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Max Whiddon Gandy

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Max Whiddon Gandy

Birth
Mount Vernon, Montgomery County, Georgia, USA
Death
27 May 1870 (aged 65)
Chastain, Thomas County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Coolidge, Thomas County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID
25778953 View Source
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Son of Brinkley Gandy (1774-1830) and Leah Nasworthy. Born and raised in Montgomery County, GA where he married 26 February 1829 to Laney Whiddon. Max and his new bride moved shortly after their marriage to Leon County, FL where they purchased an 80 acre farm, lived for 5 years and had their first 2 children. On July 12, 1834, shortly after the birth of their second child they sold their farm and moved across the county/state line to join their family in Thomas County, GA where Max farmed and worked at a grist mill on the Ochlocknee river near the Chastain community and the couple had 8 more children. Total issue: 10 children. 9 of their 10 children lived to adulthood. 6 sons and 3 daughters. Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church where Max is buried was formed about 1842. Max and Laney are believed to be founding members. When the War Between the States broke out all 6 of the sons served in the CSA. Only 1 perished in the war. Max and Laney lived in Thomas County until their deaths in 1870.

Brother: Book A Gandy
Brother: Ephraim Gandy
Brother: Brinkley Gandy
Brother: Berry Hill Gandy
Brother: Green Berry Gandy
Son of Brinkley Gandy (1774-1830) and Leah Nasworthy. Born and raised in Montgomery County, GA where he married 26 February 1829 to Laney Whiddon. Max and his new bride moved shortly after their marriage to Leon County, FL where they purchased an 80 acre farm, lived for 5 years and had their first 2 children. On July 12, 1834, shortly after the birth of their second child they sold their farm and moved across the county/state line to join their family in Thomas County, GA where Max farmed and worked at a grist mill on the Ochlocknee river near the Chastain community and the couple had 8 more children. Total issue: 10 children. 9 of their 10 children lived to adulthood. 6 sons and 3 daughters. Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church where Max is buried was formed about 1842. Max and Laney are believed to be founding members. When the War Between the States broke out all 6 of the sons served in the CSA. Only 1 perished in the war. Max and Laney lived in Thomas County until their deaths in 1870.

Brother: Book A Gandy
Brother: Ephraim Gandy
Brother: Brinkley Gandy
Brother: Berry Hill Gandy
Brother: Green Berry Gandy

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"I will recompense the woes of earth to think we'll dwell with her in heaven;"

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  • Maintained by: R.L. Gandy
  • Originally Created by: Winnette
  • Added: 6 Apr 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 25778953
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25778953/max-whiddon-gandy: accessed ), memorial page for Max Whiddon Gandy (13 Jun 1804–27 May 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25778953, citing Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Coolidge, Thomas County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by R.L. Gandy (contributor 47103420).