Individual Details

Henry's father may have had a brief earlier marriage. He is not listed in the Bible record that Eliza presented to receive Russell's Civil War widow's pension. Henry appears in the 1870 census with the family, age 7.


The Minister that married Russell and Eliza testified to the date of their marriage:
4 Jun 1887:
Personaly appeare Thomas Murrell:
Who I do certify to be entitled to beliefe and after being duly sworn by me States that he is 79 years of age and is a Minister of the gospel and has been for 45 years past a Minister of the gospel and as such did on the 22nd day of November 1863 Solomnise the Rites of Matrimony between R L Gay and Eliza Williams who is now the widow of R.L Gay dec I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim My post office address in Booneville Owsley County Ky

Birth	20 Oct 1862	Owsley County, Kentucky
Death	12 Sep 1937	Ripley County, Indiana
Marriage		Nancy M. Bishop

Spouse	Nancy M. Bishop (1869 - 1953)
Child	William Estil Gay (1911 - 1968)
Child	Living

Father	Russell Lewis Gay (1842 - 1886)
Mother	Eliza Williams (1846 - 1931)