Ancestors and Descendants of

Kenneth Leon "Kenny" Gwin, Sr.
and
Linda Sue Kellett


Page updated 22 March 2020

Page started 12 November 2019


Sources:
01.  Telephone and email conversations with Kenneth L. Gwin himself  (28.02 below)
02.  Census, birth, marriage, death, and other documentation found on Ancestry.com and cited throughout
03.  Burial and other documention and claims found on FindAGrave.com
04.  Pertinent pages posted on Facebook.com



Disclaimer


          Cousin Jim Wall and I are convinced Kenny is also a cousin.   There are just too many coincidences for that not to be true!  I started this page as part of an attempt to prove that but have not been able yet to connect our ancestor, Rev. Isham Gwin, with whom we believe to be Kenny's ancestor, George Holmes Gwin.  We're hoping DNA may do that, but until we can see those results, we've been doing all we can using the old "detective-style" research methods listed above: paper-trail documentation.   I've tried to keep this page as error-free as possible, but as all of us know all too well, there may be wrong information no matter how hard one tries.  So if you the reader see something you believe or know to be incorrect or incomplete, please email me with your information--thanks!
--John M. Gwin, 25 Mar 2020--jmcdgwin@zianet.com



An Outline of the Known Family





Captain Isum Gwin
80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Kenneth L. Gwin's great-grandfather (25.00 below)

Name: Isum Gwin
Age at Enlistment: 35
Enlistment Date: 9 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant
State Served: Indiana
Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Indiana 80th Infantry Regiment on 09 Aug 1862.  Promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant on 30 Jan 1863.  Promoted to full 1st Lieut. on 24 Feb 1864.  Promoted to full Captain on 01 Jul 1864.  Mustered out on 22 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, NC.
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1826
Death Date: 4 Apr 1907
Death Place: Shoals, Indiana
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana.  Research by R. Ross Houston

23.00--Gwin, b.
24.01--Homes Gwin, Sr. b. ca. 1798 in VA; m. Mary Patterson (b. ca. 1801 in TN [but she reports her POB as KY in the 1870 census]; d. aft 1870 census; bd. unk.); at least six ch.;
25.01--Jesse Gwin, b. ca. 1825;

25.02--Isum Gwin, b. 17 Oct 1826 in IN/VA/TN; d. 4 Apr 1907 in Shoals, IN; bd. unk.; Captain, 80th Regt., Ind. Inf'y; m. 9 Oct 1857 in Martin Co., IN to Sarah Louisa Moser/Mosier (b. 29 Oct 1845 in IN/NC/KY; d. 24 Nov 1885; bd. unk.); at leaast 10 ch.;
[listed as Isum Gwin, 53, b, IN/VA/TN, in the 12 Jun 1880 census of Rutherford Twp., Martin Co., IN, and signed by Isum himself as the census enumerator]
[listed as Isum Gwin, 73, wid., b. Oct 1826 in IN/VA/TN, in the 8 Jun 1900 census of Martin Co., IN]
[listed as Isum Gwin, widower, b. 17 Oct 1826, d. 4 Apr 1907 in Shoals, Martin Co., IN; father: Homes Gwin b. VA; mother: Mary Patterson, b. TN; on his Indiana Death Certificate; Edmund Gwin, informant]

[listed as Louisa Gwin, 34, b, IN/VA/TN, in the 12 Jun 1880 census of Rutherford Twp., Martin Co., IN]
26.01--Cora H. Gwin, b. bef. 1860 in IN; d. 1871; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;

26.02--James H. Gwin, b. bef. 1860 in IN; d. 1874; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;

26.03--William M. Gwin, b. 13 Jan 1860 in IN; d. 16 Sep 1865; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;

