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GADD FAMILY OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
Andrew Powhatan Gadd and Delilah Ferguson

Andrew Powhatan Gadd was born 26 Sept 1828, a son of James William Gadd (born 25 Sept. 1828 in Franklin County, Va./died 30 March 1906, Mercer County, W.Va.)  and his wife Rhoda Thornton.  Delilah Ferguson was born around 23 Feb 1831 in Bedford Co., Va., (Source of birthdate: 1999 e-mail) a daughter of Jesse Ferguson and his wife Elizabeth Hatcher. The birthdate on Delilah's tombstone appears to be 31 March 1829. Andrew and Delilah married on 25 Feb 1851. Delilah died in 1903. Andrew died on 20 March 1909.

Photos: Andrew P. Gadd. (Courtesy of Lelia Fix) Grave markers of Andrew and Delilah. (Courtesy of Cousin Erica.) William H. and father Andrew Powhatan Gadd Originally the woman in the photo was identified as William's sister Electra. But new information indicates it is his wife Lourinda. (Photo courtesy of Randall Reno) Newsclips: Gadd honored at Civil War dedication ceremony - 20 July 1999, The Raleigh Explorer. (Courtesy of Carla.) Bug Dust columns by Cordie Nugen: Flat Top Civil War Activities Reviewed, Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., 02 May 1961, Page 4. Gravestone Marks Battle of Flat Top, Raleigh Register, 03 May 1961, Page 4.

Andrew was a Confederate soldier. The West Virginia Civil War Almanac, Vol. 1, (1998) by Tim McKinney, Page 245, has Pvt. Andrew P. Gadd, 23 VAI (Virginia Infantry) CSA, served 9/62 to 4/65.  A History of Shady Spring District (Raleigh County, W.Va.), compiled by the Woman’s Club in 1979, has a newspaper column (Bug Dust, see link above, a regular feature in a Beckley, W.Va. paper) on Page 175 that contains information about Andrew’s company. The column is “Flat Top Civil War Activities Reviewed” by Cordie Cole Nugen. Second lieutenant Andrew P. Gadd is listed as part of Company F, 151st Virginia militia, also known as Foley’s Fighters and Foley’s Copperheads for their leader, Capt. Richard B. Foley, who lived near Camp Creek and began organizing the company in July 1861. The article states that the records of the Confederacy at Richmond, Va., have this company being officially organized in Mercer County on 22 Aug 1861.

According to Civil War reference “look ups” shared by an online genealogist, Andrew and his brother Sanford P. Gadd fought at the Battle of New Market in Virginia. Sanford was killed on 15 May 1864. S.P. Gadd: New Market memorial (Courtesy of John Gadd and Rhonda Shoemaker.) Andrew was captured at Winchester, Va., on 19 Sept 1864 and sent to Point Lookout, Md. (Point Lookout POW Descendants Organization ) Andrew was exchanged on 15 March 1865, “for Isaac French McKinney of the 22nd VA.” The 1890 Veterans Schedule for Jumping Branch, Summers County, W.Va., Line 40, says Andrew was in prison for five months.There is an account of the brothers' experience in Gadd Genealogy written by Joseph Hayden Gadd, Princeton, W.Va., 01 Dec 1939:

“Sanford Gadd and his brother Andrew P. were together in the battle of New Market, and in previous battles, and Andrew P. Gadd in relating his war experiences always referred to New Market with pathos in his voice.  He related how he and his brother Sanford, on the night before the battle, were discussing the beauty of the country and the spring time, and were wondering if their wives had planted their corn, and how they were getting along, and then Sanford said, ‘Andrew, I  have a premonition that one of us will be killed tomorrow, and I don't know which one, but this is our last night together, one of us will go tomorrow,’ and when the battle was over, it was Sanford that had made the supreme sacrifice.”

Andrew Powhatan Gadd - Civil War - Parole of Honor. Courtesy of Cousin Tom. This oath was signed on 27 June 1865, in Charleston, W.Va. Andrew promised to "hereby give this my Parole of Honor, that I will not take up arms against the United States Government, until I am regularly exchanged; and that if I am permitted to remain at my home, I will conduct myself as a good and peaceable citizen, and will respect the laws in force where I reside, and will do nothing to the detriment of, or in opposition to, the U.S. Government. The document includes a description: Age 37; Height, 5 ft. 9; Complexion, fair; Eyes, blue; Hair, dark; and Whiskers, sandy. 

Children of  Delilah and Andrew
Data comes from various sources. If you have different information, please e-mail me.

