Gazlay Family History
Sabra Elvira Cornwall
Parents
| Father | Elihu Cornwall (1 September 1789 - 21 June 1853) |
| Mother | Polly Waters (30 June 1799 - 2 April 1828) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 November 2009; Last Edited: 13 April 2014 |
| Person ID | 230 |
| Name | Sabra Elvira Cornwall |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 5 April 1821 in Truxton, Courtland County, New York1, 2 |
| Married | 24 October 1842 in Truxton, Courtland County, New York to Dr. Henry Champion Gazlay2 |
| Died | 14 August 1859 in Homer, Cortland County, New York2, 3, 4 |
| Buried | in Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, Cortland County, New York5 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Dr. Henry Champion Gazlay (son of Jacob Gazlay and Mary Champion) |
| Born | 1 August 1818 in Otsego County, New York |
| Married | 24 October 1842 in Truxton, Courtland County, New York to Sabra Elvira Cornwall |
| Married | 21 February 1860 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York to Catherine Malvina Bolles |
| Married | 12 September 1876 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York to Mary Ann Brabrook (née Baldwin) |
| Married | 3 November 1896 in McGraw, Cortland County, New York to Martha Eliza White (née Wright) |
| Died | 19 March 1900 in Creston, Union County, Iowa |
| Children | of Sabra Elvira Cornwall and Dr. Henry Champion Gazlay: |
| 1. | Achsa Malvina Gazlay |
| Born | 3 October 1843 in Cortland County, New York |
| Died | 22 March 1919 in Homer, Cortland County, New York |
| +2. | Mary Celestia Gazlay |
| Born | 10 January 1846 in Onondaga County, New York |
| Married | 31 December 1873 in Cortlandville, New York to Alexander Hamlin Hollenbeck |
| Died | 14 January 1919 in Creston, Union County, Iowa |
| 3. | Sarah Ann Gazlay |
| Born | 19 December 1848 in New York |
| Died | 8 October 1850 |
| 4. | Evangaline Gazlay |
| Born | 26 July 1852 |
| Died | 8 February 1860 in Homer, Cortland County, New York |
| +5. | Henry Willis Gazlay |
| Born | 26 November 1854 in Cortland County, New York |
| Married | 21 December 1882 in Normal, McLean County, Illinois to Alice Carrie Johnston |
| Married | 31 March 1909 in Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa to Kate K. Kiplinger (née Child) |
| Married | 3 October 1925 in Liberty County, Texas to May Foster |
| Died | 22 February 1934 in Dayton, Liberty County, Texas |
| 6. | Clara Ophelia Gazlay |
| Born | 4 April 1857 |
| Died | 22 November 1859 in Homer, Cortland County, New York |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Cortland County, Truxton, Page Nos. 131, 132, family of Elihu Cornwell (60, Conn., farmer); Lydia Cornwell (53, Conn.); H. C. Gazley (31, NY, b. physician); Sabury [sic] Gazley (29, NY); Ann Cornwell (13, NY); Achsey [sic] Gazley (6, NY); Mary Gazley (4, NY); Sarah Gazlay (1, NY).
- Genealogy, The Champion Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, New Haven, 1891. Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room.
- Cemetery Monument Transcription, Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, New York: Dr. Henry C. Gazlay. Transcribed and typewritten by Herman and Florence Gazlay, June 1958. Copy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Cortland County, Homer, Mortality Schedule, Page No. 1, Sabra E. Gazlay (38, New York, died Aug. [1859], consumptive fever, ill for 7 months); Clara A. Gazlay (8, New York, died Nov. [1859], consumptive fever, ill for 2 months); Evangeline Gazlay (7, New York, died Feb. [1860], consumptive fever, ill for 6 months).
- Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.