Obituary Capt. P. L. Gammon   Waxahachie Enterprise July 15, 1897 Capt. Gammon died July 10th after only a few days' illness.  One of our oldest citizens, he was born and reared in East Tennessee.  He was in business at Danridge, Tenn. when the CW began and was commander of a company in a Tennessee Regiment.. Shortly after the end of the war he married and moved to Red Oak, Ellis County.  There were four sons, Charlie, Lea, Bob and Will by this marriage.  After the death of this first wife he married a daughter of Porter McFarlin, an early settler in the Ovilla area.  Three children and their mother are left to mourn his passing. Captain P. L. Gammon Captain Gammon, one of our oldest citizens, died July 10, 1897 [?] after a few days illness. He was born and reared in East Tenn., where he married. He commanded a Tenn. Regt. during the Civil War, and moved to Red Oak after the War ended. There were four sons: Charlie, Lea, Bob and Will. After his wife's death, he married Miss McFarlin, daughter of Porter McFarlin, early settler in the Ovilla area, and three children were born to them. Abstracted from History of Ellis County compiled by Mrs. A. L. Feltenberger and the Rebecca Boyce Chapter DAR.   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:20:36 MDT