26.04--Edmund Gwin, b. Oct 1866 in IN; d. 1950; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;
[listed as Edmund Gwin, 13, b, IN/IN/IN, in the 12 Jun 1880 census of Rutherford Twp., Martin Co., IN]
[listed as Edward Gwin, 33, single, b. Oct 1866 in IN/IN/IN, in the 8 Jun 1900 census of Martin Co., IN]
26.05--Zeno Gwin, b. ca. 1868 in IN; d.1953.; bd. FAG# 94199142; m. Rebecca Caroline "Carrie" Payne (nee unk.; b. 1866; d. 1915; bd. ); unk. ch.;
[listed as Zeno Gwin, 11, b, IN/IN/IN, in the 12 Jun 1880 census of Rutherford Twp., Martin Co., IN]
26.06--Harriet "Hattie" Gwin, b. ca. 1875-6 in IN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;
[listed as Harriet Gwin, 5, b, IN/IN/IN, in the 12 Jun 1880 census of Rutherford Twp., Martin Co., IN]
26.07--Otis H. Gwin, b. 2 Sep 1877 in IN; d. 2 Jun 1896; bd. with his parents; m. unk; unk. ch.;
[listed as Otis H. Gwin, 2, b, IN/IN/IN, in the 12 Jun 1880 census of Rutherford Twp., Martin Co., IN]
26.08--Lucy Edith Gwin, b. 3 Apr 1880 in ; d. 6 Jul 1952; bd. FaG #94165675; m1.  Carl Stolts; m2. William J. Payne; m3. in 1930 to John William Fuhrman (b. 1871; d. 1950; ; unk. ch.;
[listed as Lucy E. Gwin, 0 y 1 m, b. in April in IN/IN/IN, in the 12 Jun 1880 census of Rutherford Twp., Martin Co., IN]
[listed as Lucy E. Gwin, 20 single, b. Apr 1880 in IN/IN/IN, in the 8 Jun 1900 census of Martin Co., IN]
26.09--Della Maude Gwin, b. Mar 1882 in IN/IN /IN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.;unk. ch.;
[listed as Della M. Gwin, 18, single, b. Mar 1882 in IN/IN/IN, in the 8 Jun 1900 census of Martin Co., IN]
26.10--David L. Gwin, b. 12 Nov 1885 in IN; d. 2 Jan 1951 in IN; bd. Roselawn Mem. Pk., Terre Haute, IN--FAG Mem. ID# 182196316; m. 21 Dec 1911 in Martin Co., IN to Laura E. Buhr (b. ca. 1895 in IN; d unk.; bd. unk.); at least three ch.;
[listed as David L. Gwin, 14, single, b. Nov 1885 in IN/IN/IN, in the 8 Jun 1900 census of Martin Co., IN]
27.01--Oren Gwin, b. ca. 1913 in IN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;

27.02--Joseph Edwin Gwin, b. 10 Apr 1915 at Brookville near Washington, IN; d. unk.; bd.unk.; m. Mabel Margaret Weaver (b. ca. 1918 in IN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; at least two ch.;
[listed as Joseph E. Gwin, b. 10 Apr 1915 in Indiana to David L Gwin (29, of Brookville, near Wahington, IN, Foreman at Hincher Manuf. Co.,) and Laura E. Buhr (20, same res.); 3rd ch. of this mother, 2 of whom are still alive.]
[listed as Joe E. Gwinn, Malleable Iron Foundry Pattern Maker, 25, b. IN, in the 17 Apr 1940 census of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN]
[listed as Joseph E. Gwin, partner, Gwin Bros., Pattern Shop; died 3 Sep 1960 in Terre Haute, IN; b. 10 Apr 1915 in IN to David L. and Laura E. (Buhr) Gwin; informant: Louise Gwin, wife]

[listed as Mabel M. Gwinn, 22, b. IN, in the 17 Apr 1940 census of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN]
28.01--Larry Joe Gwin, b. 16 Sep 1936; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;
[listed as Larry. Gwinn, 3, b. IN, in the 17 Apr 1940 census of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN]
28.02--Kenneth Leon "Kenny" Gwin, Sr., CONTRIBUTOR, facebook friend, [PRIVATE]; m. Linda Sue Kellett (b. unk.; d, unk.; bd. unk.); at least two ch.;
[listed as Kenneth Gwinn, 0 y 5 m, b. IN, in the 17 Apr 1940 census of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN]
[listed as Kenneth Leon Gwin; m. 24 Jan 1970 in No. Terra Haute, Vigo Co., IN, to Linda Sue Kellett, on their marriage certificate]
29.01--Kenneth Leon Gwin, Jr., [PRIVATE], m. unk.; unk. ch.;

29.02--Joseph "Joe" Gwin, facebook [PRIVATE], m. Melissa Hancock, [PRIVATE], at least one ch.;
30.00--Sofia Gwin, [PRIVATE],
28.03--Mike Gwin, facebook [PRIVATE], m. Karen Woolley [PRIVATE];
27.03--Wilbur A. Gwin, b. 11 Aug 1919  in IN; d. 25 Jul 1988; bd. Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN--FaG Mem. ID# 113341683; m1. Catherine (nee unk.); m2. Louellen Rowland (b. 11 Sep 1919; d. 29 Apr 1983 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN; bd. Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN--FaG Mem. ID# 113341765; unk. ch.;
[listed as Wilbur Gwin, 22, Malleable Iron Foundry Pattern Maker, b. IN, in the 13 Apr 1940 census of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN]

[listed as Catherine Gwin, 19, b. IN, in the 13 Apr 1940 census of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN]
25.03--Mahala Gwin, b. ca. 1831

25.04--Homes Gwin, Jr., b. ca. 1838 in IN; blacksmith; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;

25.05--Milley Gwin, b. ca. 1840

25.06--Luisa Gwin b. ca. 1850 in IN; d. aft. 1870; bd. unk.; m. unk; unk. ch.;
24.02--George Gwin, b.

24.03--Ed Gwin, b.

24.04--John Gwin, b.

24.05--Thomas Gwin, b.

24.06--Elizabeth Gwin, b.

24.07--Nancy Gwin, b.

24.08--Sallie Gwin, b.

24.09--Polly Gwin, b. in VA; came to Harrison Co., IN, in 1804



22.02--Thomas Gwin, also came to Harrison Co. in 1804; all settled in Lanesville, IN.