin you have listed on your page, although at this point I cannot say with 100 percent certainty that this person is the same C J Gwin.

Sure does look good, though, doesn't it? The dates of birth are the same, the birth states are the same, the initials are the same. If they are the same, then my Chesley's middle initial J was for James, and likely it came from the Bell side of the family.  Maybe one of Fannie's brothers was a James.

My great-grandmother's second husband was Chesley James Gwin, born ca. 1866 in Alabama.  By my calculations (using the 1910 census) he married Elizabeth "Bessie" Flynn Boyd, born c. 1863 in Ireland, about 1902, somewhere in northern California.  Prior to that (per the 1900 census) Bessie Boyd and her two sons lived in Sonora Township, Tuolumne County, California.  The 1910 census shows Chesley, Bessie and Robert (my grandfather) living in Contra Costa County, in the unincorporated town of Bay Point.  They had been married for 8 years at that point and Bessie had given birth to four more children (none of whom lived past early childhood.)  By 1920 they had moved to Alameda County, to the city of Berkeley.  In this census Chesley is listed as Charles W. Gwin and he worked as a grocer.

Whoa--I have questions at this point. Why was the name changed?
Surely this would not have been a transcription error, would it?
And why would the middle initial be so different?

Let's see: If your CJ and my CJ are the same, then you and I are related like this, if I have everything right:
 

John Gwin m. Jane Walker	parents	John Gwin m. Jane Walker
William Gwin m. R.C.J. Wilson	siblings	Chesley R.Gwin m. "Fannie" Bell
Wm. Sutton Gwin m. I.E. Basset	1st cousins	C.J. Gwin m. "Bessie" Flynn Boyd
James Bassett Gwin m. A.B. Vardaman	2nd cousins	Robert Gwin
Adrian Sutton Gwin m. D.L. Keeney	3rd cousins	your Gwin parent
John M. Gwin m. S.L. Hamrick	4th cousins	Anna Todd

I hope that this information is of use to you.

Anna Todd

I'm looking forward to hearing from you again, Anna!
Your "potential 4th cousin",
In Jesus,
John

Well, I finally found Chesley Gwin on the 1900 census, under the name Chesley J. Guinn.  He was living in Lumberton, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It doesn't look like there were any family  members living with him in Lumberton.  The other boarders in the household seem to have all been railroad workers.  I'm assuming that Chesley came to California between 1900 and 1902 because the 1910 California census shows that he and my great-grandmother had been married for 8 years.
=====
Anna

...Shortly after the turn of the century, Lumberton, located in the north part of the county, withdrew from Pearl River County and was annexed to Lamar County.  For the time, this deprived Pearl River County of a saw mill industry...

... By 1927 most of the county's timber had been cut and the residents turned to truck farming and raising fruit.  Picayune was the Peach center, even holding a Peach Festival each year...

The following Gwin names are copied from the page entitled "By Cemetery By Last Name Page 69" located at http://www.birminghamgenealogy.org/research/cemeteries/page069.htm

Providence Cemetery is located in Birmingham, AL.
 

At this page, http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/alabama/infantry/roster2/43rd_inf_rgt_rost_f_h.html, which lists the members of the 43rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, CSA, a Pvt. Chesley B. Gwin is listed as a member of Co. K.

At this page, http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/so_carolina/infantry/rosters/5th_rgt_st_troop_rost_g_m.html, which lists the members of the 5th Regiment SC State Troops, CSA, a Pvt. Chesley C. Gwin is listed as a member of Co. B.

Piney Woods Church Cemetery is located in T18S R9W S32 on Crabbe Road (Highway 69 North).  Census supplied by local researcher.

Submitted by  Chuck Gerdau © Copyright 2000 Chuck Gerdau All Rights Reserved

http://www.rootsweb.com/~altuscal/cemetery/piney_woods.html,

Gwin, Chesley K. 1898 1963
Gwin, Effie Mae 1897 1967
Gwin, Lanny A. 1862 1943
Gwin, William Houston May 27, 1921 Nov 28, 1937
Gwin, William M. 1859 1941

Name

Home in 1880 (City, County, State)

Age in1880, Est.

