Ancestors and Descendants of John C. Gwin and Etta Gwin of New York and Wisconsin

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Outline of the Known Family

[John M. Gwin Note:  Birth control being what it was is the early to mid 1800's, we estimate that Thomas and Jane had at least five more children than the six listed in the 1850 census, based on an average of one child every two years.  We have therefore listed those five in the outline at approximately two-year intervals in this color.  And now, later the same day, we find son Alfred Gwin appearing as predicted in the birth order as 25.03.]

25.06--Ellen C. Gwin, b. ca. 1835 in NY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.

25.07--John C. Gwin, b. 25 Apr 1838 in NY; d. 23 Dec 1897; bd. Loyal City Cem., Loyal, Clark Co., WI--Find A Grave Memorial# 105263180; m. Etta (nee unk.; b. 2 Feb 1857 in WI/NY/NY; d. 9 Jan 1919; bd. Loyal City Cem., Loyal, Clark Co., WI--Find A Grave Memorial# 105263374); at least two ch.

24.00--Obed Gwin, b. 13 Nov 1789 in NY; d. 22 Sep 1863; bd. Chestnut Ridge Cem., Orchard Park, Erie Co., NY--Find A Grave Memorial# 28057644; m. Henrietta Briggs (b. ca. 1791 in NY; d. unk.; bd. Chestnut Ridge Cem., Orchard Park, Erie Co., NY--Find A Grave Memorial# 28058593); at least two ch.

Capt. Obed Gwin was the husband of Henrietta (Briggs) Gwin. Jonathan, Thomas and Obed volunteered for duty during the War of 1812. They served in the New York Militia during the Battle of Plattsburgh [i.e., Plattsburgh, NY, aka the Battle of Lake Champlain, 6-11 Sep 1814]. --Mary Jane Haight-Eckert from her Findagrave.com memorial for Capt. Obed Gwin

25.02--Franklin Gwin, b. ca. 1849 in NY; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.

Additional Census Data

From the 1 Jun 1880 census of Loyal, Clark Co., WI
Res./Fam.	Name	Sex/Race	Age	Relat. to HoH	Mar.Stat.	Occupation	POB S/F/M	John M. Gwin Comments
106/106	Peter G. Gwin	WM	47	head	m	Keeping Habt (?)	NY /NY/NY	The facts that Peter is living three houses from John C. and that both they and their parents have the same places of birth strongly suggests to me that they are brothers.  Indeed, the 1850 census below may confirm this to be true.
	Edna S. Gwin	WF	40	wife	m	Keeping House	VT/VT/VT
	Cora A. Gwin	WF	15	daughter	s	At school	WI/NY/VT
	Earl F. Gwin	WM	10	son	s	At school	WI/NY/VT
	Paul Gwin	WM	5	son	s		WI/NY/VT
	Myra Marshall	WF	23	niece	s	music teacher	WI/NY/VT	Myra lists her mother as being born in VT, so I believe Myra to be Edna's niece and Peter's niece-in-law, and that Myra's mother and one of Edna's parents are siblings.
109/109	John C. Gwin	WM	40	head	m	postmaster	NY/NY/NY	This is definitely Gwin R. Whitney's g-grandpa, John C. Gwin, who appears in the outline above.
	Etta Gwin	WF	29	wife	m	keeping house	WI/NY/NY
	Esther C. Gwin	WF	8	daughter	s		WI/NY/WI
	Katie M. Gwin	WF	5	daughter	s		WI/NY/WI

Name: Peter Gaines Gwin [Gaines is a mistranscription by Ancestry.com -- John M. Gwin] Age: 17 YOB: abt 1833 POB: New York Color: White Home in 1850: Hamburg, Erie, NY -- see photocopy of actual census page excerpt, immediately below House- hold: Name Age Thomas Gaines 61 Jane Gaines 46 Melvin Gaines 25 Peter Gaines 17 Ellin C Gaines 15 John Gaines 12 Charles Gaines 7 Wallace P Gaines 3

Name: Peter G Gwin YOB: abt 1833 Age: 37 POB: New York Home in 1870: Albion, Jackson, WI House- hold: Name Age Peter G Gwin 37 Edna Gwin 30 Cora D Gwin 5

 From the 18 Jul 1850 census of Hamburg, Erie Co., NY 

This image is of a portion of page 14 (of 125) of the federal census of Hamburg, Erie Co., NY taken 18 Jul 1850.  It says that living on that day in residence #103 was family #103, all of whom are from New York, the head of which family was Thomas Guinn (Ancestry.com mistranscribes this as "Gaines"), age 61, a farmer whose estate's value is some $1600.  His wife Jane Guinn, age 46, is also here, along with six children--five sons and one daughter: Melvin Guinn, 25; Peter Guinn, 17; Ellin C. Guinn, 15; John Guinn, 12; Charles Guinn, 7; and Wallace P. Guinn, 3.  In my analysis, this could easily be our John C. Gwin and the Peter G. Gwin who appear in the 1880 census summary chart just above. ---John M. Gwin

Some Good Communication

From: Gwin8038 at aol dot com
Date: September 1, 2011
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Subject: Re: (no subject)

John - What a pleasant surprise. Thank you for the page. I have found a John Gwin from Ithaca, NY, who enlisted in the 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment of Infantry on 9/12/1861, made corporal, then sergeant, and was wounded at Blakely, Alabama, just after the taking of the Spanish Fort outside of Mobile, Alabama, toward the end of the war.  He was mustered out 9/14/1865 at Mobile.  This might be the John Gwin I was looking for.  Another issue.  Are your Gwins related to the Captain Gwin of the Tyler gunboat that kept the rebs up all night at Shiloh and later died on the gunboat by having his arm shot off by a reb cannon shot?  I know that most of you are south of the MD line.  I hope you can put up with a few Yankees in the clan.  Gwin

P. S. -- John, Ester Gwin was my grandmother.  Gwin
 

16 Nov 2013:   I have obtained a copy of "The 11th Wisconsin in the Civil War", a Regimental History by Christopher C. Wehner, published by McFarland & Company, Inc.

Our namesake, John Gwin, was a member of Company D--The "Richland County plowboys".  He was from Ithaca, NY; enlisted September 12, 1861, promoted to corporal then sgt; wounded in Blakely, Alabama; mustered out September 4, 1864.

Have not found anything about action around Blakely, but am searching. I feel this John Gwin is the same as John C. Gwin, postmaster.

I will keep in touch.
Warm regards,
Gwin R. Whitney