Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Alonzo D. Griffin


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Alonzo D. Griffin and five of his descendants down to the fourth generation.


First Generation
1. Alonzo D. Griffin,1 born 9 November 1809 (parents not determined);1 died 13 October 1841 in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.1 Alonzo married, 1831, Mary Gazlay10 (born 1814 in Salt Point, Dutchess County, New York, the daughter of Joseph Gazlay and Annie Marshall;2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Mary died 16 November 1895 in Douglass, Butler County, Kansas3, 10). Alonzo is buried in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.1 Mary is buried in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Butler County, Kansas.3

Identification of Mary as a daughter of Joseph and Ann Gazlay is tentative, based on the listing of “Mary Griffen” as an executor of Ann Gazlay’s estate; and listing of Emma Griffin, “Dau. of Alonzo D., & Mary” buried in the same cemetery as Joseph and Ann Gazlay. Alonzo is also buried there, but Mary is buried with her second husband in Kansas.2

Mary’s obituary provides a summary of her life and character:

Obituary of Mrs. H. M. Griffin.

Mary Gazlay was born at Salt Point, Dutchess County, New York. Was married in 1831 to Alonzo D. Griffin, who passed away in 1841. There were two children by this marriage. Ruth Emma and Catherine. Ruth passed away at the age of 9, Catherine at the age of 35.

In 1942 [sic, 1842] she married Henry M. Griffin, and had she lived until Nov. 21st, they would have been married 53 years.

About five years after her second marriage she moved to Puetneyville [sic, Pultneyville], Wayne County, N. Y., where she resided until she came to Kansas in 1883, with her daughter, Mrs. E. B. Snell.

She had been in feeble health for the last five years, but her last illness was short being of only a week in duration. She was born into the spirit world at 8:40 a.m., Saturday morning, November 16, 1895, at the age of 82 years.

She was a spiritualist in belief, and passed away as she lived, rejoicing and happy in her faith, and in the thought that she was so soon to be with her loved ones who had passed to the other side. She was conscious to the last, and knew and talked to her children, almost to the moment of her translation.

She leaves a husband, daughter and two grand children, here, and two east, to keep her memory, “Not as dead, but as at rest.” To those who knew her, no words can add to, nor detract from the beauty of a life of 82 years of loving service, devotion, and self sacrifice to husband and children, and charity to those in whom she came in contact.

The book is closed, her life work is finished, but the influence of her life remains with us, written in characters that will never grow dim with age; written in kindly deeds and kindly words, that more than carried out the devine [sic] command.

“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

She was laid to rest Sunday afternoon. A large number of friends paid their last tribute of respect, as all that was mortal was returned from whence it came, “when the mists of time have rolled away,” may we all be united in the higher and better life upon which she has just entered.

[The obituary concludes with the lengthy poem, “I Still Live,” by Lizzie Doten.]


Children of Alonzo D. Griffin and Mary Gazlay:

+2i. Catharine M. Griffin, born 19 November 1832 in New York; died 1 December 1867. Married John M. Reynolds.
 3ii. Ruth Emma Griffin, born 13 May 1836;11 died 20 July 1845.11 Ruth is buried in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.11

