Gazlay Family History
 

FamilySallie Louise Wheeler

Parents

FatherJosiah H. Wheeler ( - )
MotherMalvia Russell ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 10 November 2010; Last Edited: 10 December 2011 
Person ID1667
NameSallie Louise Wheeler
GenderFemale
Born 25 February 1834 in Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Married 11 February 1851 in Oldham County, Kentucky to Addison Mandel Gazlay8
Died 2 January 1917 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky1
Buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky1, 9

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyAddison Mandel Gazlay (son of Aaron Gazlay and Abigail Sutton)
Born 31 December 1818 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York
Married 11 February 1851 in Oldham County, Kentucky to Sallie Louise Wheeler
Died 17 July 1881 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
  
Children of Sallie Louise Wheeler and Addison Mandel Gazlay:
  
+1.FamilyAddison Madison Gazlay
Born 28 January 1852 in LaGrange, Kentucky
Married 10 May 1876 in Henderson, Kentucky to Maria Alves Soaper
Died 13 September 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  
+2.FamilySallie Malvina Gazlay
Born 14 April 1858 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Married 10 May 1877 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky to William Gazlay Hamilton
Died 7 March 1928 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
  
+3.FamilyWebster Gazlay
Born 17 February 1862 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Married 8 April 1893 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky to Annie P. S. Duvall
Married 6 November 1906 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky to Eliza Emily ‘Lida’ Hampton
Died 17 February 1914 in Jefferson County, Kentucky
  
4.FamilyReginald Gazlay
Born ca. 1866 in Kentucky
Died 25 August 1893 in Siasconset, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
  
+5.FamilyUnadilla Gazlay
Born 11 May 1872 in Kentucky
Married ca. 1903 to Omar C. Mead
Died 1 August 1957 in Jefferson County, Kentucky
  

Sources

  1. Death Certificate, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Registration No. 42, Sallie Louisa Gazlay, died 2 January 1917 in Norton Home and Infirmary, Louisville, Kentucky. Certificate shows her date and place of birth and names of her parents.
  2. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Gazlay, Addison M.; Born: 28 Jan 1852, LaGrange, Ky; Died: 13 Sep 1926, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Buried: Graceland Cemetery, 15 Sep 1926; Age: 74; Occupation: lawyer; Father: Addison M. Gazley, born in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; Mother: Sallie Wheeler, born in Simpsonville, Ky; Spouse: Maria Soaper Gazley.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Page No. 185, (in the National Hotel): family of Addi M. Gazeler [sic] (40 N.Y., lawyer); Sarah Gazeler (26, Ky.); Addison Gazeler (8, Ky.); Sallie Gazeler (2, Ky.).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Page No. 223, family of A. M. Gazley (51, New York, lawyer); Sallie Gazley (36, Kentucky); Addison Gazley (18, Kentucky, student); Sallie M. Gazley (12, Kentucky); Webster Gazley (8, Kentucky); Reginald Gazley (4, Kentucky); plus 4 servants.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 129, Page No. 19, Family of M. Gazlay (62, NY, lawyer), wife Sallie (47, Ky), son Addison (28, Ky, lawyer) and his wife Maria (27, Ky), son Webster (18, Ky), daughter Reginald (14, Ky, and is actually a son, not a daughter, based on other records), and daughter Unidilla (8, Ky). Also, daughter Sallie Hamilton (22, Ky) and her husband Wm. G. Hamilton (35, La, mdse broker).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 60, Sheet No. 4B, Sallie L. Gazley (widow, born July 1835, age 65, 4 children, 4 living), and daughter Unadilla Gazlay (single, born May 1872, age 28). Her birth year is given as 1834 in other records. Also, her known fifth child apparently died before 1900 and was not counted in this census.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 121, Sheet No. 1BA, family of Wm. G. (age 64) and Sallie G. Hamilton (age 58, 2 children born, none living), married 32 years. Also, mother-in-law Sallie L. Gazlay (widow, age 76, 5 children, 4 living).
  8. Oldham County [Kentucky] Marriages 1824-Early 1900s. Available at rootsweb.com. Marriage of Addison M. Gazlay and Sallie L. Wheeler 11 February 1861.
  9. Cemetery Record, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (website); Section O Lot 340, includes the following people, presumed to be related (burial dates shown): A. M. Gazlay (8/9/1881); Lida Hampton Gazlay (1/17/1968); Reginald Gazlay (8/29/1893); Sallie Josephine Gazlay (11/7/1920); Sallie L. Gazlay (1/4/1917); Webster II Gazlay (2/6/1969); Webster Gazlay (2/19/1914).