Gazlay Family History
James Franklin Gazley
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
James Franklin Gazley5 (Samuel Gazley,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
James Franklin Gazley5 (Samuel Gazley,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Samuel D. Gazley (31 January 1785 - 25 July 1857) |
| Mother | Sarah ‘Sally’ Jones (2 August 1802 - 2 June 1852) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 10 September 2011; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 3040 |
| Name | James Franklin Gazley |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 12 September 1822 in Willet, Cortland County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Married | 17 September 1848 in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania to Adeline E. Adams6, 7, 8 |
| Died | 1900 in Fairhaven, Whatcom County, Washington: His year of death is also given as 1897.1, 6, 9 |
| Buried | in James F. Gazley Family Cemetery, Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon1 |
Biography
James traveled overland to California in 1849, where he mined in the Shasta district. In 1851 he moved to Oregon, settling in Umpqua Valley. He returned east to fetch his wife. He was admitted to the bar in 1854, served in the Territorial Legislature, and also the State Senate.9
James was employed as a teacher late in life, as indicated by the following article:10
A Good Teacher. -- The directors of the Canyonville district have secured the services of Hon. James F. Gazley Sr. to teach the sprint term of school. The people of that community are to be congratulated on having secured so able and efficient a teacher as Judge Gazley, and also the teachers of the county school should feel pleased with such a valuable acquisition to their ranks. Mr. Gazley was a teacher of no mean attainments twenty years ago, and his return to school room duties is a matter of surprise to his many friends. There is no doubt but that the Canyonville people will have a good term of school during the spring months--“Plain-dealer.”
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Adeline E. Adams |
| Born | 8 August 1831 in Pennsylvania |
| Married | 17 September 1848 in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania to James Franklin Gazley |
| Died | 19 September 1884 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Children | of James Franklin Gazley and Adeline E. Adams: |
| 1. | James Franklin Gazley, Jr. |
| Born | 17 April 1849 in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania |
| Married | ca. 1904 to Martha E. Boker |
| Died | 18 February 1922 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington |
| +2. | Clarence Gazley |
| Born | 29 January 1854 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Married | ca. 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri to Minnie Belle Roberts |
| Died | 7 February 1910 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon |
| +3. | Helen Gazley |
| Born | 26 December 1855 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Married | 18 January 1872 to William E. Stewart |
| Married | 20 October 1878 in Douglas County, Oregon to George Washington Riddle |
| Died | 10 July 1937 in Columbia County, Oregon |
| 4. | Mary ‘May’ Gazley |
| Born | 5 May 1858 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Died | 19 February 1873 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| 5. | Minnie Emma Gazley |
| Born | 16 April 1860 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Died | 25 March 1935 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| 6. | Elmer Gazley |
| Born | 26 May 1864 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Died | 7 January 1945 in Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, Oregon |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). James F. Gazley Family Cemetery, Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon; Gazley, James Franklin Sr., born: 12 September 1822 in Willet, Cortland County, New York; died: 1897 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon [from record, which also provides transcriptions of several articles that provide various biographical and vital details, including his marriage to Adeline E. Adams, and the names of his parents and five of their children].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, California, Trinity County, Trinity River, Page 69, Line 26, James H. [sic] Gazley (28, NY, miner). [Despite the differing middle initial, this is believed to be James Franklin Gazley, who was said to be in California based on other records.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Oregon, Douglas County, Canyonville, Page 8, family of James Gasley (38, NY, lawyer); Adaline Gasley (28, Penn); Franklin Gasley (11, Penn); Clarence Gasley (7, Oregon); Hellen Gasley (4, Oregon); Mary Gasley (2, Oregon); Emma Gasley (2/12, Oregon); Geo Chapman (25, Maine, farm laborer).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Oregon, Douglas County, Canyonville, Page 14, family of James Gazlay (48, New York, attorney at law); Adaline Gazlay (39, Pennsylvania); Franklin Gazlay (21, Pennsylvania); Clarence Gazlay (16, Oregon); Helen Gazlay (14, Oregon); May Gazlay (12, Oregon); Minnie Gazlay (10, Oregon); Elmer Gazlay (8, Oregon); Claude Rumsey (18, New York); William Holmes (28, Kentucky, farm laborer).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Oregon, Douglas County, Enumeration District 45, Page No. 16D; family of Jas F. Gazley (58, NY, lawyer); wife Ada E. Gazley (49, Penn.); son Franklin Gazley Jr. (31, Penn., work on farm); Minnie Gazley (20, Oregon); Elmer Gazley (18, Oregon, work on farm); orphan Millie Barden (9, Oregon); plus 8 borders.
- Mernitz Family Tree, Ancestry (website). Although no sources are cited in this family tree, much of the information agrees with other sources. A few individuals in this family tree have duplicate entries with slightly different vital statistics for each.
- Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. III, 1962, page 40. Available at Ancestry.com. Claim #601, Gazley, James F. Indicates that James was born 1822 in Cortland County, New York. He arrived in Oregon on 1 April 1851 and secured his land claim on 10 January 1852. The record indicates that he married Adeline E. on 17 September 1848 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
- Marriage Records, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, available at James F. Gazlay, of Ulster, and Adeline E. Adams, of Smithfield, married on 19 August 1848.
- Catalog of Manuscripts in the University of Oregon Library, compiled by Martin Schmitt. Available at University of Oregon Libraries (website). Manuscript #916: Rumsey, William Claude, 1862-. Genealogy of the Gazley Family, and biographical sketch of James F. Gazley, 1920. 24p. Typwritten. The manuscript summary indicated that James died in 1897, which is a different date from another source.
- Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, Oregon; 29 March 1884, A Good Teacher, about Hon. James F. Gazley, Sr., being secured as a teacher in Canyonville, Oregon.