Birth Year

Birthplace

Gender

Relationtohead-of-house

Missouri GWIN Gates, Clarke, AL 16 <1864> Alabama  Female  SDau
Robert GWIN Gates, Clarke, AL 10 <1870> Alabama  Male  SSon
William GWIN Gates, Clarke, AL 8 <1872> Alabama  Male  SSon
Zack GWIN Gates, Clarke, AL 12 <1868> Alabama  Male  SSon
Alfred GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 4 <1876> Alabama  Male  Son
Amos A. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 21 <1859> Alabama  Male  Son
Calvin GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 16 <1864> Alabama  Male  Son
Cassie GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 42 <1838> Alabama  Female  Sister
Charles GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 25 <1855> Alabama  Male  Son
Elbert B. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 6M <1880> Alabama  Male  Son
Fannie J. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 23 <1857> Alabama  Female  Wife
Harver GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 13 <1867> Alabama  Male  Son
James W. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 6M <1880> Alabama  Male  Son
Joel GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 2 <1878> Alabama  Male  Son
John GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 9 <1871> Alabama  Male  Son
John W. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 44 <1836> Alabama  Male  Self
Joshua C. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 5 <1875> Alabama  Male  Son
Joshua L. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 37 <1843> Alabama  Male  Self
Laura GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 7 <1873> Alabama  Female  Dau
Lucreasy GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 42 <1838> Alabama  Female  Wife

M. W. GWIN     Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL     65     <1815>     Alabama      Female      Self
Mariah GWIN     Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL     17     <1863>     Alabama      Female      Dau
Peter GWIN         Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL     47     <1833>     Alabama      Male      Self
Robert GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 22 <1858> Alabama  Male  Son
Sallie GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 15 <1865> Alabama  Female  Dau
Sallie R. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 24 <1856> Alabama  Female  Wife
Samuel H. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 3 <1877> Alabama  Male  Son
Sarah GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 51 <1829> Alabama  Female  Wife
Thomas B. GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 26 <1854> Alabama  Male  Self
Wesley GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 1M <1880> Alabama  Male  Son
Wiley GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 10 <1870> Alabama  Male  Son
Winnie GWIN Walkers Springs, Clarke, AL 2 <1878> Alabama  Female  Dau

C. R. GWIN Browns, Dallas, AL 53 <1827> Alabama  Male  Self
P. B. GWIN Browns, Dallas, AL 45 <1835> Alabama  Female  Wife
Lula GWIN Cahaba, Dallas, AL 19 <1861> Alabama  Female  Dau
C. J. GWIN Browns, Dallas, AL 14 <1866> Alabama  Male  Son
Maggie GWIN Cahaba, Dallas, AL 3 <1877> Alabama  Female  GDau
John GWIN Martins, Dallas, AL 22 <1858> Alabama  Male  Other

Preston GWIN Havana, Hale, AL 22 <1858> Alabama  Male  Other
Chesley GWIN Jefferson, AL 40 <1840> Alabama  Male  Self

Dory GWIN Jefferson, AL 8 <1872> Alabama  Female  Dau
Elizabeth GWIN Jefferson, AL 14 <1866> Alabama  Female  Dau
Hellon GWIN Jefferson, AL 9 <1871> Alabama  Female  Dau
Huston GWIN Jefferson, AL 3 <1877> Alabama  Male  Son
James GWIN Jefferson, AL 1 <1879> Alabama  Male  Son
Jerry GWIN Jefferson, AL 4M <1880> Alabama  Male  Son
Lucy GWIN Jefferson, AL 3 <1877> Alabama  Female  Dau
Maltimore GWIN Jefferson, AL 36 <1844> Alabama  Male  Self
Maltimore GWIN Jefferson, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Male  Son
Mary GWIN Jefferson, AL 12 <1868> Alabama  Female  Dau
Mary GWIN Jefferson, AL 18 <1862> Alabama  Female  Dau
Nancy GWIN Jefferson, AL 38 <1842> Alabama  Female  Wife
Tibitha GWIN Jefferson, AL 34 <1846> Alabama  Female  Wife
Victoria GWIN Jefferson, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Female  Dau
Augustus C. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 9M <1879> Alabama  Male  Son
Bedford C. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 7 <1873> Alabama  Male  Son
Charles W. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 11 <1869> Alabama  Male  Son
Emma L. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 2 <1878> Alabama  Female  Dau
Frances I. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Female  Dau
Franklin P. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 31 <1849> Alabama  Male  Self

