Gazlay Family History
Adeline E. Adams
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 10 September 2011; Last Edited: 23 April 2020 |
| Person ID | 3041 |
| Name | Adeline E. Adams |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 8 August 1831 in Pennsylvania1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 17 September 1848 in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania to James Franklin Gazley6, 7, 8 |
| Died | 19 September 1884 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon1, 6, 9 |
| Buried | in James F. Gazley Family Cemetery, Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  James Franklin Gazley (son of Samuel D. Gazley and Sarah ‘Sally’ Jones) |
| Born | 12 September 1822 in Willet, Cortland County, New York |
| Married | 17 September 1848 in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania to Adeline E. Adams |
| Died | 1900 in Fairhaven, Whatcom County, Washington |
| Children | of Adeline E. Adams and James Franklin Gazley: |
| 1. | James Franklin Gazley, Jr. |
| Born | 17 April 1849 in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania |
| Married | ca. 1904 to Martha E. Boker |
| Died | 18 February 1922 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington |
| +2. | Clarence Gazley |
| Born | 29 January 1854 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Married | ca. 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri to Minnie Belle Roberts |
| Died | 7 February 1910 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon |
| +3. | Helen Gazley |
| Born | 26 December 1855 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Married | 18 January 1872 to William E. Stewart |
| Married | 20 October 1878 in Douglas County, Oregon to George Washington Riddle |
| Died | 10 July 1937 in Columbia County, Oregon |
| 4. | Mary ‘May’ Gazley |
| Born | 5 May 1858 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Died | 19 February 1873 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| 5. | Minnie Emma Gazley |
| Born | 16 April 1860 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Died | 25 March 1935 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon |
| 6. | Elmer Gazley |
| Born | 26 May 1864 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon |
| Died | 7 January 1945 in Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, Oregon |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). James F. Gazley Family Cemetery, Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon; Gazley, Mrs. Adeline E. Adams, born: 8 August 1831 in Pennsylvania; died: 19 September 1884 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon [from record, which also provides the names of her husband and five of their children].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Pennsylvania, Bradford County, Smithfield Twp., family of Sophia Adams (48, Conn.); Adaline Adams (18, PA); Sophronia Adams (16, PA); Lucius Adams (21, PA, farmer); Emma Adams (13, PA); Amelia Adams (12, PA); Helen Adams (7, PA); Aurelius Adams (5, PA); James G. Adams (1, PA). [Adaline is believed to be the wife of James F. Gazley, and James G. Adams is believed to be their son James F. Gazley Jr. James and Adaline married in 1848, so Adaline’s listing as Adams may be an enumerator’s error. The elder James was in California in 1850.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Oregon, Douglas County, Canyonville, Page 8, family of James Gasley (38, NY, lawyer); Adaline Gasley (28, Penn); Franklin Gasley (11, Penn); Clarence Gasley (7, Oregon); Hellen Gasley (4, Oregon); Mary Gasley (2, Oregon); Emma Gasley (2/12, Oregon); Geo Chapman (25, Maine, farm laborer).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Oregon, Douglas County, Canyonville, Page 14, family of James Gazlay (48, New York, attorney at law); Adaline Gazlay (39, Pennsylvania); Franklin Gazlay (21, Pennsylvania); Clarence Gazlay (16, Oregon); Helen Gazlay (14, Oregon); May Gazlay (12, Oregon); Minnie Gazlay (10, Oregon); Elmer Gazlay (8, Oregon); Claude Rumsey (18, New York); William Holmes (28, Kentucky, farm laborer).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Oregon, Douglas County, Enumeration District 45, Page No. 16D; family of Jas F. Gazley (58, NY, lawyer); wife Ada E. Gazley (49, Penn.); son Franklin Gazley Jr. (31, Penn., work on farm); Minnie Gazley (20, Oregon); Elmer Gazley (18, Oregon, work on farm); orphan Millie Barden (9, Oregon); plus 8 borders.
- Mernitz Family Tree, Ancestry (website). Although no sources are cited in this family tree, much of the information agrees with other sources. A few individuals in this family tree have duplicate entries with slightly different vital statistics for each.
- Marriage Records, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, available at James F. Gazlay, of Ulster, and Adeline E. Adams, of Smithfield, married on 19 August 1848.
- Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. III, 1962, page 40. Available at Ancestry.com. Claim #601, Gazley, James F. Indicates that James was born 1822 in Cortland County, New York. He arrived in Oregon on 1 April 1851 and secured his land claim on 10 January 1852. The record indicates that he married Adeline E. on 17 September 1848 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
- Deaths, Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, Oregon. 4 October 1884: Mrs. James F. Gazley, aged 53 years, 19 September 1884 at Canyonville.