(1) Name: Catherine CONN
—————————————————————————————————————————————
Father: Capt. William CONN (1784-1872)
Mother: Fanny

Misc. Notes
From: jjmcard@mc.net <jjmcard@mc.net>
Date: Friday, April 5, 2002 5:56 PM

Being a Bourbon County CONN researcher, and recognizing the CONN / GANO connection, I thought I would pass this information along to our Bourbon County list . . .

"The American Museum: or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces & Prose and Poetical", Volume VI, Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey. M.DCC.XCII. (1792), page 48+ (appendix):

Died: At Frankfort, Mrs. Sarah Gano.

This was found in an obscure, hard to locate source, so thought I would post it here for everyone's future reference.

Happy hunting!

Debbie McArdle


Spouses
—————————————————————————————————————————————
1: Rev. John Allen GANO Sr.
Birth: July 14, 1805 Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky
Death: October 14, 1887 Age: 82
Father: Richard M. GANO
Mother: Elizabeth EWING

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 570-571

REV. JOHN ALLEN GANO, SR., minister and farmer; P. 0. Centerville; whose portrait appears in this work; was born in Georgetown, Scott Co., Ky., July 14, 1803; his father, Richard M. Gano, was then a merchant in that place; his grandfather, John Gano, was a Baptist Minister who served under Gen. Washington as Chaplain in the Revolution; he was lineally descended from a French Huguenot of some prominence, who escaped to the Isle of Guernsey, and sailed to America at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The mother of John A. was formerly Elizabeth Ewing, from Bedford County, Va., where her parents resided and died; he was the fifth child and first son of his parents, who only raised another son, Dr. Stephen F. Gano, still living near Gcorgetown; he received a tolerable liberal English and classical education and studied and commenced the practice of law; becoming a convert to the Christian faith, he resolved with the help and blessing of God to preach the Gospel of Christ. The 2nd of Oct., 1821, he married Miss Catharine Conn, the only child and daughter of Capt. Wm. Conn, of Bourbon County, Ky., who resided near the village of Centerville, and gave them the farm near his own, where his father, Thos. Conn, settled in about 1787, where he lived, and died in 1811; he came from Culpepper County, Va., and owned a landed estate around him here of two thousand acres of land. His son, John M. Conn, came to Kentucky before the family, and with servants to assist him, prepared the ground and raised a crop, before the removal of his father's fainily; this was a very hazardous undertaking as the Indians were about, one had to watch with his trusty rifle, while the others plowed. He removed to the old homestead in 1828 late in the year. Capt. John M. Conn then was living on Townsend Creek on a fine farm, a portion of his father's original survey, where he had long lived and raised a large and interesting family. The father-in-law of John A. had a good farm, a part of the same survey extending up to the village; he had recently purchased the farm, of his brother James, who inherited the old homestead, and removed to and is now living in Nicholas County. Col. Thompson Ware, who married Sally Conn, lived on a good farm immediately south of Capt. Wm. Conn and on the Lexington road; Mr. David Stonnoy, who married Miss Cassandra Conn, owned ]ends immediatety west of Col. Ware, all portions of the same survey, on the headwaters of Townsend. Old Mr. John Hall lived at the time on a small farm adjoining, and northwest of them, a part of the Conn survey. The first child born to them, a son, Wm. Conn Gano, born at his grandfirther's, Sept. 23, 1828; the second, Richard M. Gano, was born at Springdale, June 18, 1830; Fanny Conn, March 24, 1832; Robert Ewing, June 1, 1834; Stephen F., April 25, 1836; Franklin M., Dec. 11, 1839, Eliza G., Oct. 19, 1841; John Allen, Jr., July 21, 1845; and Mary Eliza, June 10, 1848; all of whom were born at Springdale; Robt., Stephen and Eliza died in early infancy; Mrs. Fanny Conn Spears died at Springdale, Feb. 4, 1850; Wm. Conn Gano died at Rural Glen, July, 1863; Capt. Wm. Conn died at Bellevue, Aug. 7, 1872, the day he was 88 years old; Mrs. Mary Eliza Buckner died at Bellevue, Aug. 4, 1877, leaving four children, and Franklin M. died near Taylor, in Texas, February, 1881, and left three children; his son, Gen. R. M. Gano, is now living at Dallas City, Texas, and his youngest son Allen, Jr., is residing near Taylor, Williamson, Texas. The father of our subject died in October, 1815, and his mother died in April, 1812, leaving six children.
-------------
JOHN ALLEN GANO. [1]