Gilbert Lee GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 16 <1864> Alabama  Male  Son
Jemimia GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 57 <1823> North Carolina  Female  Self
John B. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 8 <1872> Alabama  Male  Son
John C. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 34 <1846> Alabama  Male  Self
John C. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 32 <1848> Alabama  Male  Son
John L. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 5 <1875> Alabama  Male  Son
Lively R. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 13 <1867> Alabama  Female  Dau
Margaret A. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 34 <1846> Alabama  Female  Wife
Mary D. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 10 <1870> Alabama  Female  Dau
Matilda F. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 4 <1876> Alabama  Female  Dau
Melinda C. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 25 <1855> Alabama  Female  Wife
Rezzy GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 40 <1840> Alabama  Male  Self
Rufus F. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Male  Son
Terrell A. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 18 <1862> Alabama  Male  Son
Victoria GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 38 <1842> South Carolina  Female  Wife
Walter A. GWIN Beat 12, Lamar, AL 1 <1879> Alabama  Male  Son
Amanda GWIN Beat 10, Lauderdale, AL 16 <1864> Tennessee  Female  GDau
Amos GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 2 <1878> Alabama  Male  Son
Harriet GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 13 <1867> Mississippi  Female  Dau
Ishmael GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 4 <1876> Alabama  Male  Son

John GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 8 <1872> Alabama  Male  Son
Julia GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 4M <1880> Alabama  Female  Dau
Lee GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 11 <1869> Mississippi  Male  Son
Polly Ann GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 35 <1845> Virginia  Female  Wife
Walter GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Male  Son
Wash GWIN Manvilla, Mobile, AL 40 <1840> Mississippi  Male  Self
Joseph GWIN Mobile, Mobile, AL 64 <1816> Georgia  Male  Self
Laura GWIN Mobile, Mobile, AL 58 <1822> Georgia  Female  Wife
Rebecca GWIN Mobile, Mobile, AL 20 <1860> Georgia  Female  Dau
Anna GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Female  Dau
Betsy GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 17 <1863> Alabama  Female  Wife
Eliza GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 20 <1860> Alabama  Female  Wife
Fletcher GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 16 <1864> Alabama  Male  Son
Green GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 20 <1860> Alabama  Male  Self
Ida GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 10 <1870> Alabama  Female  Dau
James E. GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 4 <1876> Alabama  Male  Son
Jeptha GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 22 <1858> Alabama  Male  Self
Marion GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 55 <1825> Tennessee  Male  Self
Mollie GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 45 <1835> Georgia  Female  Wife
William GWIN Uchee, Russell, AL 8 <1872> Alabama  Male  Son

William S. GWIN Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 35 <1845> Alabama  Male  Self
Ida GWIN Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 33 <1847> ENG  Female  Wife
James B. GWIN Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 8 <1872> Alabama  Male  Son
John W. GWIN Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 3 <1877> Alabama  Male  Son
Kate L. GWIN Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Female  Dau
William S. GWIN (Jr.) Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 4 <1876> Alabama  Male  Son
Lucy J. GWIN Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 1 <1879> Alabama  Female  Dau
Margaret GWIN Wilsonville, Shelby, AL 1M <1880> Alabama  Female  Dau

John GWIN Eastaboga, Talladega, AL 20 <1860> South Carolina  Male  Other
Chesley GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 6 <1874> Alabama  Male  Son
David GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 5 <1875> Alabama  Male  Son
Francis M. GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 5M <1880> Alabama  Male  Son
James H. GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 2 <1878> Alabama  Male  Son
Jerremiah GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 17 <1863> Alabama  Male  Son
Jesse J. GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 40 <1840> Alabama  Male  Self
Martha GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 26 <1854> Alabama  Female  Wife
Nancy M. GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 38 <1842> Alabama  Female  Wife
Roseanna GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 9 <1871> Alabama  Female  Dau
Thomas B. GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 10 <1870> Alabama  Male  Son
William R. GWIN Ackers, Tuscaloosa, AL 30 <1850> Alabama  Male  Self

Searching for Chesley Gwin: 17 hits at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp:

