Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Name“Hulda” Mahulda Margaret GAMBILL 
[38899]
[38899]BirthJan 29, 1832, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee [38899]
Death1918, Texas [38899]
BurialSumpter Cemetery, US 287, Groveton, Trinity County, Texas [38899]
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. [38899]
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. [38899]