[listed as Enoch Gwin, age 2, on 5 Jul 1860 census of Liberty Hill P. O., Athens Beat, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as Enoch Gwin, 12, in the 26 Aug 1870 census of Liberty Hill P. O., Athens Beat, Dallas Co., AL]

CAUTION--IDENTIFICATION UNPROVEN [listed as Enoch Gwin, 22, in the 13 Aug 1880 census of Beat No. 2, Robb & Stones Pct., Supervisors Dist. #2, Washington Co., MS

26.01--Leiser, Kate, m. Jim Robbins
26.02--Leiser, Chesley Gwin
26.03--Leiser, Eleanor M. m. Francis Bates
26.04--Leiser, A. P., Jr.
26.05--Leiser, P. daughter
26.06--Leiser, George
26.07--Leiser, Fannie
26.08--Leiser, unk.
26.09--Leiser, Dorothy m. Wm. Jos. Keowen
26.10--Leiser, Julia Louise

[John M. Gwin Note: Working under the theory that girls who married in these days generally stayed in the vicinity of their parents' homes, and having found Chesley and Patty in Browns, Dallas Co., AL, I did a search for anyone by the name of Fannie living in Browns in 1880.  In the white population, there were only two: one was a daughter living with her parents, and the other was a Fannie G. Leiser, age 19, wife of A. P. Leiser and mother of a ten-month-old daughter, Kate G. Leiser.  I followed this Leiser family in the hopes of finding some evidence that this would be our Fannie, perhaps even Chess or Patty living with them in their old age.  Voila! She has a son named C. Gwin Leiser (wanna bet his name is Chesley Gwin Leiser?), and she's living next door to her dad, Chesley R. Gwin, and stepmom, Paralee Gwin, in 1910 in Browns, Dallas Co., AL!]

26.01--Katherine G. "Kate" Leiser, dau., b. 21 Aug 1879 in AL/AL/AL; d. 1 or 13 Oct 1967 in Montgomery, AL, at age 88; bd. unk.; m. James E. "Jim" Robbins (b. ca. 1878 in AL/AL/AL; d. unk.; bd. unk.); at least 1 ch.

[listed as Kate G. Leiser, 10 mos., b. Aug 1879 in AL/AL/AL, in the 1 Jun 1880 census of Browns Pct., Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as Kate G. Leiser, 19, b. Aug 1879 in AL/AL/AL, in the Jun 1900 census of Browns Pct. 29, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as Catherine Robbins, 29, md. 1 yr. w/0 of 0 ch. lvg., b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 11 May 1910 census of Pct. 29, Browns, Dallas Co., AL, and lvg. next door to her mother and family and 2 doors from her grandfather Chesley R. Gwin]
[listed as Katherine Robbins, 38, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 14 Jan 1920 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as Catherine L. Robbins, 48, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 5 Apr 1930 census of Orrville, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as Eliser Robbins, 58, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 2 Apr 1940 census of Orrville, Dallas Co., AL]

[listed as Jim Robbins, 33, md. 1 yr., b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 11 May 1910 census of Pct. 29, Browns, Dallas Co., AL, and lvg. next door to his m-i-l and family and 2 doors from his wife's grandfather Chesley R. Gwin]
[listed as James Robbins, 42, wholesale grocer, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 14 Jan 1920 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as James E. Robbins, 53, dry goods retailer, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 5 Apr 1930 census of Orrville, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as James E. Robbins, 61, asst. postmaster, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 2 Apr 1940 census of Orrville, Dallas Co., AL]

Caution:  It is NOT confirmed that this is our James Elijah Robbins; however, it certainly could be he. Birth:     Oct. 21, 1876 Death:    May 19, 1948 Burial:   Live Oak Cem.     Selma, Dallas County, AL Plot:       LO 14 725 Find A Grave Memorial# 102072330

27.01--James E. Robbins, Jr., b. ca. 1912 in AL/AL/AL; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.; --DESCENDANTS POSSIBLE

[listed as James Robbins, 8, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 14 Jan 1920 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as James E. Robbins, Jr., 18, b. in AL/AL/AL, in the 5 Apr 1930 census of Orrville, Dallas Co., AL]

