Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyOrlando E. Gazley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Orlando E. 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: 5 October 2012; Last Edited: 18 August 2020 
Person ID4250
NameOrlando E. Gazley
GenderMale
Born 14 January 1844 in Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Married 16 December 1864 to Phoebe Elizabeth Holmes8, 11
Died 14 August 1918 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York1, 12
Buried in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyPhoebe Elizabeth Holmes (daughter of William C. Holmes and Sarah C. Van De Water)
Born 30 August 1845 in Dutchess County, New York
Married 16 December 1864 to Orlando E. Gazley
Died 11 April 1939 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
  
Children of Orlando E. Gazley and Phoebe Elizabeth Holmes:
  
+1.FamilyElnathan Gazley
Born 9 May 1866 in Dutchess County, New York
Married to Jennie C. Bowman
Married 19 April 1894 in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey to Adelaide ‘Addie’ Howe
Married 20 July 1909 in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Ellen Gertrude ‘Nellie’ Morrissey
Died 12 October 1947 in Waldemere Beach, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut
  
+2.FamilyGeorge Henry Gazley
Born 19 October 1868 in Clinton Hollow, Dutchess County, New York
Married June 1893 to Elizabeth Rosilla ‘Bessie’ Gerow
Married 28 October 1909 in Porter County, Indiana to Mabel E. Chaney
Died 19 January 1937 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
  
+3.FamilyRaymond John Gazley
Born 12 August 1876 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
Married 20 October 1903 in Manhattan, New York City, New York to Agnes Marion Swan
Married 6 August 1913 to Mary Caroline Sager
Died 28 July 1931 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Gazley, Orlando D.; Orlando D. Gazley / Born Jan. 14, 1844 / Died Aug. 14, 1918 / His Wife / Phoebe E. Holmes / Born Aug. 30, 1845 / Died Apr. 11, 1839 [from headstone].
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 38, family of Orlando Gazeley (26, NY, farmer); Phebe Gazeley (25, NY); Elihu Gazeley [sic, this is undoubtedly Elnathan] (5, NY); George Gazeley (2, NY) [the age could be mistaken as a 9 but on close inspection is a 2].
  5. New York State Census, 1875, Dutchess County, Clinton, First Election District, page 5, family of Elathan [sic] Gazley (66, Dutchess [County], farmer); wife Sarah B. Gazley (63, Dutchess); son Orlando Gazley (31, Dutchess, farmer); wife Phebe Gazley (30, Dutchess); son Elathan [sic] Gazley (10, Dutchess); son George Gazley (6, Dutchess); sister [of Orlando] Emily Gazley (22, Dutchess); hired [hand] John Dixon (21, Sulivan [sic, Sullivan] farm laborer).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Enumeration District 31, Page No. 16, family of Orlando Gasley (36, New York, farmer); Wife Phebe Gasley (35, New York); son George Gasley (11, New York); son Raymond Gasley (3, New York).
  7. New York State Census, 1892, Dutchess County, Amenia, Page No. 10, family of Orlando E. Gazley (48, U.S., boarding house); Phoeby E. Gazlay (47, U.S.); George Gazley (25, U.S.); Raymond Gazley (16, U.S.).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, New Haven County, Waterbury Town, Enumeration District 417, Sheet No. 9, family of Orlando Gazley (56, New York, Jan 1844, sawyer, mill); wife of 37 years Phoebe E. Gazley (54, New York, Aug. 1846, 3 children, 3 living); son Henry E. Gazley (35, New York, Jan 1865) [the entry for this son is believed to be an enumeration error; of their 3 sons, Elnathan and his family are enumerated separated (on the same Census page); George Henry is enumerated in New York; Raymond has not been found in any other 1900 Census record, so the entry here may actually be for him, although he was born circa 1877, not 1865].
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Dutchess County, Wappingers Township, Enumeration District 87, Sheet No. 5B, family of Orlando E. Gazely (66, New York, farmer); wife of 47 years Phebe Gazely (65, New York, 3 children, 3 living).
  10. 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.”
  11. Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1897. Page 535, biographical sketch of William C. Holmes including his wife and children.
  12. New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, available at familysearch.org. 1918, Orlando E. Gazley, 14 August 1918 in Pokeepsie [Poughkeepsie], New York.