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Abram Clay Gaines 1814–1892 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Jun 1814

Birth Location: Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky

Death Date: 01 Jul 1892

Death Location: Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebraska

Father: Richard Gaines

Mother: Amy Green

Spouse(s): Mary Sackett, Sarah Newell

Children(s): Robert Gaines, Leonard Gaines, Thomas Gaines, Eliza Gaines, Emily Gaines, Oscar Gaines, William Gaines, John Gaines, Alfred Gaines, Henry Gaines

In 1814, Abram Clay Gaines entered the world in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky, born to Richard Hollinger Gaines And Amy Clay Green. Abram Clay Gaines married Mary Sackett, Sarah Jane Mills Newell, and had children including Alfred Milas Gaines, Eliza Green Gaines, Emily Caroline Gaines, Henry Lee Gaines, John Wesley Gaines, Leonard Clay Gaines, Oscar Edwin Gaines, Robert Francis Gaines, Thomas Richard Gaines, William Fletcher Gaines. Abram Clay Gaines passed away in 1892 in Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebraska.

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Biography

  • In 1814, Abram Clay Gaines entered the world in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky, born to Richard Hollinger Gaines And Amy Clay Green.
  • Abram Clay Gaines married Mary Sackett, Sarah Jane Mills Newell, and had children including Alfred Milas Gaines, Eliza Green Gaines, Emily Caroline Gaines, Henry Lee Gaines, John Wesley Gaines, Leonard Clay Gaines, Oscar Edwin Gaines, Robert Francis Gaines, Thomas Richard Gaines, William Fletcher Gaines.
  • Abram Clay Gaines passed away in 1892 in Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebraska.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Gaines
1777–1845
Birth Location: Charlotte Co., Virginia
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Amy Green
1782–1871
Birth Location: Charlotte Co., Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Mary Sackett
1821–1863
Birth Location: Hamilton, Butler Co., OH
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Sarah Newell
1832–1922
Birth Location: Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebraska
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Children(s)

Robert Gaines
1854–1934
Birth Location: Mt Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa
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Leonard Gaines
1873–1951
Birth Location: Odell, Livingston Co., Illinois
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Thomas Gaines
1848–1935
Birth Location: Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa
TG
Eliza Gaines
1846–1933
Birth Location: Sangamon Co., Illinois
EG
Emily Gaines
1851–1925
Birth Location: Mt. Plesant, Henry Co., Iowa
EG
Oscar Gaines
1866–1927
Birth Location: Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois
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William Gaines
1840–1913
Birth Location: Sangamon Co., Illinois
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John Gaines
1842–1907
Birth Location: Sangamon Co., Illinois
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Alfred Gaines
1857–1896
Birth Location: Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois
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Henry Gaines
1844–1926
Birth Location: Sangamon Co., Illinois
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Abram Gaines's Ancestors

Self
Abram Gaines
1814–1892
Birth Place: Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky
Parents
Richard Hollinger Gaines
1777–1845
Charlotte Co., Virginia
Amy (Clay) Green
1782–1871
Charlotte Co., Virginia
Grandparents
Robert Gaines
1755–1807
Virginia
Elizabeth (Rice)
1757–1835
Culpeper Co. Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Richard Gaines
1726–1802
Mildred Hollinger
1731–1802
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Gaines
1670–1755

