John Gindrat

b. 29 August 1777, d. 29 March 1851
  • John Gindrat was born on 29 August 1777 in Charles Towne, South Carolina.
  • He married Sarah L. Stallings.
  • John Gindrat and Sarah L. Stallings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Macon County, Alabama. Also in the household were sons Abram (a physician, age 25) and William (a student, age 21).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • John Gindrat died on 29 March 1851 at age 73 in Franklin, Macon County, Alabama.
  • His wife Sarah L. Stallings became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, 8284670.
  • A biographical sketch of John Gindrat appears in T. A. Owens' 1921 Dictionary of Alabama Biography:
         John Gindrat, banker, was born August 29, 1777, at Charleston, S. C., and died March 29, 1851, at his country home at Franklin; son of Abram Gindrat, a native of Switzerland who came to America, locating in Charleston, S. C., where he married, and whose parents were French Huguenot refugees to Switzerland. John Gindrat was one of the early settlers of Montgomery having on July 7, 1823, commenced the mercantile business at this place. When the first Sunday school in Montgomery was opened March 28, 1824, he was made superintendent, and was also treasurer of the first Bible society which was organized November 28, 1829. On the following day he was elected a member of the first presbytery of the first Baptist church, having donated the lot and been largely instrumental by gifts and influence in the building of the church. The Branch of the State Bank of Alabama was put in operation in Montgomery in July, 1832, and he was chosen as the first president. On October 26, 1835, he was elected a member of the first board of directors of the Montgomery and Chattahoochee railroad company. It was at his home that General LaFayette spent the last hours of his visit while in Montgomery in 1825. At one time he served as intendant of Montgomery. Married: Sarah Stallings, of Georgia. Children: 1. John Henry, colonel Confederate Statees Army, m. Mary Harris; 2. Abram, soldier in Mexican War and surgeon in Confederate States Army, m. Mary Ellen Irvin; 3. Mary Elizabeth, m. Joseph Samuel Prince Winter (q.v.); 4. William, d. Young. Last residence: Franklin.
         History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1921.
  • Last Edited: 17 Jul 2014

Family: Sarah L. Stallings b. 9 June 1794, d. 16 June 1854