Sketch of the Gantt Family, Audrain County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** An English family named Gantt, and consisting of five brothers and two sisters, settled in North Carolina. Their names were: John, James, William, zachariah, Ichem, Keziah and Sally. William married Fannie Rippey and settled in Ray County, MO. Ichem married Sally Rippey, and they had: Jane, Levi, Josiah, Jesse, William, Thomas and Ichem Jr. Mr. Gantt died, and his widow afterwards married his brother James, by whom she had James Jr., and John. Josiah and Thomas, sons of Ichem Gantt, Sr., settled in Audrain County in 1835. The former married Nancy Far- cett and the latter married Cynthia Hurdell. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================