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Census - 1880 US Census
1. Chesley D. GWIN - 1880 United States Census / Georgia
Other   Gender: Male   Birth: <1836> SC
2. Chesley GWIN - 1880 United States Census / Alabama
Son   Gender: Male   Birth: <1874> AL
3. Chesley GWIN - 1880 United States Census / Alabama
Self   Gender: Male   Birth: <1840> AL
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International Genealogical Index - North America
4. CHESLEY GWINN - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Marriage: 16 APR 1819 , Saint Clair, Alabama
5. CHESSLEY DOVE GWINN - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Birth: About 1837 Misc, , , South Carolina
6. CHESLEY B. GWYNN - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Birth: 1839 , , Alabama
7. CHESLEY BIRD GWIN - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Birth: 18 JAN 1839 , Jefferson, Alabama
8. Chesley B. GWINN - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Birth: 1840 , , Alabama
9. CHESLEY BIRD GWIN - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Marriage: 20 MAR 1861 , Jefferson, Alabama
10. CHESLEY R. GWIN - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Marriage: 21 DEC 1870 , Dallas, Alabama
11. Chesley Murphy Wynn - International Genealogical Index / NA
Gender: Male Birth: 1913 Of, Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
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12. Chesley R. Gwinn - Pedigree Resource File
Gender: M
13. Chesley R. Gwinn - Pedigree Resource File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: 1848
14. Chesley R. Gwinn - Pedigree Resource File
Gender: M
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15. Chesley Gwinn - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 18 Apr 1913  State Where Number was Issued: South Carolina  Death: Dec 1977
16. Chesley WYNN - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 20 Apr 1913  State Where Number was Issued: Michigan  Death: Mar 1984
17. Chesley GWINN - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 13 Oct 1928  State Where Number was Issued: Florida  Death: 1 Jul 1991
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Obituary of Mrs. Annie Guinn Massey, Garland County, AR
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MRS. W. E. MASSEY, PIONEER RESORT CLUB WOMAN, DIES Past UDC President had been ill for several weeks(Picture on Page 6) Mrs. Annie Guinn Massey, 76, one of the best-known club women in Arkansas, died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at her home, 738 Quapaw Ave. Mrs. Massey had been ill for the past several weeks, but had returned home 10 days ago from St. Joseph's Infirmary where she spent more than a week. At the time she was fatally stricken yesterday she was sitting in bed talking with members of her family. Mrs. Massey, born here in 187, (My notes: "part of date missing") the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Richard Guinn, among the early white settlers in Hot Springs, was a past president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and had served as state and local president of the UDC. At the time of her death she was serving as historian for the Hot Springs chapter and was planning the annual UDC essay contest among high school pupils.

Mrs. Massey was instrumental in the organization of the Annie Guinn Massey chapter, Children of the Confederacy, which was named in her honor. She had also served as local and state president of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was a former president of the Arkansas Pioneers Association. She was also a member and past president of the Fortnightly study club of Hot Springs. At the time of her death she was serving the DAR chapter here as chairman of the national historical magazine and as national defense chairman. On the state board of that organization she held the position of genealogist. Mrs. Massey was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church where she was deacon emeritus. She worshipped with the congregation of  (continued on page 6) I couldn't find it.  But got lots of clippings to go through).  bjs This is from a Hot Springs newspaper, Hot Springs, Arkansas--it had no date. The woman who owned these died in 2002.  Hope it will help someone.

From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Wed Feb 01, 2006  02:25:03 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: GUINN CHESLEY

Have you seen this, John?
Jim
 
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/surnames.guinn/195.200.207.255.277.414
 
Hi Chuck,
Eli A. Guinn Sr. was married to a Girtie Harp and had your Dad, Fillmore Chesley Guinn and your aunt Alma Belle Guinn.
My dad, Eli A Guinn Jr.’s mother was Effie Eilzabeth Hix and they also had a daughter Kathrine Belle Guinn.
Eli Sr.’s parents were Chester (or Chesley) Guinn and Amanda J. (unknown).
I have census information with Eli Sr. 28 years old in January of 1910 which would mean that he was born in 1881, not 1880.
Chester and Amanda had 7 children, 6 boys and one girl.
The information I have is from a Joan Guinn Eaton, granddaughter of Eli Sr.’s brother Richard B.
The children were Eli, Frank, Tom, Ferd, Richard B., Henry and the daughter was Hattie Bell.
I also have information that Chesley Guinn’s father was Chesley Guinn and his mother was Fannie Bell and they also had a daughter named Fannie.
Chesley Guinn Sr. parents are John Guinn and Jane Walker with John Guinn’s father name being Isham Guinn.
I am planning to meet with Joan in Muskogee in August to get more information.
I have tried to email you with the address you left in another post, so if you read this, my email is fillmore@grandecom.net.
If anyone has any more information, please feel free to email me. I will give you anything I have as well.
Fillmore (Fil) Guinn

