Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyJohn Levi Gustin

Parents

FatherAmasa D. Gustin (ca. 1791 - 20 April 1865)
MotherLucia ‘Lucy’ Cutler (1793 - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 November 2010; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 
Person ID1563
NameJohn Levi Gustin
GenderMale
Born 4 April 1821 in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Married 16 September 1842 in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, New York to Mary Ann Fenton5, 6
Died 18 July 1899 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York6
Buried in Columbus, Chenango County, New York5

Biography

Daughter Maria wrote of her family, “Grandfather Fenton was cousin to Governor Fenton of New York State. Levi Guston was born in Brookfield, N. Y. He was a large man, light complexion, married at Richfield Springs, and was a stone mason by trade. He lived and was buried in Columbus, N. Y.”5

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMary Ann Fenton (daughter of Stephen Fenton and Mercy Myers)
Born 16 December 1817 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Married 16 September 1842 in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, New York to John Levi Gustin
  
Children of John Levi Gustin and Mary Ann Fenton:
  
+1.FamilyLucy Ann Gustin
Born 13 January 1844 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Married to George Warner
Died
  
2.FamilyMercy Lucina Gustin
Born 16 March 1845 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Married ca. 1868 to Henry Coman
Died
  
+3.FamilyHelen Mar Gustin
Born 28 September 1846 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Married May 1870 to Newel Wolcott
Married December 1890 to Albert Nichols
Died 8 January 1930
  
+4.FamilyMaria Elizabeth Gustin
Born 28 December 1847 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Married 30 December 1866 to Judah Hart Gazlay
Died 25 August 1935 in Hamilton, Madison County, New York
  
5.FamilyAlphonzo D. Gustin
Born 13 February 1849 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Died 10 April 1849
  
+6.FamilyMary Lucinda Gustin
Born 31 May 1850 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Married to Arthur Lee Wilcox
Married to Sylvester Risley
Died 2 January 1904 in Hubbersville, Madison County, New York
  
+7.FamilyWilliam Wallis Gustin
Born 18 August 1851 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Married to Nettie V. Frank
Died January 1924
  
+8.FamilyCharles Fremont Gustin
Born 11 April 1857 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Married 3 October 1882 to Sarah R. ‘Sadie’ Turner
Died April 1933
  
9.Family(female) Gustin
Born 11 April 1857 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York
Died
  

Sources

  1. New York State Census, 1855, Chenango County, Columbus, Page 14, family of Levi Gustin (34, Madison, farmer); wife Mary A. Gustin (38, Mass); daughter Lucy A. Gustin (11, Madison); daughter Lucina Gustin (10, Chenango); daughter Hellen M. Gustin (8, Chenango); daughter Betsey M. Gustin (7, Chenango); daughter Mary L. Gustin (5, Chenango); son William W. Gustin (4, Chenango).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Chenango County, Columbus, Page No. 237, family of Levi Gustin (40, New York, farmer); Mary Ann Gustin (44, Conn); Lucinda Gustin (10, New York); William Gustin (8, New York); Charles Gustin (3, New York).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, Columbus, Page No. 29, family of Levi Gustin (49, New York, stone mason); Mary Gustin (53, New York); Charley Gustin (13, New York).
  4. New York State Census, 1875, Chenango County, Columbus, Page 63, Levi Gustin (54, Chenango, farmer).
  5. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
  6. Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan, by John I. Knapp and R. I. Bonner. Times Printing Company, Adrian, Michigan, 1903. Available at Google Books. Biographical sketch of Charles F. Gustin.