Volume 13 , Issue 49

NW Okie's Corner

I shuffle through some old GUINN/GWIN photos that I had scanned a few years back and ran across my father, Gene M McGill's, Great Grandmother, Ellen Dever Guinn (born 18 Jan. 1834, Highland, Virginia - died Oct. 1896, Highland Virginia).

I do not know if you can see the brooch (red) in the photo since it is in sepia coloring. The background on the red brooch legacy goes something like this as it was written on the back of the photo by my father: "The Red Brooch was given to this woman (Ellen Dever) by her father (John Dever (1798-1862)) on her 16th birthday (1850). I show John Dever married Elizabeth Gilmore (1802-1882), in Rockingham, Virginia.

My 2nd-Great Grandmother, Ellen Dever married 12 Oct. 1854, in Highland, Virginia, to Samuel Gwin (1825-1871) and had the following children: Walter P. Gwin (1856-?), Reuhama "Hami" Gwin (1857-?), and Signora Belle "Sigga B" Gwin (1860-1934).

Speaking of GWIN ancestry . . . we have heard from a descendant of the GWINN family Calf Pasture, Virginia this last week. Lillian (Email: lillian.densley@gmail.com) says, "I was delighted to find your web site about the Gwinn family of Calf Pasture, VA. I am searching for information about James Gwinn who settled in the Greenbrier Area of Summers, Monroe Co, WV (West Virginia).

Lillian says, "My ancestor is Jenny (a.k.a. Jean, Jane) GGWYN/GWINN who married Joseph Alford and named her first son, James Alford. After studying information about the Gwinn family, I believe my ancestor Jean (Jane) is the daughter of James Gwinn, who with his brother Samuel, being sons of Robert of Calf Pasture, Virginia, came to Greenbrier River and settled in the area of Monroe, Summers County."

Lillian goes on to tell us, "Jenny (Jean, Jane) Gwinn married Joseph Alford in 1792 in Greenbrier Co, VA (Virginia) and named her oldest son James, who married Margaret Carlisle. Thank you for posting your family research. Any new information you may have about James Gwinn, son of Robert, that you can share would appreciated. Thank you!"

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