Gazlay Family History
John Arvin Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
John Arvin Gazlay6 (Arvin Gazlay,5 John Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
John Arvin Gazlay6 (Arvin Gazlay,5 John Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Arvin Haight Gazlay (25 September 1815 - 5 November 1849) |
| Mother | Charlotte Seeman (17 March 1812 - 18 March 1891) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 5 March 2011; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 2081 |
| Name | John Arvin Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 21 May 1846 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Married | 1 September 1872 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to Henrietta Elmira ‘Etta’ Morgan1, 4, 5, 7, 8 |
| Died | 26 August 1911 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio1, 9 |
| Buried | in McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio7 |
Biography
John was three years old when his father died. He was raised by his Uncle Henry and Aunt Emma in their house on Main Street, Angola, New York. John was a merchant druggist in a grocery store with Thaddeus Hurd in Clyde, Ohio. John had a grocery store on Main Street in Bellevue, Ohio.7
John served in several units during the Civil War. He enlisted on 14 February 1862 and was mustered in as a private, 77th N.Y. Infantry, Company G., on 7 March 1862. Apparently he was too young so initially he served as a drummer boy. He was captured in action on 3 May 1863 at Fredricksburg, Virginia, and paroled on 15 May 1863 at City Point, Virginia. He was discharged on 1 June 1863. John reenlisted in Buffalo, New York, and was mustered in as first sergeant, Company G, 1st N.Y. Veterans Cavalry, 10 October 1863. He was transferred from the 14th Heavy Artillery and mustered in to Company L as second lieutenant, receiving his commission on 31 January 1865. On 3 June 1865 he was transferred to Company B, and he was mustered out with his company on 20 July 1865 at Camp Piatt, West Virginia. Among the battles he participated in were the Peninsular Campaign, Franklin Division, Army of the Potomac; Battle of Fredricksburg, and New Market, West Virginia, and the Battle of Piedmont in Winchester, Virginia.1, 7, 10, 11
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Henrietta Elmira ‘Etta’ Morgan (daughter of Henry R. Morgan and Phoebe Lucy Rhoades) |
| Born | 13 November 1853 in Medina, Medina County, Ohio |
| Married | 1 September 1872 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to John Arvin Gazlay |
| Died | 10 January 1913 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio |
| Children | of John Arvin Gazlay and Henrietta Elmira ‘Etta’ Morgan: |
| +1. | Charlotte Morgan ‘Lottie’ Gazlay |
| Born | 6 January 1877 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Married | 28 December 1903 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio to Herbert DeCamp Laycox |
| Died | 8 February 1963 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri |
| +2. | Phoebe May ‘Mae’ Gazlay |
| Born | 23 May 1878 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Married | 22 July 1903 in Huron County, Ohio to Frank A. Peirce |
| Died | 4 December 1942 in South Miami, Dade County, Florida |
| 3. | Emily Maria ‘Emma’ Gazlay |
| Born | 22 September 1879 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Died | 21 October 1881 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| +4. | John Arvin Gazlay, Jr. |
| Born | 27 June 1881 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Married | 15 June 1902 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio to Maude Irene Peirce |
| Married | March 1949 in Miami, Dade County, Florida to Marilee Hill |
| Died | 14 December 1958 in Miami, Dade County, Florida |
| +5. | Maria Elizabeth Gazlay |
| Born | 25 June 1883 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Married | 22 September 1909 in Sandusky County, Ohio to Carl Adolph Hildebrand |
| Died | 31 October 1973 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio |
| +6. | Jane Estelle ‘Jenne’ Gazlay |
| Born | 29 November 1884 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Married | 10 October 1906 in Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio to Carl Christian Zehner |
| Died | 20 July 1970 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio |
Sources
- Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Page 405, family of Charlotte Gazlay (37, NY), Phebe Seaman (63, NY), Henry Bradley (12, NY), John Gazlay (6, NY), Catharine Butrand (30, NY), John Butrand (5, NY), Julia Anthony (20, NY, black), and Margaret Hardy (24, NY, black).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Erie County, Evans, Page 49, family of Henry Gazley (34, NY, wheelwright), Emily M. Gazley (31, NY), May Ida Gazley (7, NY), and John A. Gazley (16, NY, apprentice wheelwright). John is believed to be the son of Henry’s brother Arvin Haight Gazlay and his wife Charlotte (Bradley) Gazlay.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Sandusky County, Clyde, Enumeration District 73, Page No. 27, family of John A. Gazlay (34, NY, harnessmaker), wife Henrietta A. Gazlay (26, Ohio), daughter Lottie M. Gazlay (3, Ohio), daughter Phoebe M. Gazlay (2, Ohio), daughter Emily M. Gazlay (9/12, Aug, Ohio), Charlotte Gazlay (67, NY, widow).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Sandusky County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 93, Sheet No. 13B, family (indexed as Gooley) of John A. Gazley (54, NY, May 1846, grocer), wife of 28 years Henrietta Gazley (46, Ohio, Nov 1853, 6 children, 5 living), son John Gazley Jr. (20, Ohio, June 1881, clerk in grocery), daughter Lotta Gazley (23, Ohio, Jan 1877, teacher in public school), daughter Phebe Gazley (21, Ohio, Nov 1878, teacher in public school), daughter Maria Gazley (17, Ohio, Jan 1883), daughter Jennie (15, Ohio, Nov 1884).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Sandusky County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 134, Sheet No. 18B, family of John A. Gazlay (63, NY, traveling salesman for cleaning co.), wife of 40 years Henrietta A. Gazlay (55, Ohio, 6 children, 5 living), son-in-law Carl A. Hildebrant (24, Ohio, proprietor, ice plant), daughter and wife of 0 years Maria E. Hildebrant (26, Ohio, no children).
- Gazlay Family Notes, undated and unpublished. This photocopy of five pages of hand-written notes start with what is believed to be the same 1852 interview of Sayrs Gazlay by his brother Theodore that is transcribed elsewhere. The remaining pages focus on the branch of the family that includes John Arvin Gazlay (1846-1911). Some dates in this photocopy differ from other sources. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
- Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, available at familysearch.org. John Gazlay and Henrietta Morgan, married 1 September 1872 at Sandusky County, Ohio.
- Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, John A. Gazlay (listed as Galey), died August 26, 1911, Bellevue, Sandusky County.
- New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center (website). 77th NY Infantry, entry for Gazley, John.
- New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center (website). 1st NY Veteran Cavalry, entry for Gazley, John