Milus Osgood Gay: Gage and Shook Families

1902 - 1995 (92 years)

Generation: 1

Milus Osgood Gay was born on 05 Sep 1902 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (son of Dr. Henry Milus Gay and Alice Maud Osgood); died on 26 Jan 1995 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.

Other Events:

Occupation: circulation manager for shopping news; publisher
Census: 1930, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California
Census: 1940, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125528285/milus-osgood-gay

Milus married Antoinette Guernsey on 1 Jul 1925. Antoinette (daughter of Charles Arthur Guernsey and Mary Vick Bryant) was born on 04 Jan 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 17 Oct 1981 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Henry Guernsey Gay was born on 16 Nov 1926 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming; died on 03 Jan 1999 in Shelton, Mason County, Washington; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
Beverly Gay was born on 15 Jul 1928 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming; died on 28 Nov 2021; was buried in Buckley Cemetery, Buckley, Pierce County, Washington.

Generation: 2

Dr. Henry Milus Gay was born on 12 Aug 1873 in Santa Clara County, California (son of Milus Harvey Gay and Ella Sinex); died on 06 Nov 1939 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.

Other Events:

Occupation: medical doctor
Census: 1900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Census: 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Census: 1920, Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Census: 1930, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

Notes:

Census:
In the 1900 US census, Henry M. Gay, physician, is single and a boarder in the household of Theo L and Clara Chase.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125527804/henry-milus-gay

Henry married Alice Maud Osgood on 03 Oct 1901 in Santa Clara County, California. Alice (daughter of Marion Hudson Osgood and Harriet Amanda Harker) was born on 12 Apr 1878 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 16 Dec 1964 in Alameda County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice Maud Osgood was born on 12 Apr 1878 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire (daughter of Marion Hudson Osgood and Harriet Amanda Harker); died on 16 Dec 1964 in Alameda County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California; San Jose Ward 3, 696 South Third Street Santa Clara, California
Occupation: 1900; Schoolteacher

Notes:

Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) 18 Dec 1964
Gay, Alice M., In Oakland, December 16, 1964, beloved wife of the late Henry Milus Gay; loving mother of Milus Osgood Gay of Washington, Marion Alice Gay of Woodacre, Constance Gay of Oakland, Esther Gay of Carmel Valley and Eleanor Gay of Massachusetts; sister of The Rev. C. Sumner Osgood of Connecticut, Hatibel Osgood and Marion Dowie, both of California. A native of New Hampshire; aged 86 years.
Friends are invited to attend memorial services at the Piedmont Community Church, 400 Highland Avenue, Piedmont, Sunday, December 20, at 4 p.m., Rev. Charles Harris officiating. Grant Miller Mortuaries.

California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Alice M Gay
[Alice Maud Osgood]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1878
Death Date: 16 Dec 1964
Death Place: Alameda
Mother's Maiden Name: Harker

New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900
Name: Alice Osgood
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1878
Birth Place: Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
Father: Marion H Osgood
Mother: Harriet A Osgood

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125528688/alice-gay

Children:

1. Milus Osgood Gay was born on 05 Sep 1902 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 26 Jan 1995 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
Marion Alice Gay was born on 1 Jul 1904 in Pennsylvania; died in Mar 1982; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
Constance Gay was born on 6 Aug 1905 in Pennsylvania; died on 19 Apr 1976 in Oakland, Alameda County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
Esther Sinex Gay was born on 26 Sep 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Oct 1981 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
Eleanor Gay was born about 1911 in Pennsylvania.

Generation: 3

Milus Harvey Gay was born in 1843 in Illinois (son of Milus Gay and Amanda Esther Brown); died on 18 Mar 1894 in Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

Other Events:

Occupation: farmer
Census: 1880, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

Notes:

Notes:
In the 1870 US census, Milues, age 27, is in his parents' household. Occupation: law student.
Milus H. Gay of San Jose is listed in the freshman class of the University of the Pacific, Santa Clara, California in 1861.
Milus H. Gay of San Jose is listed in the junior class of the University of the Pacific, Santa Clara, California in 1863.
Milus H. Gay of San Buenaventura is listed with the graduates of classical course of 1865 of the University of the Pacific, Santa Clara, California, 1876.
Milus H. Gay of San Buenaventura is listed as receiving degree of master of the arts of University of the Pacific, Santa Clara, California, 1876.

