Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Name“Hulda” Mahulda Margaret GAMBILL 
470, Mahulda Margaret “Hulda” Gambill Adams
470, Mahulda Margaret “Hulda” Gambill AdamsBirthJan 29, 1832, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee470, Mahulda Margaret “Hulda” Gambill Adams
Death1918, Texas470, Mahulda Margaret “Hulda” Gambill Adams
BurialSumpter Cemetery, US 287, Groveton, Trinity County, Texas470, Mahulda Margaret “Hulda” Gambill Adams
FatherAlfred Hennon GAMBILL (1807-1880)
MotherMariah C. WHITESELL (1805-1832)
Spouses
ChildrenCiatta L. (1849-1944)
Andrew Jackson (1858-1934)
Mahulda Octavia (1861-1907)
Foline (1863-1948)
Dulcina G. (1864-1900)
John Ervin (1867-1943)
Obituary Online notes for “Hulda” Mahulda Margaret GAMBILL
Mahulda Margaret "Hulda" Gambill Adams was born on January 29, 1832/1833 along the Duck River in Bedford County, Tennessee to Alfred Hennon Gambill & Mariah Whitesell. She was reportedly one of triplet daughters, her sisters being Emily J. & Mary C. "Polly" Gambill. It is said that their mother died as a result of complications from childbirth on March 27th of the same year.
In 1850, after her father remarried, Hulda was living with her only brother James B. Gambill & his wife & daughter. She then came to Texas on a wagon train.
In Texas she met and married a young widower, John Ervin Adams. They had eight children: Andrew Jackson, Ciatta L., Mahulda Octavia, Dulcena G., Fallena, John Ervin Jr., Harriet Atwood & an unnamed infant.
She died in 1918, probably in Polk or Trinity County, Texas.
Also of note: the name Gambill has many alternate spellings, Gamble, Gambil, Gambell etc. and it is also rendered many times as Gambrell, a spelling Hulda was known to use. Different branches of the same family have adopted all these different variations.
P.S. - Another researcher had questioned the last name because he had found it rendered as Gamblin, as I tried to explain above this is just another variation on the surname. I had listed some of the most common examples above but there are many others I have seen - Gambling, Gambol, Gambrill, etc, etc. There are actually too many too list. 470, Mahulda Margaret “Hulda” Gambill Adams
In 1850, after her father remarried, Hulda was living with her only brother James B. Gambill & his wife & daughter. She then came to Texas on a wagon train.
In Texas she met and married a young widower, John Ervin Adams. They had eight children: Andrew Jackson, Ciatta L., Mahulda Octavia, Dulcena G., Fallena, John Ervin Jr., Harriet Atwood & an unnamed infant.
She died in 1918, probably in Polk or Trinity County, Texas.
Also of note: the name Gambill has many alternate spellings, Gamble, Gambil, Gambell etc. and it is also rendered many times as Gambrell, a spelling Hulda was known to use. Different branches of the same family have adopted all these different variations.
P.S. - Another researcher had questioned the last name because he had found it rendered as Gamblin, as I tried to explain above this is just another variation on the surname. I had listed some of the most common examples above but there are many others I have seen - Gambling, Gambol, Gambrill, etc, etc. There are actually too many too list. 470, Mahulda Margaret “Hulda” Gambill Adams