Jesse H. Gough
GOUGH, J. H.
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Jesse Hensley GOUGH
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Birth: 24 Feb 1808 Butler Co, Ohio
Death: 12 Jan 1884 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Marriage: 18 Nov 1830 Greene Co, Illinois
Father: Byram Bailey GOUGH (1779-1845)
Mother: Dulley HENSLEY (1778-1838)
Wife: Sarah TOMPKINS
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Birth: 9 Jun 1812 Hardin Co, Kentucky
Death: 11 Oct 1871 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Children
1 F Martha GOUGH
Birth: Sep 1831 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 1900 Texas
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2 M Alexander Bailey GOUGH
Birth: 5 Oct 1833 Greene Co, Illinois
Military: bet 1861-64
Death: 15 May 1864 Norwoods Plantation, Louisiana
Burial: Louisiana
Cause of Death: Civil War
Spouse: Elizabeth Jane ROWLAND (1830-1904)
Marriage: 10 Feb 1857 Dallas, Texas
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3 M Charles H GOUGH
Birth: 18 Jan 1836 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 4 Jun 1862 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Cause of Death: illness in Civil War
Spouse: Malissa Jane Byrd (1842-1923)
Marriage: 13 Jun 1861 Collin Co, Texas
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4 M Rev William Mason GOUGH
Birth: 22 May 1840 Greene Co, Illinois
Chr: 7 Aug 1857 Collin Co, Texas
Military: 9 Oct 1861 McKinney, Collin Co, Texas
Death: 21 Oct 1895 Sherman, Texas
Burial: 22 Oct 1895 West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Texas
Spouse: Frances Agnes Faulkner (1855-1937)
Marriage: 3 Oct 1872 Calvert, Texas
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5 M George H GOUGH
Birth: 7 Dec 1842 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 21 Oct 1862 Fayetteville, Arkansas
Burial: Arkansas
Cause of Death: illness in Civil War
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6 F Mary Ann GOUGH
Birth: 9 Aug 1845 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 22 Aug 1871 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Spouse: George Washington Gallop (1840-1922)
Marriage: 18 Aug 1867 Collin Co, Texas
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7 M James Newton GOUGH
Birth: Nov 1854 Collin Co, Texas
Spouse: Louisa C. (1858- )
Marriage: abt 1874 Texas
Family Group Sheet
Husband: Jesse Hensley GOUGH
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Birth: 24 Feb 1808 Butler Co, Ohio
Death: 12 Jan 1884 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Marriage: 18 Nov 1830 Greene Co, Illinois
Father: Byram Bailey GOUGH (1779-1845)
Mother: Dulley HENSLEY (1778-1838)
Wife: Sarah TOMPKINS
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Birth: 9 Jun 1812 Hardin Co, Kentucky
Death: 11 Oct 1871 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Children
1 F Martha GOUGH
Birth: Sep 1831 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 1900 Texas
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2 M Alexander Bailey GOUGH
Birth: 5 Oct 1833 Greene Co, Illinois
Military: bet 1861-64
Death: 15 May 1864 Norwoods Plantation, Louisiana
Burial: Louisiana
Cause of Death: Civil War
Spouse: Elizabeth Jane ROWLAND (1830-1904)
Marriage: 10 Feb 1857 Dallas, Texas
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3 M Charles H GOUGH
Birth: 18 Jan 1836 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 4 Jun 1862 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Cause of Death: illness in Civil War
Spouse: Malissa Jane Byrd (1842-1923)
Marriage: 13 Jun 1861 Collin Co, Texas
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4 M Rev William Mason GOUGH
Birth: 22 May 1840 Greene Co, Illinois
Chr: 7 Aug 1857 Collin Co, Texas
Military: 9 Oct 1861 McKinney, Collin Co, Texas
Death: 21 Oct 1895 Sherman, Texas
Burial: 22 Oct 1895 West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Texas
Spouse: Frances Agnes Faulkner (1855-1937)
Marriage: 3 Oct 1872 Calvert, Texas
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5 M George H GOUGH
Birth: 7 Dec 1842 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 21 Oct 1862 Fayetteville, Arkansas
Burial: Arkansas
Cause of Death: illness in Civil War
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6 F Mary Ann GOUGH
Birth: 9 Aug 1845 Greene Co, Illinois
Death: 22 Aug 1871 Collin Co, Texas
Burial: Rowlett Cemetery, Plano, Collin Co, Texas
Spouse: George Washington Gallop (1840-1922)
Marriage: 18 Aug 1867 Collin Co, Texas
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7 M James Newton GOUGH
Birth: Nov 1854 Collin Co, Texas
Spouse: Louisa C. (1858- )
Marriage: abt 1874 Texas
GOUGH, JESSE H.
