Permelia C. Cain
(1853-1915)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Henderson Gay

Permelia C. Cain 2 3 4

  • Born: 20 Feb 1853, Princeton Township, White, IN 2 3
  • Marriage (1): William Henderson Gay on 23 Apr 1872 in , White, IN 1
  • Died: 19 Sep 1915, Prairie Township, White, IN at age 62 2 3
  • Buried: 20 Sep 1915, Battle Ground: Pretty Prairie Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: MD7S-L2N.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Prairie Township, White, IN. 5 The 1880 census recorded William H. Gay, farmer, 37, living with wife Permelia C., 27; Edward C., 7; Charles E., 3. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except William and Permelia's father's in Ohio and Permelia's mother in Virginia.

2. Census in 1900 in Prairie Township, White, IN. 6 The 1900 census recorded owning a home: Wiliam H. Gay, 57, born Apr 1843, , living with wife Permelia C., 47, Feb 1853; Edward C., farm laborer, 27, May 1873; Charles E., farm laborer, 23, May 1877; Harry E., 20, Jun 1880; and Ray C., 16, May 1884. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except William and Permelia's fathers in Ohio and her mother in Virginia.

3. Cause of Death: nephritis, 19 Sep 1915, Prairie Township, White, IN. 3


Permelia married William Henderson Gay, son of John B. Gay Sr. and Elizabeth Beeker, on 23 Apr 1872 in , White, IN.1 (William Henderson Gay was born on 11 Apr 1843 in Prairie Township, White, IN,4 7 8 died on 22 Feb 1909 in Prairie Township, White, IN 4 8 and was buried on 24 Feb 1909 in Battle Ground: Pretty Prairie Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN 4 8.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXK-LQV William H. Gay, 1872, Permelia C. Cain.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7131680.

3 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 268. Permelia Gay, widowed, father Jordan Cain, mother Julia Leon, informant Edward Gay.

4 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 58. William Henderson Gay, father John Gay, mother Elizabeth Beeker, spouse Permelia C. Cain, informant Charles A. Gay.

5 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSB-DVY William H Gay, Prairie, White, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 185, sheet 337A.

6 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M99G-YWG William H Gay, Prairie Township, Precinct 2 (east half), White, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 2B, family 42.

7 Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899, 1075 pages), Volume 1, page 392. William H. Gay.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7131684.


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