Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyAlonzo D. Gazley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Alonzo D. Gazley5 (Elnathan Gazley,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherElnathan Gazley (ca. 1808 - 30 October 1887)
MotherSarah B. Wilbur (22 March 1813 - 16 July 1892)

Personal Information

Record Created: 30 September 2012; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 
Person ID4249
NameAlonzo D. Gazley
GenderMale
Born 26 April 1836 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Married 22 May 1861 to Elizabeth A. Hull9
Died 13 April 1908 in Fairport, Monroe County, New York7, 10
Buried in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York10

Biography

Alonzo was a merchant and postmaster in Mendon Centre, New York.9

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyElizabeth A. Hull (daughter of Oliver P. Hull and Hannah Clapp)
Born 26 April 1842 in Milton, Ulster County, New York
Married 22 May 1861 to Alonzo D. Gazley
Died 17 April 1910 in Fairport, Monroe County, New York
  
Children of Alonzo D. Gazley and Elizabeth A. Hull:
  
+1.FamilyErnest Hull Gazley
Born August 1863 in New York
Married ca. 1887 to Caroline E. ‘Carrie’ Whitcomb
Died 27 December 1915 in Fairport, Monroe County, New York
  
2.FamilyMelville A. Gazley
Born 6 November 1867 in New York
Died 15 September 1895 in Quebec, Canada
  
3.FamilyEstelle V. Gazley
Born June 1873 in New York
Married 3 July 1904 to Roscoe Edgett Haynes
Died 2 November 1950 in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 289, family of Ellathan Gaysley [sic] (42, NY, farmer); Sara Gaysley (38, NY); George H. Gaysley (16, NY, farmer); Alonzo Gaysly (13, NY); Orlando Gaysley (6, NY); John Ward (30, Ireland, farmer); Jane Carpenter (19, NY); Joanna Handley (19, NY).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 951, family of Ellnathan Gazely (52, New York, farmer); S. B. Gazely (48, New York); A. Gazely (24, New York, farmer); O. Gazely (16, New York); E. A. Gazely (7, New York).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Monroe County, Mendon, Page No. 19, family of Alonzo D. Gazley (34, New York, merchant, drygoods & greens); Elizabeth Gazley (27, New York); Earnest Gazley (6, New York); Melville Gazley (2, New York).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Monroe County, Hamlet of Mendon Center, Enumeration District 53, Page No. 29, family of Alonzo Gazley (44, New York, retired merchant); wife Elizabeth Gazley (38, New York); Melville Gazley [relationship not give; presumed to be a son] (12, New York); daughter Estelle Gazley (6, New York); servant Caroline Greene (17, New York, domestic servant).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Monroe County, Town of Perinton, Village of Fairport, Enumeration District 26, Sheet No. 15, family of Alonzo D. Gazeley [sic] (64, New York, Apr. 1836); wife of 37 years Elizabeth Gazeley (58, New York, Apr 1842, 3 children, 2 living); daughter Stella Gazeley (26, New York, June 1873).
  6. New York State Census, 1905, Monroe County, Town of Perinton, Village of Fairport, Page 11, family of Alonzo B. [sic, D.] Gazley (69, United States, agent, pvt. machines); wife Elizabeth A. Gazley (63, United States).
  7. Obituary, The Monroe County Mail, New York; 16 April 1908, Alonzo D. Gazley; died the previous Monday (so 13 April 1908) in Fairport. The article provides a brief biographical sketch, his birth date and place, and the names of his widow, son, daughter, brother and sister.
  8. History of Duchess County New York 1683-1882, by James H. Smith; Published by D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. 1882. Available at Internet Archive, www.archive.org. The back of the book provides a list of “Names of Citizens who assisted and contributed toward the publication of the History of Duchess County, with Personal Statistics.” This section includes, for the town of Clinton, “Gazley Elnathan, p o Pleasant Plains, farmer and drover, 112 acres, born in Pleasant Valley in 1808, settled in the town in 1835, has been supervisor; wife Sarah B. Wilbur of Hyde Park, married Dec. 25, 1835; children four - George Henry, Alonzo, Orlando and Emily; Father Joseph Gazley of this town.”
  9. The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America, by Ebenezer Clapp. Boston: David Clapp & Sons, Publishers, 564 Washington Street, 1876. Entry for 100. Hannah Clapp.
  10. Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Gazley, Alonzo D.; Alonzo D. Gazley / 1836-1908 [from headstone, one side]. Melville A. Gazley / 1867-1895 [from headstone, another side].