TEXAS HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE
Vol. II December, 1892, No.12, p.722
Deacon Jesse H. Gough was born in Butler county, Ohio, Feb. 24th, 1808. Ohio was then a frontier with little or no literary advantages. About the age of twenty-one, he, with his father's family, located in Green county, Illinois. Here, at the age of twenty-two, he married Miss Sarah Tomkins, who was born in Hardin county, Ky., in 1812. This union existed over 40 years. About 1832, they were converted at a meeting conducted by Elder Moses Lemen, and were baptized by him. He was ordained to the deaconship in early life and always sought to fulfill the duties of that office with fidelity to Christ and true loyalty to his obligations. He immigrated to Texas in 1845, and lived for two years in Beckner's Prairie, Red River county. Here, they were without church privileges, and seldom heard the gospel. In October, 1847, they located in Collin county, on the head waters of Rowlett's Creek, one mile from the present Rowlett's Creek Baptist meeting-house. Here, they lived for a number of years and reared a family to maturity. In 1848, father and mother became constituent members of the Wilson's Creek Baptist church, the name of which was soon changed to Rowlett's Creek. In those days the monthly meetings of the churches were held at private houses, and for years the Rowlett's Creek church met at my father's house more than half the time. Those meetings were looked forward to with an interest greater than we now attach to an approaching State anniversary; and the people turned out en masse, and the average congregation was as large and often larger than now. During those years the Rowlett's Creek, the newer Wilson's Creek, Union, Lonesome Dove, Bethel, Friendship, Liberty, and other adjacent churches, held what was known as union meetings; that is, they united in holding in conjunction revival meetings. At these revival seasons, persons came from great distances, and it was not infrequently the case that these meetings became great feeders to distant churches and communities where there were no churches. Those were my father's happiest days. Though comparatively poor and struggling hard to rear respectable a rising family, he found time to attend these meetings, to aid them in the service of song, to lead their prayer-meetings, to carefully instruct inquirers and to assist in every way that appealed to his sense of duty. He was a good singer. His clear bell-like voice readily obtained leadership in that department of worship; and where-ever he went this position was accorded him. He could readily carry either of three parts of music to the grand old hymns of that day. Thus his life was given to his God, his church and his family, till the shadows of 1861 and the civil war gathered over the land. The tidings of sickness and slaughter that came from camp and field, involving three of his own sons in the carnage of death, sank deep into his thoughtful and sensitive nature; and the wounded spirit bled in silence till the end of his life. In 1871, his youngest daughter, the mother of a young family, died, and in a few months his own companion, loved and honored by all, followed to the old churchyard. After these sad events he lived in the past and future; the present did not interest him. About his seventy-fifth year, his body, in sympathy with his mind, under the wear and tear of time and trouble, began rapidly to yield, and on Jan.12th, 1884, his true and noble spirit entered upon the rest that remains for the people of God. We buried his remains in the old Rowlett cemetery, near the graves of his wife and children; close by the resting places of Portman, Stanton and others, with whom he had worshiped in other years, to sleep on till the curse is canceled and suffering and death are abolished. W.M.G. [son William Mason Gough]
TEXAS HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE
Vol. II December, 1892, No.12, p.722
Deacon Jesse H. Gough was born in Butler county, Ohio, Feb. 24th, 1808. Ohio was then a frontier with little or no literary advantages. About the age of twenty-one, he, with his father's family, located in Green county, Illinois. Here, at the age of twenty-two, he married Miss Sarah Tomkins, who was born in Hardin county, Ky., in 1812. This union existed over 40 years. About 1832, they were converted at a meeting conducted by Elder Moses Lemen, and were baptized by him. He was ordained to the deaconship in early life and always sought to fulfill the duties of that office with fidelity to Christ and true loyalty to his obligations. He immigrated to Texas in 1845, and lived for two years in Beckner's Prairie, Red River county. Here, they were without church privileges, and seldom heard the gospel. In October, 1847, they located in Collin county, on the head waters of Rowlett's Creek, one mile from the present Rowlett's Creek Baptist meeting-house. Here, they lived for a number of years and reared a family to maturity. In 1848, father and mother became constituent members of the Wilson's Creek Baptist church, the name of which was soon changed to Rowlett's Creek. In those days the monthly meetings of the churches were held at private houses, and for years the Rowlett's Creek church met at my father's house more than half the time. Those meetings were looked forward to with an interest greater than we now attach to an approaching State anniversary; and the people turned out en masse, and the average congregation was as large and often larger than now. During those years the Rowlett's Creek, the newer Wilson's Creek, Union, Lonesome Dove, Bethel, Friendship, Liberty, and other adjacent churches, held what was known as union meetings; that is, they united in holding in conjunction revival meetings. At these revival seasons, persons came from great distances, and it was not infrequently the case that these meetings became great feeders to distant churches and communities where there were no churches. Those were my father's happiest days. Though comparatively poor and struggling hard to rear respectable a rising family, he found time to attend these meetings, to aid them in the service of song, to lead their prayer-meetings, to carefully instruct inquirers and to assist in every way that appealed to his sense of duty. He was a good singer. His clear bell-like voice readily obtained leadership in that department of worship; and where-ever he went this position was accorded him. He could readily carry either of three parts of music to the grand old hymns of that day. Thus his life was given to his God, his church and his family, till the shadows of 1861 and the civil war gathered over the land. The tidings of sickness and slaughter that came from camp and field, involving three of his own sons in the carnage of death, sank deep into his thoughtful and sensitive nature; and the wounded spirit bled in silence till the end of his life. In 1871, his youngest daughter, the mother of a young family, died, and in a few months his own companion, loved and honored by all, followed to the old churchyard. After these sad events he lived in the past and future; the present did not interest him. About his seventy-fifth year, his body, in sympathy with his mind, under the wear and tear of time and trouble, began rapidly to yield, and on Jan.12th, 1884, his true and noble spirit entered upon the rest that remains for the people of God. We buried his remains in the old Rowlett cemetery, near the graves of his wife and children; close by the resting places of Portman, Stanton and others, with whom he had worshiped in other years, to sleep on till the curse is canceled and suffering and death are abolished. W.M.G. [son William Mason Gough]
