Gazlay Family History
Homer Stickney
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 31 October 2010; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 1470 |
| Name | Homer Stickney |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | September 1850 in Oneida, Madison County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | ca. 1874 to Mary Ella Gazlay2, 4, 5 |
| Died | 19 February 1922 in Hutchinson County, South Dakota6 |
Biography
Homer and Ella went to South Dakota as homesteaders. They finally took up the second government grant and became quite wealthy raising wheat. They had two children [who lived to adulthood].5
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Mary Ella Gazlay (daughter of Miles Mosher Gazlay and Isabelle Yaw) |
| Born | March 1852 in Otsego County, New York |
| Married | ca. 1874 to Homer Stickney |
| Died | 6 August 1923 in Hutchinson County, South Dakota |
| Children | of Homer Stickney and Mary Ella Gazlay: |
| +1. | Flora Bell Stickney |
| Born | August 1875 in New York |
| Married | ca. 1900 to James Albert McClain |
| Married | 11 December 1925 in Olivet, Hutchinson County, South Dakota to J. T. Lane |
| 2. | Hazen William Stickney |
| Born | December 1883 in South Dakota |
| Married | ca. 1905 to Cora May Brink |
| 3. | Alta J. Stickney |
| Born | 3 November 1886 in Milltown, Hutchinson County, South Dakota |
| Died | 23 February 1887 in Milltown, Hutchinson County, South Dakota |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Dakota Territory (later South Dakota), Armstrong County, Township 99, Range 59, Enumeration District 93, Page No. 22, family of Homer and Ella Stickney and daughter Flora B.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, South Dakota, Hutchinson County, Township 99, Range 59, Enumeration District 193, Sheet No. 7A, family of Homer and Ella Stickney (3 children, 2 living), son Hazan, daughter Flora Bell and her husband J. A. McClain.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, South Dakota, Hutchinson County, Parkston City, Enumeration District 231, Sheet No. 19A, entry for Homer and Ella Stickney.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, South Dakota, Hutchinson County, Parkston City, Enumeration District 106, Sheet No. 6B, entry for Homer and Ella Stickney.
- Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source. The Gazlay History includes this entry in notes on pages 26 and 27 written by Ruth Tuttle regarding her grandfather Miles Gazlay and his descendants.
- South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955, available at Ancestry.com.