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 about Eleanor Leiser Bates
Name:	Eleanor Leiser Bates
Birth Date:	abt 1884
Death Date:	6 Nov 1961
Death Place:	Selma, Dallas, Alabama
Death Age:	77
Gender:	Female
Father Name:	Albert Peter Leiser
Mother Name:	Frances Bell Gwin
FHL Film Number:	1908966

27.01--Frances E. Bates, b. 14 Nov 1905 in AL/AL/AL; d. 22 Dec 1994 in Fayetteville, NC; bd. Lafayette Mem. Cem., Fayetteville, NC; m. bef. 1939 to Robert E. Chandler (b. ca. 1900 in GA; d. unk.; bd. unk.); at least one ch.;

[listed as Frances E. Bates, 4, dau., b. AL/AL/AL, in the 18 Apr 1910 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as Frances Bates, 14, daughter, b. AL/AL/AL, in the 7 Jan 1920 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]
[listed as Frances Chandler, age 33, department store saleswoman, b. MS, in the 13 Apr 1940 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]

[listed as Robert E. Chandler, age 40, traveling salesman for building materials, b. GA, in the 13 Apr 1940 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]

28.01--Frances Leiser "Leiser" Chandler, b. 24 May 1939 in Selma, Dallas Co., AL; d. 19 Jan 1994; bd. beside her mother at Lafayette Mem. Pk., Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., NC--FAG Mem. ID# 38318515;--"BELOVED DAUGHTER, WIFE, MOTHER, AND TEACHER"; m. by a JP in Mar 1962 in Cusseta, GA to Earl Campbell Horan, Jr. (b. 23 Feb 1936 in AL; d. 7 Mar 2015 in Fayetteville, NC; bd. Lafayette Mem. Pk., Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., NC--FAG Mem. ID# 143562489); at least two ch., at least four grch.;

[listed as Frances Chandler, age 10 mo., b. AL, in the 13 Apr 1940 census of Selma, Dallas Co., AL]

OBITUARY:  Earl C. Horan, Jr.
Company M-2
23 Feb 1936 in AL  -  7 Mar 2015 in Fayetteville, NC

        It is with great regret and sorrow that we must notify you of the death of our classmate, Earl Horan, on March 7, 2015, in Fayetteville, NC.
        Earl is survived by wife, Elizabeth; daughter, Eleanor Rivera; son, Earl Horan III; and grandchildren, Troy Horan, Earl Horan IV, Chandler Rivera, and Michael Rivera.     
        The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Rogers and Breece Funeral Home, 500 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301.  A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1000 Andrews Road, Fayetteville, NC 28311.  Interment with full military honors will follow at Lafayette Memorial Park, 2301 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC  28301.
        Condolences may be sent to Elizabeth at 6229 Falkland Court, Fayetteville, NC  28311.  In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations in Earl’s memory be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS  66675.
        Well done, Earl.  Be thou at peace.

