Sallie Crutcher Mastin Gill
| Nickname: | Mrs. E.R. Gill |
| Born: | December 8, 1887, Virginia |
| Died: | January 24, 1979, Silver City, New Mexico |
| Buried: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Residence: | 401 Quietdale Drive NE |
| Wife of: | Eugene Roane Gill |
Notes:
• Daughter of:
Lucy Anne Spragins, born September 27, 1859, died February 25, 1931
Alexander Erskine Mastin, born June 9, 1851, died May 28, 1920.
Her parents were married October 14, 1879. - Sparagins
• Granddaughter of Robert S. Spragins (father of Robert E. Spragins). She and a cousin, Mamie Mastin, owned and occupied the old Spargins home on West Holmes Street in later life. - Sparagins
• "Sallie Crutcher Mastin, born December 18, 1887, married April 23, 1924, Eugene Roane Gill, born April 2, 1876, died August 28, 1945. No children." - Sparagins
• Charter member of Twickenham Town Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution. - Taylor
• State Secretary, DAR. - Record
• Charter member of Huntsville Historical Society. - Taylor
• Held state office of State Corresponding Secretary for Daughters of the American Revolution. - Taylor
• Served as her local DAR chapter as Regent. - Taylor
• Vice-President of The Study Circle. "The Study Circle, which is a literary club, was organized in September, 1909, is the parlors of the old McGee Hotel." - Taylor
• Eugene R. Gill and Sallie C. Martin obtained a marriage license April 23, 1924 in Madison County, Alabama. - MCRC
• Huntsville Hospital Governing Official - Goldshim and Fulton
• "The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira P. Jones, located near Meridianville Pike, is one of the more interesting old homes of Huntsville. It was built by Mrs. Caroline Moore Robinson around 1854, after the death of her husband, William, but according to his plans. The home was sold in 1885 to Alexander Erskine Mastin, and passed on to his daughter Sally and son-in-law Eugene Gill in 1924. Some years later it was purchased by Guy Bishop." - AAUW
• Another house connected to Mrs. E.R. Gill is 1004 Locust Ave. This address was found on a HMCHS membership list in 1975 & 1980. - HMCHS
• "The Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society was founded in 1951 through the farsighted leadership of several local residents. Two of the prime movers in forming the Society were Dr. Francis C. Roberts and Mrs. C. H. Russell. The first officers were: President, Henry Chase; Vice President, Judge Thomas Jones; Secretary/Treasurer: Felix Newman; Board of Directors, Reese Amis, Harry Rhett, Mrs. Sallie Gill, Mrs. R. J. Lowe, D. C. Monroe, and Josh Kelly.
The purpose of the Society as set forth in the bylaws is "to afford an agency for expression among those having common interests in (1) collecting and preserving information about any past phase of community life in Huntsville, Alabama, and (2) in recording the history of the section of which Madison County is a part."
In 1971, as a part of this commitment to "collect, preserve, and record" the Society began publication of The Huntsville Historical Review. Since that time, the Society has published twenty-seven volumes in sixty issues. A broad range of topics has been covered in these issues. These topics include, but are not limited to: the early history of Huntsville-Madison County; Civil War activities in the area; the foundation of industry and organizations; and important people, places, things and events." - HMCHS founding
• News has reached the city of the death last night of Mrs. Eugene R. Gill in Silver City, New Mexico, where she had been residing for some months for the benefit of her health.
This estimable young woman was expected home in a short while on a visit. The particulars as to the funeral arrangements have not been given.
Mrs. Gill was a Virginian, where she was married to Mr. Gill. The heart-felt sympathies of our people are extended to her bereaved husband and to other relatives in this sad hour. - Newspaper Abstracts
Related Links:
• AAUW - Glimpses Into Antebellum Homes of Historic Huntsville, Alabama, Ninth Edition, by American Association of University Women, Huntsville Branch, Huntsville, Alabama, 1999, page 68.
• Carrington - Article titled "Quietdale" by Virgil Carrington (Pat) Jones originally published in a book title "True Tales of Old Madison County" reprinted in the Historic Huntsville Quarterly, Vol. XVIII, #3-4, Fall-Winter, 1993, Historic Huntsville Foundation, pages 75-82.
• Chapman - Changing Huntsville 1890-1899, by Elizabeth Humes Chapman, 1989 (originally written in 1932), pages xi, 172.
• Goldshim and Fulton - Medicine Bags and Bumpy Roads: A Heritage of Healing in Madison County, Town and Country, by Jewell S. Goldsmith and Helen D. Fulton, 1985, page 72.
• HMCHS - Huntsville Historical Review, Volume 5, #2 & #3, Apr-75, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society, page 35; (another similar list was found in a 1980 volume.)
• HMCHS founding - Huntsville Historical Review, Volume 28, #2, Summer-Fall 2001, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society , page iii.
• MCRC - Madison County Records Center
• Newspaper Abstracts - Article titled "Death of Mrs. Eugene R. Gill" from The Huntsville Daily Times, contributed by klstacy home.
• Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume I, by James Record, 1970, page 343.
• Sparagins - A Brief History and Brief Genealogy of The Andrew Beirne, William Patton, William Echols, V, and Robert E. Spragins Lines, by William Echols Spragins, Et Al, 1956, pages 44, 126, 175. 264, 266.
• Taylor - Commemorative Album, Celebrating our City's Sesquicentennial of Progress, Huntsville, Alabama, by James E. Taylor, General Chairman, 1955, pages iv, 60, 73, 77, 78, 346, 349, 358.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• 401 Quietdale Drive NE
• Carrington
• Chapman
• Eugene Roane Gill
• HMCHS
• HMCHS founding
• Record
• Taylor