Abram Gaines's Descendants

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Abram (Clay) Gaines (04 Jun 1814–01 Jul 1892) m. Mary Sackett (18 Mar 1821–09 May 1863) m. Sarah (Jane Mills) Newell (23 Nov 1832–01 May 1922)
  1. 1. Robert (Francis) Gaines 1854–1934 m. Cynthia (Helen) Kennicutt 1861–1895
    1. 1. Bertha (Electra) Gaines 1885– m. Joseph (B.) Ellis 1879–1950
    2. 2. Alfred (Wallace) Gaines 1881–1970 m. Anna (May) Cooper 1883–1966
  2. 2. Leonard (Clay) Gaines 1873–1951 m. Bethiah ("Aunt Bess" Almena) Cowles 1876–1951
    1. 1. Gertrude (Lenora) Gaines 1898–1962 m. Jerome (E.) Jarman 1897–1962
  3. 3. Thomas (Richard) Gaines 1848–1935 m. Mary (Ella) Miller 1855–1935 m. Annie (Melissa) Short 1856–1878
    1. 1. Logan (R.) Gaines 1887–1908
    2. 2. Lillian Gaines 1877–1878
    3. 3. Perry (G.) Gaines 1889– m. Vivian (A.) ( 1896–1934
    4. 4. Abraham (Clay) Gaines 1896–
  4. 4. Eliza (Green) Gaines 1846–1933 m. Pierson (Ruffus) Blazier 1842–1874
    1. 1. Ella (I. "Irene") Blazier 1873–1938 m. David (Henry) Fair 1869–
      1. 1. Hazel (Dell I.) Fair 1902–1902
    2. 2. Laura (Glenn) Blazier 1869–1917 m. August (Frederick) Schafer 1860–1928
    3. 3. Mary (L. "Mamie") Blazier 1866–1910 m. William (J.) McCann 1868–1940
      1. 1. Male McCann 1902–1902
      2. 2. Nerissa (I.) McCann 1894–1904
      3. 3. Gertrude (E.) McCann 1904–1924
    4. 4. Emma (Estella) Blazier 1871–1943 m. Oliver (Shinn) Alloway 1872–1952
      1. 1. Oliver (B.) Alloway 1902–1916
  5. 5. Emily (Caroline) Gaines 1851–1925 m. George (McClisman) Byers 1844–1918
    1. 1. Claudia (A.) Byers 1875–1877
    2. 2. George (Lee) Byers 1890–1974
    3. 3. Emily (Caroline) Byers 1880–1959 m. Fred Thompson 1877–1911
    4. 4. Viola Byers 1879– m. Charles (S.) Richardson 1882–
      1. 1. Charles (Samuel) Richardson 1917–1960
    5. 5. Essie (Eliza) Byers 1883–1922 m. James (Nelson) Miller 1878–1958
      1. 1. Emily (Violet) Miller 1908–1908
  6. 6. Oscar (Edwin) Gaines 1866–1927 m. Jessie Kepler 1875–1960
    1. 1. Clyde (Cecil) Gaines 1893–1963 m. Choe Dickerson 1888–
  7. 7. William (Fletcher) Gaines 1840–1913 m. Marietta Compton 1850–1928
    1. 1. Mabel (E.) Gaines 1872–1911
    2. 2. Elsie (E.) Gaines 1884–1899
    3. 3. Ethel Gaines 1877–1877
    4. 4. Arthur (Clay) Gaines 1869–1956 m. Harriet (Belle) Hinman 1886–1975
    5. 5. Newton (Wesley) Gaines 1876–1945 m. Lura (Ethel) Weed 1880–1970
    6. 6. Lenora Gaines 1881– m. Milton (Arthur) Sams 1871–1966
    7. 7. Elmer (Ellsworth) Gaines 1874–1956 m. Genevieve ((Mary Ann)) Sams 1879–1977
      1. 1. Kenneth (Sams) Gaines 1905– m. Floss (Lenore) Chambers 1909–
    8. 8. Orpha (Ella (Ellen)) Gaines 1891–1969 m. Jay (Edward) Nichols 1890–1963
  8. 8. John (Wesley) Gaines 1842–1907 m. Lucy (Ann) Skipton 1843–1925
    1. 1. Mary (Jane) Gaines 1873–1968 m. Frank Golston 1863–1953
      1. 1. Leah Golston 1893–1973 m. Lee (Webster) Kincaid 1889–1919
      2. 2. Edith Golston 1898–1968 m. Irving McArdle 1894–1970
    2. 2. John (Clay) Gaines 1870–1955 m. Lucy (J.) Bryant 1874–1893 m. Lois Askwig 1875–1934
    3. 3. Shelby (P.) Gaines 1881– m. Ethel Sufficool 1885–
      1. 1. Eva Gaines 1912–
      2. 2. Kenneth Gaines 1902–1902
      3. 3. Willie Gaines 1910–1929
    4. 4. Henry (Edwin) Gaines 1867–1935 m. Emma (J.) Appleby 1872–1964
    5. 5. Louis (M.) Gaines 1876– m. Nora Knight 1879–
      1. 1. Elmer Gaines 1902–1937
      2. 2. Harold (Lewis) Gaines 1900–1963
  9. 9. Alfred (Milas) Gaines 1857–1896 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Holman 1864–1937
    1. 1. Alta (May) Gaines 1887– m. James (Irvin) Lewis 1888–
    2. 2. Mattie (Myrtle) Gaines 1893– m. Roscoe Ludwig 1891–
      1. 1. Darrel (Royce) Ludwig 1921–1945
    3. 3. Cora (Belle) Gaines 1882–1970 m. Francis (Clint) Eakin 1878–1965
    4. 4. Alfred (Lee) Gaines 1890– m. Mildred (Crousy) Augustus 1890–
  10. 10. Henry (Lee) Gaines 1844–1926 m. Sarah (Catherine) Archer 1851–1932
    1. 1. Lloyd Gaines 1895–1897
    2. 2. Henry (Leroy) Gaines 1884–1953
    3. 3. Elmer (E.) Gaines 1902–1937
    4. 4. Carrol (Archer) Gaines 1888–1949
    5. 5. Hattie (Ann) Gaines 1873–1926 m. Charles Blanchard 1870–1947
    6. 6. Lottie Gaines 1893–1931
    7. 7. Newton (Alfred) Gaines 1882–1973 m. Maud Fletcher 1884–1915 m. Viola Snyder 1885–1967
    8. 8. Emma Gaines 1880–1951 m. Fred Christensen 1870–1940
      1. 1. Loren Christensen 1910–1973
    9. 9. Edwin (C.) Gaines 1878–1954 m. Grace (M.) Vannatta 1890–1929
      1. 1. Delbert (Lee) Gaines 1926–1968
      2. 2. Frieda Gaines 1920–1973
    10. 10. Harry (Chester) Gaines 1875–1954 m. Lillian (Bell) Robertson 1876–1961

Abram Gaines's Timeline

2 Records

1814
04 Jun 1814
Birth of Abram Clay Gaines in Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky
Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky
1892
01 Jul 1892
Age 78
Death of Abram Clay Gaines in Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebraska
Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebraska

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Jun 1814
    Event Place: Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Jul 1892
    Event Place: Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebraska
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