BIOGRAPHICAL GLIMPSES

        Earl Campbell Horan, Jr. was born into the military family of Colonel Earl and Margaret Horan. His formative years were spent in Alabama, where his father was Professor of Military Science and Commandant of Marion Military Institute.  Earl was so eager to join the Army that at 17 he joined the Alabama National Guard as a truck driver.  Earl completed two years of college at Marion Institute before fulfilling his dream of attending West Point.  Earl was a gifted athlete in high school and was sought after by many of the Southeastern colleges.  His love of sports continued through his cadet days to his officer days, during which he was outstanding in the field events of Europe’s track and field competitions.  In his 40s, Earl began running marathons, which was a testimony to his athletic skills and perseverance.
        Earl arrived at West Point tall, talented, laid back and full of humor.  He truly was one of a kind and treated plebe year as an adventure not to be missed.  His levity in Beast Barracks brought all of us new cadets comic relief, which unfortunately was coupled with many pushups, although Earl was seldom caught.  When Earl would march us as plebes from North Area through South Area enroute to the academic buildings, he had the ability to bring the upperclassmen located in South Area to the point of a frenzy. His antics throughout the four years endeared him to his classmates but were not always well received by the Tactical Department.  Consequently, early on Earl became a member of the Century Club. There was a Don Quixote quality to Earl, because he never failed to see windmills that needed to be tilted, yet never at the expense of others.  He was an excellent athlete, a good student (at least when the chips were down), and he had a few experiences with the Academic Department.  Earl possessed one annoying trait, at least to his roommates: he always attracted the best-looking girls.  He was a talented musician with the guitar and enjoyed four years with the Glee Club, appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show among other highlights.  Music was very important to Earl, and he played and sang whenever possible, and his room in the barracks was never dull.
        Upon graduation, Earl joined the Infantry.  After completion of the Infantry basic course and Ranger and Airborne schools, Earl was enroute to his first assignment in Berlin, Germany, only to be met on the drop zone after his final jump by the lovely Leiser Chandler from the University of Alabama, whom he had been dating for a couple of years.  Leiser led him in his airborne fatigues to the Justice of the Peace in Cusseta, Georgia where they were married.  Thus began a wonderful love story, only to be interrupted after Earl’s retirement by the untimely death of Leiser.
        At his first assignment in Berlin he worked at both Check Point Charlie and Spandau Prison. After Berlin, Earl’s career followed the usual pattern of young Infantry officers in the 1960s and 1970s: Berlin; Fort Bragg, NC; Vietnam; Fort Benning, GA; Vietnam; ROTC; then Fort Campbell, KY; followed by Fort Leavenworth, KS; Japan, Leavenworth, Bragg, and Grenada.  It was during his first assignment at Fort Bragg that Earl became Special Forces qualified and experienced his first combat tour in Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces.  Earl returned from Vietnam to Fort Benning in 1966.  While there he became very involved with the cast and crew making the film The Green Berets.  The director was so taken with Earl that he named the fictitious SF camp in the movie after Earl’s camp in Vietnam.  Earl taught John Wayne how to be a Green Beret.  Not a bad accomplishment by a young captain.  Throughout his career, and especially in combat, Earl displayed calm leadership and coolness under fire, which earned him numerous awards for valor, including the Silver Star.
        In addition to his combat tours with Special Forces and the Phoenix Program, Earl served as a company commander at the Infantry Center at Fort Benning. He was the assistant PMS at Murray State in Kentucky.  Later, he was the S-3 of the 3d Battalion, 187th PIR, 101st Airborne Division.  After attendance at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Earl was assigned to IX Corps at Camp Zama, Japan.  He returned to Fort Leavenworth on the faculty of CGSC.  His next assignment was to XVIII Airborne Corps, where he was assigned as the deputy G-5.  While with XVIII Airborne Corps, Earl participated in Operation Urgent Fury.  Earl commanded the stay-behind force that helped the governor to stabilize Grenada.  His actions in that capacity were so widely applauded that Earl became one of the Army’s foremost authorities on civic action, especially in a special warfare environment.
        Earl’s final assignments were with the Special Warfare Center School, culminating as the deputy assistant commandant.  It was in this last position that Earl was instrumental in establishing Special Forces as an independent branch within the Army.
        After retirement from active duty, Earl and family remained in the Fayetteville, NC area.  There Earl became active in real estate, his church, AUSA, Kiwanis, and numerous civic and charitable organizations. He continued his love of music by playing the mandolin in the bluegrass band Foggy Mountain Boys.
        Earl was more than just a great soldier and a multitalented individual.  He was a loving husband and father whose accomplishments and zest for life where often overshadowed by his humility and understated approach.  He was a remarkable and memorable individual who enriched the lives of all with whom he had contact.  They can’t help but smile when they hear Earl’s name.

— Family and roommate

29.01--Eleanor Horan; facebook; PRIVATE; m. Mr. Rivera; PRIVATE;

30.01--Chandler Rivera; PRIVATE;

30.02--Michael "Early Bird" Rivera; PRIVATE;

29.02--Earl Campbell Horan III; facebook; PRIVATE; m. unk.; PRIVATE

30.01--Troy Richard "kelituub" Horan; PRIVATE; m. unk.; PRIVATE;

31.01--dau. Horan; PRIVATE;

30.02--Earl Campbell Horan IV; PRIVATE;

Earl Campbell Horan, Jr. m2. to Elizabeth Belford; PRIVATE;

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 about George Leiser
Name:	George Leiser
Birth Date:	abt 1892
Birth Place:	Browns Station, Alabama
Death Date:	9 Aug 1918
Death Place:	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Cemetery Name:	Hospital
Death Age:	26
Race:	White
Marital Status:	Single
Gender:	Male
Residence:	Browns Station, Dallas, Alabama
Father Birth Place:	Uniontown, Alabama
Mother Name:	Frances Gwin Leiser
Mother Birth Place:	Alabama
FHL Film Number:	1908203

