Life History
Dec 1780 |
Born in Scotland.1,2,3 |
24th Sep 1811 |
Married Elizabeth TAPPING in Ohio |
9th Jan 1817 |
Birth of son Volney Ephraim GAY in Franklin County, Ohio.4,5,1,6,7,8,3,3,9,10 |
28th Feb 1845 |
Died in Ohio.1 |
after 28th Feb 1845 |
Buried in Black Log Cemetery, Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio.1 |
Notes
- In the 1880 census record for Lewis' son Volney, it is reported that Volney's father and mother were both born in Scotland. Family information tells us they came to the US through Nova Scotia.
-- Joseph Donnie Gay, personal communication to Orville Boyd Jenkins, Lindsay, Oklahoma, 19 April 2015
Lewis Gay
Birth unknown
Death Feb. 28, 1845
Children:
Vixon P. Gay (1814 - 1877)
Volney Ephraim Gay (1817 - 1889)
Inscription: 64ys 2m 6ds
Burial Black Log Cemetery, Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio
Created by CJW Jan 31, 2011
-- Find A Grave Memorial #64961135, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64961135
Sources
- 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 2. Joseph Donnie Gay
- 3. 1880 Federal Census, Meeker County, Minnesota
- 12 June, Ladys Spring District 3, Enumeraton District 144, page 10, Hse/Fam #53
- 4. 1857 Minnesota State Census, Carver County
- 19 October, Township 116, Hse #324, Fam #325
- 5. 1860 Federal Census, Carver County, Minnesota
- 18 July, Camden, PO Young America, page 104-105 (scan 396-397), Hse #1015, Fam #877
- 6. 1885 Minnesota State Census, Meeker County
- 2 June, Dassel, page 15, Hse/Fam #120
- 7. Ancestry Trees
- 8. 1850 Federal Census, Schuyler County, Illinois
- 9 September, Ashland Township, page 15, Hse #60, Fam #62
- 9. 1875 Minnesota State Census, Meeker County
- 1 May 1875, Swan Lake, page 983, Fam #142
- 10. 1870 Federal Census, Bates County, Missouri
- 27 July, PO Butler, Grand River, page 7, Hse/Fam #45