Gazlay Family History
Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Hammond
Parents
| Father | Zachariah H. Hammond (10 March 1820 - ) |
| Mother | Mary Ann Killingsworth (20 July 1833 - 19 March 1891) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 25 June 2011; Last Edited: 18 February 2014 |
| Person ID | 2454 |
| Name | Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Hammond |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 9 November 1875 in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | to Charles Clifford Gazley5 |
| Married | 14 January 1915 in Harris County, Texas to Charles A. Witt6, 7 |
| Died | 21 June 1953 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas1, 8 |
| Buried | in Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Charles Clifford Gazley (son of Dr. Edwin Theodore Gazley and Anna Cecilia Hadsell) |
| Born | 6 May 1872 in Texas |
| Married | to Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Hammond |
| Married | ca. 1905 to Marguerite Elizabeth Tullos |
| Married | 12 May 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan to Alice Brown Shaffer (née Sparks) |
| Died | 16 September 1961 in Los Angeles County, California |
| Children | of Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Hammond and Charles Clifford Gazley: |
| +1. | Carlisle Clifford Gazley |
| Born | 10 December 1893 in Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas |
| Married | 27 July 1916 in Houston, Harris County, Texas to Elizabeth Heimann |
| Died | 11 July 1943 in Pulaski County, Arkansas |
| +2. | Maurice Cornwell Gazley |
| Born | 18 December 1895 in Austin, Travis County, Texas |
| Married | 2 July 1926 in Garland County, Arkansas to Nell Beals (née Sanders) |
| Died | 25 August 1955 |
| +3. | Robert Wallis Gazley |
| Born | 14 September 1899 in Texas |
| Married | 16 August 1919 in Texas to Genevieve B. Evers |
| Married | 27 January 1923 in Bexar County, Texas to Mildred Burge (née Gariss) |
| Married | 25 March 1927 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Mildred Gazley (née Gariss) |
| Married | 6 June 1930 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Louise Elizabeth Higby |
| Married | to Edrie C. Welch |
| Died | 15 March 1962 in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio |
| Spouse 2 | Charles A. Witt (son of _____ Witt and Rebecca A. _____) |
| Born | 1874 in Alabama |
| Married | 14 January 1915 in Harris County, Texas to Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Gazley (née Hammond) |
| Died | 1 April 1918 in Harris County, Texas |
Sources
- Arkansas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, State File No. 7500, Charlotte H. Witt, died: 21 June 1953 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; born: 9 November 1875 in Hempstead, Texas; father: Zac Hammond; mother: u k [unknown]; informant: Maurice C. Gazely [sic]; burial: Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. Copy in possession of John Culver and image provided to Lee Gazlay.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Texas, Waller County, Hempstead, Enumeration District 158, Page No. 4, family of Z. H. Hammond (62, S.C., merchant); wife Mary Ann Hammond (47, S.C.); daughter Eva Hammond (18, Texas); son Peter Hammond (12, Texas, clerk); son Zach Hammond (10, Texas); daughter Lallie Hammond (8, Texas); daughter Kate Hammond (6, Texas); daughter Marie Hammond (4, Texas); baby Hammond (1, Texas). [Several ages are believed to be incorrect in this census record.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Texas, Harris County, Houston City, Enumeration District 100, Sheet No. 16B, family of Lottie Witt (45, Texas, widow); son Carlisle Gazley (26, Texas, bookkeeper, hide house); daughter-in-law Elizabeth Gazley (25, Texas); son [presumably of Carlisle and Elizabeth] Clifford Gazley (1 5/12, Texas); son Marise [i.e., Maurice] Gazley (24, Texas, saddler, saddle & harness).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock City, Enumeration District 60-62, Sheet No. 61A; mother Charlotte Witt [with surname Gazley lined out] (64, Texas, widow). [This may be a supplemental record; her address here is the same as her son Carlisle and his family, enumerated on a different page; the enumerator may have missed Charlotte on first visit.]
- Gazlay Family Tree, by David Paul Gazlay. First edition published June 1984. Second edition published August 2001. This extensive Gazlay family tree provides birth and death years (but not exact dates) for Gazlay descendants, and names (only) of spouses. No sources are cited, but the compiler is known to have collected information from numerous documents and Gazlay descendants. Names, dates, and relationships should be compared to other source citations.
- Texas Marriages, 1837-1973; marriage of Lottie Hammond Gazley and C. A. Witt, 14 Jan 1915 in Harris County, Texas.
- The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 223. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1920. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 277-280. Witt v. Witt (No. 7883) (Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Galveston. April 7, 1920. Rehearing Denied April 29, 1920.) The case settles a property dispute between Rebecca A. Witt, mother of Charles A. Witt, against Charles and his wife Lottie Witt. The case summary states the marriage of Charles and Lottie on 15 January 1915 and the death of Charles on 1 April 1918. Suit brought by Lottie Witt.
- Arkansas Department of Health, Death Certificate Search and Order Service (website: www.ark.org/doh_dcs/). Charlotte Witt, died 21 June 1953 in Pulaski County; place of birth: Texas.