MORE than two hundred years ago-perhaps in 1685--when Roman intolerance drove the Huguenots from France, Francis Gano, a French Protestant, fled from his native country, to find a home in a strange land, settling with his family in Rochelle, New York. From this ancestry sprang the subject of the present sketch, John A. Gano, who was born at Georgetown, Ky., July 14, 1865

His parents died before he reached the age of ten, leaving him to the care of an uncle, William Hubble, an old Indian fighter of early Kentucky days. Most of his education was received at Georgetown, Barton Stone being one of his instructors.

When he left school he turned his attention to the study of law, and was admitted to practice. As he manifested some talent as an orator, his future looked bright and promising.

In 1826, Mr. Gano was married to Mary Conn, of Centerville, Ky. Nine children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. Six lived to maturity, to wit: William, Richard, Fannie, Franklin, John Allen, Jr., and Mary. Only two are living now-Richard, who is a preacher of the gospel, and John Allen.

In his youth, Mr. Gano was quick-tempered and impulsive, and rather inclined to be worldly. His early training was in the Baptist Church, but he showed little interest in religion and Church affairs till a short time before his marriage with Miss Conn. While visiting the young lady he had an opportunity of hearing Barton Stone and Thomas Allen preach at some of the neighboring churches. Their forcible presentation of the gospel truths impressed him greatly, and a terrible struggle commenced within him between the flesh and the spirit. After some months of indecision, however, he made a profession of his faith in Christ, at Old Union Church, and was baptized by Mr. Allen at Georgetown. Immediately after his conversion he took up the sword of the Spirit, and began proclaiming Christ's salvation to the world, laboring faithfully till the end of his life,

How well he did the work, thousands can bear testimony. A Baptist minister once said that Mr. Gano had converted more people, made more peace among the people in his field of labor, and had done more to shape the religious views of the people of Central Kentucky than any other five ministers in the State. He seemed to possess a remarkable power over the hearts of the people, being eloquent, clear, convincing, and winning. As Walter Scott expressed it, "He could bring the house to tears sooner than any man I have ever known."

In his early ministry, Mr. Gano labored much for the Church at Cynthiana, being regular pastor there in 1846 and 1847, and holding several protracted meetings at different times afterward.

In one meeting, when enthusiasm seemed to be at ebb tide, he was called in to help stir up the people, with the result that in a short time more than forty souls were brought into the kingdom. It seems that his whole life was one unceasing round of service to Christ; at home, abroad, and everywhere he went, his Christian influence was felt.

His death was such as might be expected from such a life. On the morning of October 14, 1887, while his family was gathered around his bed, he passed from their midst, with a happy smile on his face, as though heaven had already opened to him its glories. " Yea," saith the Spirit, " that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them."
-----

Gano, John Allen, Family Papers, 1794-1948
(C 65) 128 folders (MICROFILM)
Correspondence, diary, and miscellaneous papers of John Allen Gano of Bourbon County, Kentucky, an evangelist in the early Disciples of Christ church. The collection contains scattered correspondence from fellow preachers in Kentucky and Missouri in which they relate their experiences and attitudes toward the war.

Marriage: October 2, 1827
Children: William Conn (1828-1863)
Richard M. (1830-)
Fanny Conn (1832-1850)
Robert Ewing (1834-)
Stephen F. (1836-)
Franklin M. (1839-1881)
Eliza G. (1841-)
John Allen (1845-)
Mary Eliza (1848-1877)


Sources
1. A Souvenir History of the Christian Church in Cynthiana, Ky., by W. S. Cason, Lily Webster, Maude Smith and Bettie M. Cromwell.