Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyKate Gazley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Kate Gazley6 (William Gazley,5 Thomas Gazley,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherWilliam H. Gazley (ca. 1831 - 1876)
MotherMargaretta Ann Shepherd (ca. 1835 - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 21 June 2011; Last Edited: 16 July 2023 
Person ID2384
NameKate Gazley
GenderFemale
Born 6 May 1858 in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Married 27 February 1877 in Lee County, Texas to Pierce Nagle10
Died 29 December 1943 in Dallas, Texas1, 2, 11
Buried in Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas1, 2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyPierce Nagle
Born ca. 1848 in New York
Married 27 February 1877 in Lee County, Texas to Kate Gazley
Died before 1900
  
Children of Kate Gazley and Pierce Nagle:
  
1.FamilyEllen Gazley Nagle
Born 1 October 1883 in Navarro County, Texas
Married ca. 1915 to Edward Lee Bradbury
Died 17 July 1963 in Dallas, Texas
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Kate Gazley Nagle, born; 6 May 1858 in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas; died: 29 December 1943 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (from record, which includes a note naming her parents and husband; and provides the name and link for her daughter).
  2. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976; Nagle, Kate Gazley; Birth: 6 May 1858, Texas; Death: 29 Dec 1943, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; widowed; record provides names of parents and burial place.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Texas, Colorado County, Page 50, family of W. H. Gazley (28, Texas, atty at law); M. A. Gazley (24, Pa.); T. J. Gazley (4, Texas); Kate Gazley (2, Texas); Susan A. Shephard (50, SC); Webb Shephard (17, Texas); Robert Shephard (14, Texas).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Texas, Fayette County, Corporation La Grange, Page No. 18, family of Wm. H. Gazley (38, Texas, lawyer); Margaretta Ann Gazley (34, VA); Thos. J. Gazley (14, Texas); Kate Gazley (12, Texas); Margaretta Lee Gazley (5, Texas); Anna Gazley (1, Texas).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Texas, Williamson County, Precinct No. 6, Enumeration District 161, Page No. 2, family of Pierce Nagle (32, New York, wagon maker); Kate Nagle (22, Texas).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Texas, Dewitt County, Cuero Township, Enumeration District 26, Sheet No. 13B, family of Kate Nagle (42, Texas, May 1858, widow, dressmaker, 0 children); daughter Anora Nagle (16, Texas, Oct 1883) [since Kate’s entry indicates she had no children, it may indicate that Anora is a step or adopted daughter].
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Texas, Tarrant County, Ft. Worth City, Enumeration District 110, Sheet No. 9A, Kate Nagle (50, Texas, widow, 4 children, 1 living); Ellen Nagle (24, Texas, teacher, public school); Margaret Gazley (35, Texas, trained nurse). Kate, Ellen, and Margaret are borders in a boarding house. Margaret’s age is understated by ten years compared with other records.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Texas, Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, Enumeration District 118, Sheet Nos. 3B and 4A, Kate Nagle (60, Texas, widow); Margaret Gazley (35, Texas, trained nurse, general practice). Kate and Margaret are enumerated as a roomers with E. J. Morrison, his daughter, two granddaughters, and four other roomers. Margaret’s age is apparently understated by 20 years compared with other records.
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, E.D. 257-25, Sheet No. 62B, Kate Nagel, 81, Texas, widow; Margaret Gazley, 74, Texas.
  10. Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2002, available at Ancestry.com, marriage of Pierce Naigle and Kate Gazley, 28 Feb. 1877, Lee County, Texas.
  11. Obituary, The Abiline Reporter-News, Abiline, Texas, 30 December 1943; Mrs. Kate Gazley Nagle, died 29 December 1943. The obituary describes her as daughter of Capt. and Mrs. W. H. Gazley and a granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson Gazley, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.