Kisiah E. Gay ^{1 2 3}

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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ⁵ The 1860 census recorded John Gay, farmer, 47, living with wife Elizabeth, 38; William, farmer, 17; Ann S., 15; Elmina, 11; Eliza J., 10; Alvin, 9; Sarah A., 7; Charles, 5; Kissiah, 3; and Milton, 6 months. All were born in Indiana except father John in Ohio. John had no real estate value and William $3000.
Next door is James Gay, 53, farmer, born in Ohio, with wife Kessiah, 29, born in Virginia and sons John, 7, and George, 3.

2. Census in 1870 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded John Gay, farmer, 57, living with wife Elizabeth, 49; William, farmer, 27; Ansolena, 23; Elmina, 21; Alvin, 19; Charles, 14; Sarah, 16; Milton, 12; Kissiah, 9; and John, 7. The post office was Brookston. John's real estate was valued at $12000 and personal estate $1635. William had real estate worth $3000 and personal estate $420. Also on the census page is John's brother Joseph, 53, with his family, and on next page James Gay, 62, with his family.

3. Census in 1880 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded John Gay, farmer, 67, living with wife Elizabeth, 57; Annsolena, 32; Charles A., farm worker, 24; Sarah, 22; Kissia, 21, Milton, farm worker, 20, and John B., farm worker, 18. John was born in Ohio, his father in Maryland and mother in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born in Indiana, her parents in North Carolina. Their children were all born in Indiana.

4. Census in 1900 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded owning a home: Charles A. Gay, farmer, 44, born Apr 1856, living with brother Milton, farmer, 40, Oct 1859; mother Elizabeth, widowed, 78, Apr 1822; sister Anselena, 55, Mar 1845; sister Sarah A., 46, Sep 1854; and sister Kesiah E., 42, Dec 1857. The census columns record Elizabeth had birthed 9 children with 5 alive in 1900. Elizabeth's children are all single, born in Indiana, their father born in Ohio. Elizabeth was born in Indiana and her parents in North Carolina.
On the same census page as close neighbors are two of Elizabeth's other daughters, Eliza J. Klepinger, 50, Feb 1850, living with her husband and sons; and Elmina Hoilman, 52, Mar 1848, a widow living with her sons and daughters.
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5. Census in 1910 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded Elizabeth Gay, widowed, 88, living her children: Anslena, 64; Sarah A., 56; Charles A., farmer, 54; Kesiah E., 52; and Milton, farmer, 50. Everyone was born in Indiana. Elizabeth's parents were born in North Carolina and her children's father in Ohio. The census columns record Elizabeth had birthed 11 children and 8 were alive in 1910.

6. Census in 1920 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded Charles A. Gay, farmer, 63, living with sisters Anselana, 73; Sarah A., 65; and Kisiah E., 62; and his brother, Milton, farmer, 59. All were single. They and their mother were born in Indiana, their father in Ohio.

7. Cause of Death: carcinoma of uterus, 19 Feb 1928, Prairie Township, White, IN. ³

8. Obituary: Journal and Courier: Kisiah E. Gay Dies In Perry Township on 20 Feb 1928 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴ KISIAH E. GRAY DIES IN PERRY TOWNSHIP [sic, newspaper typo should be Gay not Gray]
Special to Journal and Courier
BROOKSTON, Ind., Feb. 19. Kisiah E. Gray died at 1:40 p. m. today at the home in Perry township [sic shoiuld be Prairie township] where she was born Dec. 5, 1857, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Gay. Surviving are a sister, Sarah, and two brothers, Charles and Milton, with whom she made her home. Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Pretty Prairie cemetery.