Family History - Luther Landon

1. Luther Landon,¹ born ____ (parents not determined). Luther married _____ Carpenter (born ____, parents not determined).

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Sextus Edom Landon, born 9 June 1854 in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin; died March 1930 in Dutchess County, New York. Married Emily Augustus ‘Emma’ Gazley.

2. Sextus Edom Landon² (Luther¹), born 9 June 1854 in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin;^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} died March 1930 in Dutchess County, New York.¹ Sextus married, 5 October 1899 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, Emily Augustus ‘Emma’ Gazley^{3, 6, 14, 15} (born 18 November 1852 in Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York, the daughter of Elnathan Gazley and Sarah B. Wilbur;^{2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} Emma died 22 September 1930¹³). Sextus and Emma are buried in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York.^{13, 1}

1. Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Landon, Sextus E., born: 9 June 1957 in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin; died: March 1930 in Dutchess County, New York [from record, which indicates he wed his wife Emily E. Gazley circa 1899].
2. New York State Census, 1892, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page 2, Emily A. Gazlay (40, United States, farmer); Charles Laque (22, United States); Sarah B. Gazlay (80, United States); Sextus E. Landon (35, United States, Farmer). Family groupings are not evident in this census; these names are shown consecutively in the census but may not live in the same household.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 468, Sheet No. 20A, family of Sextus Landon (45, Wisconsin, 9 June 1854, conductor, r.r.); wife of 1 year Emily A. Landon (47, New York, 18 Nov. 1852, no children); plus 4 borders.
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton Township, Enumeration District 37, Sheet No. 1B, family of Sextus Landen (52, New York, farmer); wife of 10 years Emily Landen (57, New York, no children).
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton Township, Enumeration District 13, Sheet No. 10B, family of S. E. Landon (62, New York, farmer); wife Emily A. Landon (67, New York).
6. New York City, Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (website: a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov), Certificate of Marriage, Certificate No.: 15004; Sextus Edom Landon, age 44, born in Wausau, Wis., father: Luther [Landon]; mother’s maiden name: Carpenter; first marriage; Emily Augusta Gazley, age 46, born in Pleasant Plains, N.Y.; father: Elnathan [Gazley]; mother’s maiden name: Wilbur; first marriage; married on 5 October 1899 in Manhattan, New York; witnesses: Elizabeth Gazley, Martha W. Gazley.
7. 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).
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 2, family of Elifert [sic] Gazeley (61, NY, farmer); Sarah Gazeley (57, NY); Emma Gazeley (17, NY); William Still (21, NY laborer); Etta Ryan (19, domestic).
9. 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).
10. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Enumeration District 31, Page No. 33, family of Ellnathan Gasley (71, New York, farmer); wife Sarah Gasley (68, New York); daughter Emily Gasley (27, New York); grandson Ella Gasley (15, New York) [he is believed to be Elnathan, the son of Orlando and Phebe Gazley]; servant Luis Germand (24, New York, farm laborer); servant Fannie Butler (22, New York, servant); servant Mary Esomber (19, New York, servant).
11. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton Town, Enumeration District 19, Sheet No. 3B, family of Emily Landon (72, New York, widow, first married age 42); sister-in-law Phoebe Gazley (84, New York, widow, first married age 18).
12. 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.”
13. Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Landon, Emily A. “Emma”, born: November 1852; died: 22 September 1930 [from record, which provides a link to her husband, Sextus E. Landon, and her parents, Elnathan and Sarah B. (Wilbur) Gazley].
14. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Sextus Edom Landon; father: Luther; Emily Augustus Gagley [sic, Gazley]; father: Ellathan; mother: Wilbur; married 5 Oct. 1899 in Manhattan, New York [County], New York.
15. The Wildbores in America: A Family Tree, by John Reid Wilbor. Baltimore, Md., Press of G. W. King Print Co. 1933. Available at Heritage Quest (website).