William Gammell

William Gammell (HM2B6R)

Location: Houston, TX 77007 Harris County
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 45.981', W 95° 23.325'

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(October 18, 1812 - April 10, 1869)

William Gammell was born in Ayshire, Scotland. He and his parents immigrated to the United States, settling in Lowell, Massachusetts. Gammell arrived in Texas during the spring of 1836, where he enlisted in the Texian Army on April 5. He served in the army under Captain Alfred Henderson Wyly and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. Gammell also served as a gunsmith for the new Republic of Texas, rebuilding firearms for the army in the summer of 1836. In the summer of 1837 he served under Captain John Bowyer in the "Mounted Gun Men", a volunteer group established by the Republic of Texas for the protection of the northern frontier from the Indians.

Gammell married Jane McDaniel, a native of New York, on July 19, 1839 in Houston. The couple had no children. In 1842 Gammell was again called to defend his new homeland and enlisted in Captain James Gillespie's company in the spring of that year to defend San Antonio against an invasion by the Mexican army. Gammell again took up arms in September of 1842 and fought under Captain Jesse Billingsley against the Mexican army at the Battle of Salado Creek.

Gammell traveled to California during the Gold Rush, but returned to Texas to settle on 390 acres just outside the city limits, now situated under Highway 59 at Lyons Avenue in Houston's Fifth



Ward. Gammell opened a gunsmith shop on Congress Avenue in Houston circa 1851 and operated the business until his retirement in 1866. Gammell died unexpectedly from pneumonia in 1869 and was buried in Houston's Masonic Cemetery. In 1900 he was reinterred in the Deutsche Gesellschaft (German Society) Cemetery, which is now Washington Cemetery.
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HM NumberHM2B6R
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Year Placed2009
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Thursday, September 6th, 2018 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15R E 269038 N 3295286
Decimal Degrees29.76635000, -95.38875000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 45.981', W 95° 23.325'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 45' 58.86" N, 95° 23' 19.5" W
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Area Code(s)281, 713
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 702 E Heights Hollow Ln, Houston TX 77007, US
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