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Russell Lewis Gay 1842–1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1842

Birth Location: Mistletoe, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 14 Nov 1886

Death Location: Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: Pvt Battalion

Mother: Mary Gay

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Russell Lewis Gay was born in 1842 in Mistletoe, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Pvt Elijah Lige Gay Us Civil War Union Company H Kentucky Three Forks Infantry Battalion And Mary Polly Gay. Russell Lewis Gay passed away in 1886 in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Russell Lewis Gay was born in 1842 in Mistletoe, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Pvt Elijah Lige Gay Us Civil War Union Company H Kentucky Three Forks Infantry Battalion And Mary Polly Gay.
  • Russell Lewis Gay passed away in 1886 in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Russell Gay's Ancestors

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Russell Gay
1842–1886
Birth Place: Mistletoe, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Pvt Elijah Lige Gay, US Civil War: Union Company H, Kentucky Three Forks Infantry Battalion
1815–1891
Perry, Kentucky, USA
Mary (Polly) Gay
1812–1860
North Carolina, United States of America
Grandparents
Henry (William 'Red' Gay Sr, American War for Independence: Battle of Yorktown, bodyguard to General George Washington, GUYE on tax) records
1748–1830
Greenbriar, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Margaret ("Peggy") Russell
1780–1855
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Dr 1745
1705–1749
Elizabeth Bolling
1709–1766
Martin Russell
1764–
Violet line
1768–1873
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry II
1663–1737
Jane Lawrence
1664–1737
1676–1729
Mary Kennon
1679–1727

Russell Gay's Timeline

2 Records

1842
1842
Birth of Russell Lewis Gay in Mistletoe, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA
Mistletoe, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA
1886
14 Nov 1886
Age 44
Death of Russell Lewis Gay in Southfork, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA
Southfork, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1842
    Event Place: Mistletoe, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Nov 1886
    Event Place: Southfork, Owsley County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Owsley County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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