Gazlay Family History
Orville F. Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Orville F. Gazlay5 (Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Orville F. Gazlay5 (Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Aaron Gazlay (16 May 1773 - 29 September 1830) |
| Mother | Abigail Sutton (1 February 1780 - 29 May 1855) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 10 November 2010; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 1661 |
| Name | Orville F. Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 24 February 1814 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | to Mary Elizabeth VanCise2, 4 |
| Died | 1 April 18721, 5 |
| Buried | in Mt. Upton Cemetery, Town of Guilford, Chenango County, New York1 |
Biography
Orville served as a private in the Civil War as a member of Company A, 157th New York Infantry.6
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Mary Elizabeth VanCise (daughter of John Cornelius VanCise, Jr. and Polly Cotton) |
| Born | ca. November 1816 in New York |
| Married | to Orville F. Gazlay |
| Children | of Orville F. Gazlay and Mary Elizabeth VanCise: |
| 1. | Delos W. Gazlay |
| Born | ca. 1841 in Chenango County, New York |
| Married | to Frances A. Sharp |
| Died | 25 March 1865 in Memphis, Tennessee |
| +2. | Abigail Ann ‘Abbie’ Gazlay |
| Born | ca. July 1841 in New York |
| Married | to James M. A. Miller |
| Died | 15 September 1913 in Benzonia, Benzie County, Michigan |
| +3. | Ellen Adelaide Gazlay |
| Born | 10 January 1844 in Norwich, Chenango County, New York |
| Married | 8 September 1864 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa to Charles Edwin Palmer |
| Died | 15 August 1919 in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| 4. | Rena C. Gazlay |
| Born | 1860 in New York |
| Married | 2 June 1892 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Charles L. Stimson |
| Married | 10 July 1910 in Benzonia, Benzie County, Michigan to Lyman Parson Judson |
| Died | 15 May 1935 |
Sources
- Mt. Upton Cemetery Records, Town of Guilford, Chenango County, New York; available at New Horizons Genealogy. Orville F. Gazlay, b. at So. Edmeston, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1814 d. Apr. 1, 1872, ae. 58
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Chenango County, Town of Guilford, family of Orville Gazlay (age 35), Mary E. (age 35), Abigail A. (age 11), Delos M. (age 9), and Ellen (age 6).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Chenango County, Smyrna, Page 112, family of Orvill (age 43) and Mary Gazley (age 42), daughter Abbie (age 21), son Delos (age 18), and daughter Ellen (age 16).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, Town of Guilford, Page 19, family of Orville (age 54) and Mary E. (age 54) Gazley, and daughter Rene (age 9).
- Last Will and Testament, David M. Gazlay, will written September 8, 1876. Summary of will provided by Adine Wakefield in a posting at genforum.genealogy.com. The will names the following individuals: widow Angeline E. Gazlay; brother Henry M. Gazlay, Putnam CT; A. M. Gazlay, Louisville, KY; sister Sally Warner, Woodstock, NY; brother Charles M. Gazlay, Jefferson County, KY; brother Albert S. Gazlay; deceased brother Oroville Gazlay; Renu (sp?) C. Gazlay, daughter of Oroville Gazlay; Ellen A. Palmer (formerly Ellen A. Gazlay), daughter of Oroville Gazlay, lived in Ruttum (?) Vermont; Abbie (Abby) A. Miller (formerly Abbie A. Gazlay), daughter of Oroville Gazlay, lived in State of Florida, San Mateso. [Note: the family members in this Will match nearly exactly the composition of children of Aaron and Abigail Gazlay named in at least one other record, so this David M. Gazlay is strongly believed to be their eldest son.]
- Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; available at ancestry.com. Name of Soldier: Orvill F. Gazlay; Name of Dependent: Mary E. Gazlay (widow).