ELECTRA ADELINE GADD, born 11 Nov 1851, in Wyoming, Va.; died 20 May 1925. Married Adam Miller Harvey (Adam's tombstone Electra's tombstone Thanks to John Gadd and Rhonda Shoemaker). Electra's death certificate. (Certificate courtesy Green/Greene/Lilly/ Cooper/Harvey/Cook Family Tree - GGLCHC). WV Project marriage record. Harvey family photo (Thank you, Ruby) Children were James Henry (obit) , Emma S. Virginia, Clowney Lee, Lewis W., Alonzo E. (photo, photo 2, obit), Brady B. (obituary, son Lewis D. obit), and Willa "Willie" Harvey. Harvey social item

POWELL WADE GADD, born 15 Sept 1853, in W.Va./died 26 July 1924 in W.Va. Married Emma Melissa Martin. For more information on the Powell Gadd family, go to Gadd Page 2.

WILLIAM HARRISON GADD, born 17 Feb 1855/ died 10 Oct 1926. (Source: Cousin Randall). WV Project birth record. Married Lourinda E. Wood (1855-1926) and Clara Catherine Akers (1860-1962). For more information about the W.H. Gadd family, go to Gadd Page 3.


JOSEPH B. GADD, born 5 July 1857, Flat Top, W.Va./died 20 April 1953. Matoaka,  W.Va. (WV Project birth record - looks like 1857 in original record, index wrong?,  obituary, death certificate) He married Emma Howell (death certificate), daughter of John D. Howell and Leatha Massie, on 11 March 1879. WV Project marriage record.. Note: Elizabeth's, Mary Ann's and Joseph B.'s marriages are recorded on the same document containing 1879-80 weddings. Emma and Joseph Gadd's tombstone (Courtesy John and Rhonda.)

SARAH MILLICENT GADD, born 24 July 1858, Flat Top, W.Va./died 25 Dec 1949, in Ghent, W.Va. Husband, John Cooper.  Sarah: WV Project birth record, marriage record, death certificate. Photo: Sarah and John. Photo: Sarah Millicent Gadd. Obit: son John J. Cooper. Sarah's death certificate. Newsclip - Five generations meet at Ghent (Photos and newclip, courtesy GGLCHC)

ELIZABETH RHODA GADD, born 1860. Married Barnett Jefferson Snead (or Sneed?) 27 Nov 1879, Mercer County, W.Va. WV Project marriage record

MARY ANN (MOLLIE) GADD, born 1862. Married Charles Sneed, 26 Feb 1880, Mercer County. WV Project birth record, marriage record


VICTORIA M. GADD, born 22 Feb 1870 (death certificate date) in Flat Top, W.Va./died 24 Oct 1936, in Raleigh County, W.Va.  Married Albert P. Bonham (widowed) 27 Jan 1892. WV birth record - 28 Oct/no year, marriage record. Society note about Victoria's funeral. Victoria's death certificate.

JOHN Q. A. GADD, born 27 Oct 1867. (Gadd Genealogy, Page 11, says John "died when he was 16 years old."). WV Project birth record.

ANDREW JACKSON (JACK) GADD, born 1868. Married Mary Ann Waddle, 28 July 1885. Courtesy: GGLCHC. A niece said that he was a preacher and was called "Jack." According to information on Ancestry.com, he died in 1908. News brief, The Raleigh Herald, 23 July 1908, Page 1: Former Raleigh Man Dying.  WV Project birth record.  Children -- Gadd Genealogy lists Lundy John, Edward Howard, Pearlie (Phil) H., Earl William, and Bennie, "the latter having married Frank Raines and lives at Buffalo, W.Va." Her 1965 obituary has her name as Binnie P. Raynes. Children's birth records:  J.L. Gadd, 1891,  B. P. Gadd,1889 B.P. is a male, according to the record. But I am guessing that is Binnie.

ELIZA JANE GADD, born 09 April 1870, (or 1871) and died 1958 near Glen Daniels, W.Va. (Source: family letter.) Married C.C. "Lum" Farley (widower) 20 Sept 1899. Mr. Farley was a brother to J.Q. Farley who married Eliza Jane's niece Eliza Ann Gadd (Mary Jane Ellison Farley and sons) daughter of William Harrison Gadd. According to information in a family tree at Ancestry.com, Lum Farley's first wife Etta Akers was a sister to Clara Catherine Akers, William Harrison Gadd's second wife.   WV Project marriage record