John Horace Gay

John Horace Gay

• Father: John Robert Gay
• Mother: Katherine Lamme

• John Horace Gay was born on 19 June 1865 in Fayette County, Kentucky, or possibly the 25th.
• He married Florence Nancy Powell, daughter of Robert Micajah Powell and Elizabeth Grace, in 1909.
• John Horace Gay and Florence Nancy Powell appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Fair Grounds Precinct, Woodford County, Kentucky. Other members of the household included Watson D. Gay.
• He was a breeder of saddle horses, according to the 1910 census.
• He officially witnessed the death of John Horace Gay on 28 June 1915 at the old James Gay farm, Pisgah Pike in Pisgah, Woodford County, Kentucky; of acute colitis.
• John Horace Gay and Florence Nancy Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Fair Grounds Precinct, Woodford County, Kentucky, at Lexington Pike. Other members of the household included Watson D. Gay.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
• John Horace Gay and Florence Nancy Powell appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Woodford County, Kentucky. Other members of the household included Watson D. Gay.
• He was a breeder of saddle horses and short horn cattle, according to his death certificate.
• He officially witnessed the death of Florence Nancy Powell on 15 September 1944 at Woodford Memorial Hospital in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky.
• At the time of his death John Horace Gay was living in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, at 703 Bullock Place.
• John Horace Gay died on 29 May 1946 at age 80 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, at Woodford Memorial Hospital or possibly the 28th. Informant was Mrs. Katherine G. Reading, 703 Bullock Place, Lexington.
• He was interred at Pisgah Church Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky.
• A short biographical sketch appears in the 1922 History of Kentucky, Volume 3.

• Last Edited: 26 Jul 2010