Individual Details

Eliza applied for widow's pension:

Note: some of the older children seem to have been omitted - Henry & Matilda both present in the 1870 census. And a child Morris appeared in the 1880 census, perhaps died young.
Thomas Jefferson Gay was born March 27" 1869"
Nancy A Gay was borned Nov 4" 1873"
Lucinda Gay was borned Feburary 28" 1876"
America Gay was borned Feby 2" 1878"
John D. Gay was born March the 9" 1883"
Lula Gay was borned May 16" 1885"
State of Kentucky
County of Owsley
I S V Nigh Clerk of the Owsley County Court Certify that the above is a true copy of a record in the family Bible of deceased to me purporting to be the family Bible of Russell L. Gay deceased.
Draw under my hand this May 23" 1887

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	22 Oct 1846	Owsley County, Kentucky
Marriage	22 Nov 1863	Russell Lewis Gay
Death	16 Aug 1931	Jackson County, Kentucky

Spouse	Russell Lewis Gay (1842 - 1886)
Child	Henry Gay (1862 - 1937)