  1. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Griffin, Alonzo D., d. 1841, Oct. 13, a. 31-11-4. Birth date estimated from death date and age is 9 November 1809.
  2. Notice of Probate, Albany, NY, Evening Journal, available at fultonhistory.com; c. April 1842, Ann Gazlay, deceased. The notice, first and foremost, is directed “especially to John Gazlay, of Pennsylvania, heir &c to Ann Gazlay, deceased...late of the town of Pleasant Valley, in the county of Dutchess.” Executors named are Ellathan [sic, Elnathan] Gazlay and Mary Griffen.
  3. Find a Grave (website). Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Butler County, Kansas, Mary Griffen, born: 1814; died: 1895 (from record, which provides the name and link for her [second] husband). She shares her gravestone with her husband Henry M. Griffen, and her son-in-law, Dr. William Craggs Munroe (husband of Mary’s daughter Henrietta B. Griffen).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Pages 303-304, family of Henry M. Griffin (32, NY, farmer); Mary Griffin (36, NY); Catharine M. Griffin (18, NY); Henrietta Griffin (6, NY); Wm. Gazelly (29, NY, farmer).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Wayne County, Town of Williamson, Page No. 31, Henry M. Griffin, 42, N.Y., tin smith; Mary Griffin, 46, N.Y.; Henrietta Griffin, 16, N.Y. Living next door is Henry and Mary’s daughter Catharine, her husband and child, living with their in-laws: John Reynolds, 56, N.Y., merchant; Mary P. Reynolds, 54, Conn.; John N. Reynolds, 31, N.Y., merchant; Catharine M. Reynolds, 27, N.Y.; Chas. H. Reynolds, 2, N.Y.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Page No. 25, Henry Griffin, 52, New York, hardware merchant; Mary Griffin, 56, New York; Henrietta Griffin, 25, New York; William Munrow, 29, England, physician; Maggie Salter, 20, Holland, domestic servant. Living next door is Mary’s (deceased) daughter Catharine’s in-laws and her son Charles: John Reynolds, 66, New York, drygoods mcht; Mary Reynolds, 63, Connecticut; Maria Dunning, 17, New York, domestic servant; Mary Farwell, 50, New York, retired; Charles H. Reynolds, 12, New York.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Wayne County, Pultneyville, E.D. 193, Page No. 3C, Henry M. Griffin, 62, New York, hardware merchant; wife Mary Griffin, 66, New York; border David Lacy, 57, New York, tinsmith; servant Maggie Salter, 28, Holland, domestic servant; grand-son Franke Reynolds, 13, New York.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Monroe County, City of Rochester, E.D. 10, Page No. 17A, Wm. C. Munroe, 39, England, physician, surgeon; wife Henrietta B. Munroe, 35, N.Y.; son W H C G Munroe, 8, N.Y.; son Glen H. Munroe, 3, N.Y.; mother-in-law Mary Griffin, 66, N.Y.; plus 3 borders.
  9. Kansas State Census, 1895, Butler County, Douglass Township, Page No. 11, H. M. Griffin, 77, New York, farmer; wife Mary Griffin, 81, New York; Monroe Glenn [sic, Glenn Monroe], 18, New York.
  10. Obituary, Douglass Tribune, Douglass, Kansas (available at: kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com), 22 November 1895, Mrs. H. M. Griffin (Mary Gazlay), died: 16 November 1895. The article provides vital and biographical details, including the names of her two husbands and three daughters.
  11. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Griffin, Emma, dau. of Alonzo D. & Mary, d. 1845, July 20, a. 9-2-7. Birth date calculated from death date and age is 13 May 1836.
Second Generation
2. Catharine M. Griffin2 (Alonzo1), born 19 November 1832 in New York;1, 2, 3 died 1 December 1867.1 Catharine married, 1850, John M. Reynolds1 (born 30 March 1829, the son of John Reynolds and Mary P. _____;3, 4, 5 John died 3 August 18874). Catharine and John are buried in Lake View Cemetery, Pultneyville, Wayne County, New York.1, 4

Children of Catharine M. Griffin and John M. Reynolds:

+4i. Charles Henry Reynolds, born May 1858 in New York; died 13 August 1939 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Married (1) Kittie _____ Married (2) Alice _____.
 5ii. Frank Reynolds, born ca. October 1867.1, 6

  1. Find a Grave (website). Lakeview Cemetery, Pultnyville, Wayne County, New York, Catharine M. Reynolds, born: 19 November 1832; died: 1 December 1867 (from record, which includes the text from her obituary giving vital and biographical details about herself and her family; and provides the name and link for her husband).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Pages 303-304, family of Henry M. Griffin (32, NY, farmer); Mary Griffin (36, NY); Catharine M. Griffin (18, NY); Henrietta Griffin (6, NY); Wm. Gazelly (29, NY, farmer).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Wayne County, Town of Williamson, Page No. 31, Henry M. Griffin, 42, N.Y., tin smith; Mary Griffin, 46, N.Y.; Henrietta Griffin, 16, N.Y. Living next door is Henry and Mary’s daughter Catharine, her husband and child, living with their in-laws: John Reynolds, 56, N.Y., merchant; Mary P. Reynolds, 54, Conn.; John N. Reynolds, 31, N.Y., merchant; Catharine M. Reynolds, 27, N.Y.; Chas. H. Reynolds, 2, N.Y.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Lakeview Cemetery, Pultnyville, Wayne County, New York, John M. Reynolds, born: 30 March 1829; died: 3 August 1887 (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, and wife).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Wayne County, Pultneyville, E.D. 193, Page No. 4D, John Reynolds, 76, New York, druggist; wife Mary Reynolds, 73, Conn.; son John M. Reynolds, 51, New York, clerk in drug-store; grand-son Charles Reynolds, 22, New York, engineer on boat; border Mary Farwell, 51, New York.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Wayne County, Pultneyville, E.D. 193, Page No. 3C, Henry M. Griffin, 62, New York, hardware merchant; wife Mary Griffin, 66, New York; border David Lacy, 57, New York, tinsmith; servant Maggie Salter, 28, Holland, domestic servant; grand-son Franke Reynolds, 13, New York.
Third and Fourth Generations
4. Charles Henry Reynolds3 (Catharine,2 Alonzo1), born May 1858 in New York;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 died 13 August 1939 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.1, 3 Charles married, first, Kittie _____ (born ca. 1869, parents not determined7). Charles married, second, Alice _____ (born ca. 1860, parents not determined2, 9). Charles is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York.1

