Gazlay Family History
Elizabeth Boyce
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 15 May 2011; Last Edited: 21 February 2014 |
| Person ID | 2377 |
| Name | Elizabeth Boyce |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | ca. 1799 in Delaware1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 21 March 1819 in Hamilton County, Ohio to Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley5 |
| Died | ca. July 1886 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas6, 7 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley (son of Jonathan Gazlay and Karenda Carter) |
| Born | 13 August 1798 in New York |
| Married | 21 March 1819 in Hamilton County, Ohio to Elizabeth Boyce |
| Died | 31 October 1853 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas |
| Children | of Elizabeth Boyce and Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley: |
| 1. | Thomas Jefferson Gazley, Jr. |
| Born | October 1825 in Illinois |
| Died | 6 November 1901 |
| +2. | William H. Gazley |
| Born | ca. 1831 in Texas |
| Married | 5 August 1852 in Colorado County, Texas to Margaretta Ann Shepherd |
| Died | 1876 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas |
| +3. | Dr. Edwin Theodore Gazley |
| Born | August 1834 in Texas |
| Married | 18 February 1857 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana to Anna Cecilia Hadsell |
| Died | 10 January 1918 in Austin, Travis County, Texas |
| 4. | Augustus Frank ‘Alfred’ Gazley |
| Born | 15 October 1842 in Bastrop County, Texas |
| Married | 8 May 1881 in McLennan County, Texas to Nannie E. Donovan |
| Died | 3 December 1911 in Austin, Travis County, Texas |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Texas, Bastrop County, family of Thomas J. Gazely (50, NY, farmer); Eliza Gazely (50, Del.); Thomas J. Gazely (24, Ill., farm hand); William Gazely (19, Texas, farm hand); Edwin Gazely (14, Texas); Augustus F. Gazely (8, Texas).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Texas, Bastrop County, Precinct N8, Page No. 72, family of Eliza Gasley (60, Delaware, farmer); Thomas Gasley (36, Ill., stock raiser); Frank Gasley (18, Texas); John Wilson (38, Pa., stock raiser).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Texas, Bastrop County, Page No. 295, family of Thomas J. Gasley (45, Illinois, farmer); Elisab. Gasley (68, Delaware); Frank Gasley (27, Texas).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Texas, Hill County, Precinct No. 4, Enumeration District 74, Page No. 28, family of Eliza Gazley (81, Delaware, widowed, farmer); son Thos. J. Gazley (53, Ill., farm work); son A. F. Gazley (36, Tex., farm work); gr. son Henry Gazley (7, Texas).
- Marriage Records, State of Ohio, Hamilton County, Page 193, No. 385; Thomas J. Gazlay and Elizabeth Boyce, 21 March 1819, by J. W. Langdon, Minister of the Gospel.
- Obituary, Galveston Daily News, 15 July 1886, Mrs. Eliza Gazley, who, with her husband, Dr. T. J. Gazley, moved to Texas in 1823. She died in Waco in her 86th year. [The article does not give the exact date of death.]
- The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 17. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1892. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 17-19. Gazley et. ux. v. Herring et. al. (Supreme Court of Texas, June 16, 1891.) The case summary includes a reference to A. F. Gazley’s mother, who died before the institution of this law suit.