Gazlay Family History
Thomas Jefferson Gazley, Jr.
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Thomas Jefferson Gazley, Jr.5 (Thomas Gazley,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Thomas Jefferson Gazley, Jr.5 (Thomas Gazley,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley (13 August 1798 - 31 October 1853) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Boyce (ca. 1799 - ca. July 1886) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 21 May 2011; Last Edited: 19 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 2378 |
| Name | Thomas Jefferson Gazley, Jr. |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | October 1825 in Illinois1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Died | 6 November 19016 |
| Buried | in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas6 |
Biography
An article in The Galveston News tells of an incident in 1866 that, while handling a rail, Thomas Gazley, of Bastrop County, was bitten on the fingers by a moccasin snake. He sucked so much of the poison out that his hand did not swell, although he suffered severely for over a day.7
Thomas lived in Waco, Texas, with his brother Alfred in the mid-1890s.8
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).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Texas, McLennan County, Waco City, Enumeration District 74, Sheet No. 17B, family of Thomas Gazley (74, Illinois, Oct 1825, day laborer); brother Alford F. Gazley (58, Texas, May 1842, widow, carpenter); niece Ida L. Bragdon (20, New York, Mch 1880, married 6 years 1 child, 1 living). Neither Ida’s husband nor child are shown here.
- Fall & Puckett Funeral Home Records (G-H), available at Texas Gen Web; Gazley, T. J., 76 years old; died 6 November 1901; interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas.
- The Galveston News, Galveston, Texas, 20 May 1866.
- Morrison & Fourmy’s Waco City Directory 1894-95, Waco, Texas; entries for Gazley, Alfred F., carp., r. 121 S. 7th.; Gazley, Nannie E. (Mrs. A. F.), r. 121 S. 7th cor Franklin.; Gazley, Thomas J., r. 121 S. 7th.