Child of Charles Henry Reynolds and Kittie _____:

 6i. Morton F. Reynolds, born September 1884 in New York;7, 9, 10, 11 died 1911.10 Morton is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York.10

  1. Find a Grave (website). Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York; Charles H. Reynolds, born: 1858; died: 1939 (from record).
  2. New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, S.S. Baltic, sailing from Liverpool, 22 April 1911, Charles Henry Reynolds, 56; Alice Reynolds, 54.
  3. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Charles Henry Reynolds, died: 13 August 1939 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; age 81; widow; burial: 16 August 1939 in Rochester, N.Y.; father: John M. Reynolds; mother: Kate Griffin; spouse: Alice Reynolds.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Wayne County, Town of Williamson, Page No. 31, Henry M. Griffin, 42, N.Y., tin smith; Mary Griffin, 46, N.Y.; Henrietta Griffin, 16, N.Y. Living next door is Henry and Mary’s daughter Catharine, her husband and child, living with their in-laws: John Reynolds, 56, N.Y., merchant; Mary P. Reynolds, 54, Conn.; John N. Reynolds, 31, N.Y., merchant; Catharine M. Reynolds, 27, N.Y.; Chas. H. Reynolds, 2, N.Y.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Page No. 25, Henry Griffin, 52, New York, hardware merchant; Mary Griffin, 56, New York; Henrietta Griffin, 25, New York; William Munrow, 29, England, physician; Maggie Salter, 20, Holland, domestic servant. Living next door is Mary’s (deceased) daughter Catharine’s in-laws and her son Charles: John Reynolds, 66, New York, drygoods mcht; Mary Reynolds, 63, Connecticut; Maria Dunning, 17, New York, domestic servant; Mary Farwell, 50, New York, retired; Charles H. Reynolds, 12, New York.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Wayne County, Pultneyville, E.D. 193, Page No. 4D, John Reynolds, 76, New York, druggist; wife Mary Reynolds, 73, Conn.; son John M. Reynolds, 51, New York, clerk in drug-store; grand-son Charles Reynolds, 22, New York, engineer on boat; border Mary Farwell, 51, New York.
  7. New York State Census, 1892, Monroe County, Rochester, Charles H. Reynolds, 35, engineer; Kittie Reynolds, 23; Morton F. Reynolds, 8.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Monroe County, Rochester City, E.D. 69, Sheet No. 2A, Ida B. Stevens, 35, New York, Apr. 1865, married 20 years, 1 child, 1 living; daughter Alice Stevens, 17, New York, Aug. 1882; border C. H. Reynolds, 42, New York, May 1858, widow, engineer, stationary.
  9. New York State Census, 1905, Monroe County, Rochester, First E.D., Third Ward, Chas. A. Reynolds, 46; wife Allis L. Reynolds, 22; son Mortun Reynolds, 20. [The image of this census record was not viewed; some of the data in this record may have been incorrectly transcribed, such as Allis (Alice) age, which is thought to be about 44 in 1905.]
  10. Find a Grave (website). Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York; Morton E. Reynolds, born: 1883; died: 1911 (from record).
  11. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Wayne County, Sodus, E.D. 125, Sheet No. 7B, George C. Yeomaus, 52, New York, Mar. 1848, fruit buyer; wife of 20 years Virginia L. Yeomaus, 45, New York, Apr. 1854, 1 child, 1 living; son Fred M. Yeomaus, 18, New York, Apr. 1882; f-in-law Rufus A. Moses, 77, New York, July 1822, widow, carpenter; cousin Morton F. Reynolds, 15, New York, Sept. 1884.