Permelia C. Cain ^{2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: MD7S-L2N.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Prairie Township, White, IN, USA. 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, USA. 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, USA. 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, USA,^{4 7 8} died on 22 Feb 1909 in Prairie Township, White, IN, USA ^{4 8} and was buried on 24 Feb 1909 in Battle Ground: Pretty Prairie Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN, USA ^{4 8}.)