 
From: "Mark Hall" <mhall4@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Sun Aug 27, 2006  07:29:24 AM US/Mountain
To: "John Gwin" <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Subject: Chesley R. GWIN

Hello John,
You may already have this information.

Here is a link for Confederate records in Alabama Archives. http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/search.cfm

Chesley GWIN comes up three times under the following names.

1. Chesley R. GUIN
2. Chesley R. GWIN
3. C. R. GWINN

He was exempt from Confederate service because he was a wagonmaker, but he served anyway in Capt. A. W. Ellerbe's Dallas County Home Guard. He was captured at the Battle of Selma.

His widow, Pattie B. GWIN, applied for a pension in Shelby County on 29 JAN 1916.
According to FamilySearch IGI Individual Record, Chesley married Pattie B. WHITFIELD in Dallas County on 21 DEC 1870.

Best Regards,
Mark Hall

Thanks, Mark! I went to these pages and copied the following:
http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=64106

Last Name: Gwin Date of Birth:  Birth Information:  Date of Death:  Death Information:  Discharge Date:  Discharge Information:  Branch: Regimental Unit:  Company Unit:

Co. Unit Name:  Pension Rec: yes Authority: Pension Application. Shelby County. 1916/01/29.  First Name: Chesley    MI: R Marital Status:  Occupation:

Enlistment Date:  Enlistment Information: Private.  Engagements:  Engage. con't:  Remarks: Applicant; Mrs. Pattie B Gwin, widow.  Remarks con't:

http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=64132

Last Name: Gwinn Date of Birth:  Birth Information:  Date of Death:  Death Information:  Discharge Date:  Discharge Information:  Branch:  Regimental Unit:  Company Unit:

Co. Unit Name:  Pension Rec:  Authority: Governor's correspondence 1863-64.  First Name: C    MI: R  Marital Status:  Occupation:  Enlistment Date:

Enlistment Information:  Engagements:  Engage. con't:  Remarks: Exemption from military service 1861-65. Wagon Maker. Dallas County.  Remarks con't:

http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=67389

Last Name: Guin  Date of Birth:  Birth Information:  Date of Death:  Death Information:  Discharge Date:  Discharge Information:  Branch: Home Guard Regimental Unit:  Company Unit:

Co. Unit Name: Capt. A. W. Ellerbe.  Pension Rec: yes  Authority: Alabama pension no. 21822, Shelby County. First Name: Chesley    MI: R  Marital Status:  Occupation:  Enlistment Date:

Enlistment Information: Private.  Engagements:  Engage. con't:  Remarks: Captured at the battle of Selma, Alabama. Witnesses: George Phillips and Wm C. Phillips. Name of commander: Col. George Phillips. Widow, Pattie B Guin.  Remarks con't:

I also copied this section on another person, Chesley B. Gwin, who may someday prove to be a cousin of our Chesley.
 

Last Name: Gwin  Date of Birth:  Birth Information: USA, Alabama.  Date of Death:  Death Information:  Discharge Date:  Discharge Information:  Branch: Infantry  Regimental Unit: 43rd Alabama Regiment  Company Unit: K

Co. Unit Name:  Pension Rec: Authority: Historical record. Trenches front Petersburg, VA 1864/12/31.  First Name: Chesley    MI: B  Marital Status: Married  Occupation: Farmer  Enlistment Date: 1862/05/14  Enlistment Information: Age 23, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Private.