 

Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 about Jos Leiser [Note: If this is our missing Leiser, he could've been a twin to A. P., Jr., since both Joseph and A. P , Jr., were born in 1886.]
Name:	Jos Leiser
Birth Date:	abt 1886
Birth Place:	Alabama
Death Date:	23 Jul 1886
Death Place:	Browns, Dallas, Alabama
Death Age:	0
Occupation:	Infant
Race:	White
Gender:	Male
FHL Film Number:	1532154

25.06----Lula Gwin, b. ca. 1861; d. unk., but perhaps just before the 1870 census; bd. unk; m. prob. never; prob. no ch.;  --DESCENDANTS POSSIBLE but not probable...

25.07--C. J. Gwin, b. ca. 1866 (age 14 in 1880 census); d. unk. (but probably in California--see Anna Todd's letter, below); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.; ; --DESCENDANTS POSSIBLE

[John M. Gwin Note: Anna Todd states that the 1910 census of Browns, AL, shows Chesley and Paralee as being married in or about 1868 (married 42 years in May 1910); therefore, it is likely, in my opinion, that Fannie died either in childbirth with this C. J. Gwin or shortly thereafter, and that Paralee married Chesley at least partly because of his need of someone to help care for the children.]

22.00--Isham Gwin, b. ca. 1770 in VA; d. 1830 in Orange Co., IN; m. Mary Canterbury;

23.00--John Gwin, b. 7 Nov 1792 in the Carolinas; d. 7 ____ 1877 in Wilsonville, Shelby Co., AL; m. Jane Walker;

24.00--Chesley Richard Gwin b. ca. 1828; m. Fannie Bell;

Fil, it is at this point in your genealogy--between generations five and four  going backwards from you--that I wonder if you have perhaps gotten some overlap into one of the "other Chesley Gwin" lines. It looks to me as if you are approximately where I was three years ago in 2003 when I decided to go to east Tennessee and see if I could find anything on Isham. [Everything I found then (and have found since) is posted on my page for Isham. I have also found quite a bit on John's youngest son and my gg-granduncle, Chesley R., and his wife Mary Frances Elizabeth "Fannie" Bell, most if not all of which is posted here on this page.] Let me explain about these "other" Chesley Gwins.
A couple of years ago, my double-fourth cousin, Barbara Ward, and I decided to pool our research on the various Chesley Gwins (all spellings of Gwin) we had discovered and produce a page trying to tie as much of it together as we could. The result is on a page I had built earlier for a Chesley Gwin who married a Levinia Clay in Alabama. I refer you to that page in the hope that you may find things there that will help you confirm your connections to either one family or the other. It is our strong belief that all these Chesley Gwins started with one couple: Richard Gwin who married Sarah Chesley near Jamestown, VA, around 1760-1770.

So, whether you descend from the Chesley Richard of Alabama (b. ca. 1828) who is the son of John and Jane of Tennessee and Alabama (my ggg-grandparents) or from the Chesley Richard of Arkansas (also b. 1828!) who is the son of another Chesley Richard and Levinia Clay of Georgia and Alabama, I welcome you as cousin, Cousin, and look forward to a lifetime of working together on this amazing family puzzle!
:-)

26.01--Minnie M. Guinn, b.;

26.02--William Franklin "Frank" Guinn, b.;

26.03--Richard Byron Guinn, b.;

27.00--(given name unk.) Guinn, b.;

28.00--Joan Guinn, m. Mr. Eaton (Mayor of Muskogee, OK);

27.00--(given name unk.) Guinn, b.;

27.00--(given name unk.) Guinn, b.;

27.00--(given name unk.) Guinn, b.;

28.02--Vicky Lynn Guinn, b.

28.03--Roger Gene Guinn, b.

28.04--Michael Curtis Guinn, b.

28.05--Leigh Anne Guinn, b.

28.02--Bartley M. Guinn, b. 1941 in Houston;

26.06--Hattie Bell Guinn,

26.07--Henry C. Guinn,

26.08--Thomas J. "Tom" Guinn,

26.09--Ferdinand "Ferd" "Fred" DeSoto Guinn,

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