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Joseph F. Gammon, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and a carpenter by

trade came to Savannah, Georgia during the first half of the nineteenth century,probably around 1827 and remained in Savannah until his death in 1865.

He married a woman from Savannah with whom he apparently had six children; only one of whom- survived him. After the death of his first wife, Sarah, of pleurisy in 1853; he married Miss Elizabeth Whitten· of Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1854 but the marriage was a brief one as she died of consumption, or tuberculosis, in 1858! Fourteen months later, Gammon was married a third and final time to Miss Margaret McDod of Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania who survived him!'

In addition to Joseph, his brother, Benjamin, and two sisters, susan and EliEbetb, also came from Nova Scotia to make Savannah their new home i. Benjamin, also a carpenter, and fifteen years his brother's junior!' inherited Joseph's carpentry tools!upon his death. "

Professiaially, it is possible that Joseph and, perhaps, his brother

Benjamin as well were involved in some aspect of ship building, it being one of the most important industries of Nova Scotia at the t i me coupled with Savannah's importance as a commercial port!'

Although little information can be obtained concerning Gammon's professional life, he was evidently prosperous, having accumulated a personal estate worth,· at the time of his death, ·nearly $23,000, which included a good deal of real estate situated in the heart of Savannah '

Publication Date

Fall 1987

The Life of Joseph F. Gammon

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