Engagements: Absent sick: Huntsville, Tenn 1862/08/15 to Chickamauga, Ga 1863/09/20; Halfway House, 1864/05/10 to Petersburg, 1864/06/18. Present: Knoxville, Tenn 1863/11/29 and during the siege; Beans Station, 1863/12/14.  Engage. con't:  Remarks: Deserted 1864/12/27. P. O. Walldrops Mills, Alabama.  Remarks con't:

From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Sat Dec 09, 2006  01:33:43 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: Chesley R. Gwin and family, 1930

 All 1920 United States Federal Census Results

Name: Chesley R. Gwin, 20
Home in 1920: Hassell, Tuscaloosa, AL
20 YOA
Est YOB: ca. 1900
POB: AL
Relat to HOH: son
Spouse: Effie, 20
Father: Wm. M., 61
FPOB: AL
Mother: Lauis A., 59
MPOB: AL
MarrStat: M
R: W
S: M
Able to RAW: yes
Image: 165
Household members: Wm. M.; Lauis A.; Robert L. Gardner, 59; Chesley R.; Effie.

1930 United States Federal Census
about Chesley R Gwin

Name: Chesley R. Gwin, 32 (est YOB: 1898)
Home in 1930: Precinct 3, Jefferson, AL
POB: AL
HOH: self
Spouse: Effie, 31
other Household members: Hurston, 8
No other info available on this mailing without Ancestry.com membership.

 Following are ALL the Guynn--indeed, Gwin of any spelling--entries in the 1850 census of Jefferson Co., AL:

PAGE LINE NAME                               AGE      POB      FILE-NAME

159B  34      Guynn          Chesley B.        10        Ala          pg0153a.txt
156B  28      Guynn          Jeptha               14        Ala          pg0153a.txt
156B  30      Guynn          Jeremiah             9        Ala          pg0153a.txt
159B  33      Guynn          Julia C.             17        Ala          pg0153a.txt
159B  35      Guynn          Mortimore J.       7        Ala          pg0153a.txt
156B  29      Guynn          Rebecca            11        Ala          pg0153a.txt
159B  36      Guynn          William R.     7/12        Ala          pg0153a.txt

 

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From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: January 10, 2008 1:42:55 PM MST
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Subject: Land purchases by Chesley and Isum Guinn, Alabama

http://www.dna.ancestry.com/welcome.aspx?o_iid=33070&o_lid=33070
 
Exact Search Results - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

All Court, Land, Wills & Financial Results    Viewing 1-50 of 152


Name    State of Record    Issue Date    Meridian    County    Township    Range    Section   

Charles Guinn      Alabama    15 May 1826    Huntsville    Tuscaloosa    18-S    12-W    1
Henry Guinn        Alabama    10 Jun 1826    Huntsville    Tuscaloosa    18-S    11-W    7   
Henry Guinn    Alabama    1 Dec 1826    Huntsville    Tuscaloosa    18-S    11-W    7  

John Guinn    Alabama    4 Sep 1834    St Stephens    Dallas    15-N    10-E    14   

Charles Guinn    Alabama    16 Oct 1834    Huntsville    Greene    22-S    13-W    24   

Chesley R Guinn    Alabama    12 Sep 1835    St Stephens    Perry    20-N    9-E    22 

Henry Guinn    Alabama    20 Mar 1837    St Stephens    Sumter    23-N    2-W    19   
Charles Guinn    Alabama    20 Mar 1837    St Stephens    Sumter    23-N    2-W    19   
Reuben Guinn    Alabama    20 Mar 1837    St Stephens    Sumter    23-N    2-W    18   
Charles Guinn    Alabama    20 Mar 1837    St Stephens    Pickens    24-N    2-W    31   
Henry Guinn    Alabama    20 Mar 1837    St Stephens    Pickens    24-N    3-W    25   

Isum Guinn    Alabama    15 Apr 1837    St Stephens    Montgomery    16-N    20-E    35
Isum Guinn    Alabama    15 May 1837    St Stephens    Montgomery    16-N    20-E    35
Isum Guinn    Alabama    1 Feb 1843    St Stephens    Macon, Montgomery    16-N    21-E    30
Isum Guinn    Alabama    1 Feb 1843    St Stephens    Montgomery    16-N    21-E    31
Isum Guinn    Alabama    1 Feb 1843    St Stephens    Montgomery    16-N    21-E    31

Wiley P Guinn    Alabama    1 Mar 1859    St Stephens    Choctaw    11-N    2-W    15
Wiley P Guinn    Alabama    1 Aug 1860    St Stephens    Choctaw    11-N    2-W    23
Francis H Guinn    Alabama    1 Sep 1860    St Stephens    Choctaw    11-N    3-W    1