Died:
California state roster, 1909 goverment and military records:
Given Name: Milus H.
Surname: Gay
Position: Member of the Assembly
City: Santa Clara
Death Date: 18 Mar 1894
Page #: 616

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200826610/milus-h-gay

Buried together Sec A
Milus H. Gay
Eugene H. Gay
Horace G Gay
Rudolf J. Gay
Amanda E. Gay
*Milus H. Gay
Ella S. Gay
Electa Brown

Milus married Ella Sinex on 23 Oct 1872. Ella (daughter of Thomas Henry Sinex and Mary Elizabeth Ward) was born on 13 Sep 1851 in Indiana; died on 22 Jan 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ella Sinex was born on 13 Sep 1851 in Indiana (daughter of Thomas Henry Sinex and Mary Elizabeth Ward); died on 22 Jan 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

Other Events:

Occupation: teacher
Census: 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Note:
Ella J. Sinex (Mrs. Milus H. Gay) of San Buenaventura is listed as graduating the scientific course in 1870 of University of the Pacific, Santa Clara, California, 1876.

Census:
In the 1910 US census, Ella S. Gay, widow, mother, is in the household of her son, Henry W. Gay and his family.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200826614/ella-gay

Children:

2. Dr. Henry Milus Gay was born on 12 Aug 1873 in Santa Clara County, California; died on 06 Nov 1939 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.

Marion Hudson Osgood was born on 24 Jan 1847 in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine (son of Hudson Osgood and Eliza Ann Smart); died on 18 May 1928 in Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

Other Events:

Occupation: Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine; Goldsmith and jeweler
Census: 1880, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire
Census: 1900, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

Notes:

Marion H. Osgood was optician who had a shop at 156 North First Street in downtown San Jose. Before, that, he was a jeweler. He was born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, and served in the Union Army as a private in Company G, Maine 14th Infantry Regiment. After the war, he married Hattie A. Harker on Sept. 23, 1874, in Rochester, New Hampshire. Their marriage record states that Marion H. Osgood was 27 years old, born in Fairfield, Maine, to Hudson and Elizabeth Osgood; Hattie was 22, born in Dover, N.H., the daughter of John C. and Harriett Harker.

The family moved from Rochester, New Hampshire, to San Jose in the 1880s. Their children included Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Alice Maud Osgood, Charles Sumner Osgood, and Hattibel H. Osgood.

Hattie Amanda (Harker) Osgood died on Jan. 22, 1944, in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205865265/marion-hudson-osgood

Plot Section O

Marion married Harriet Amanda Harker on 23 Sep 1874 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire. Harriet (daughter of John Charles Harker and Harriet Amanda Watson) was born on 17 Jun 1852 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 22 Jan 1944 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet Amanda Harker was born on 17 Jun 1852 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire (daughter of John Charles Harker and Harriet Amanda Watson); died on 22 Jan 1944 in Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219187069/harriett-amanda-osgood

Cremated

Children:

Wilfred Hudson Osgood was born on 8 Dec 1875 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 20 Jun 1947 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
3. Alice Maud Osgood was born on 12 Apr 1878 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 16 Dec 1964 in Alameda County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
Charles Sumner Osgood was born on 13 Feb 1881 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 25 Sep 1965 in Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut,; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Hattibel Osgood was born on 11 Mar 1882 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 1 Jul 1972 in Los Angeles County, California.
Marion Osgood was born on 29 Jun 1884 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 4 Mar 1976 in Los Angeles County, California.

Generation: 4

Milus Gay was born on 11 Sep 1811 in North Carolina (son of John Gay and Elizabeth Watson); died on 30 Jul 1878.

Other Events:

Occupation: clerk; farmer
Census: 1850, Payson, Adams County, Illinois
Census: 1870, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

Milus married Amanda Esther Brown on 23 Feb 1841 in Adams County, Illinois. Amanda was born on 11 Apr 1822 in New York; died on 10 Dec 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amanda Esther Brown was born on 11 Apr 1822 in New York; died on 10 Dec 1873.

Children:

Horace Gay was born about 1849 in Illinois.
4. Milus Harvey Gay was born in 1843 in Illinois; died on 18 Mar 1894 in Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

10.

Thomas Henry Sinex was born on 13 Jan 1824 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (son of Thomas Sinex and Flora West); died on 01 Feb 1898 in Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.

Other Events:

Occupation: president of female college; minister
Census: 1870, Redwood, Santa Clara County, California
Census: 1880, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California

Notes:

Obituary from Find a Grave
NOTED PREACHER DEAD. Passing of Rev. Thomas H. Sinex. A Native of New Albany.
His Death Occurred at Pacific Grove, Cal., February 1st - A Sketch of His Life
Thursday Evening, February 10, 1898. New Albany Daily Ledger.
The Rev. Thomas Henry Sinex, D.D., known to all the old residents and Methodists of New Albany, died at his home at Pacific Grove, California, on February 1st, 1898, of heart disease, of which he had suffered for several months.
He leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. A. E. Gray, of Philadelphia. He was the son of Thomas Sinex, a pioneer of New Albany, and a brother of Dr. William G. Sinex, residing near the city, and Mrs. Maria Collins, widow of Judge Collins, of Salem.
Thomas Henry Sinex was born in New Albany, Ind., January 4, 1824. He received his rudimentary education at the public schools of his native town, afterward attending the academy, where he prepared for College. He entered the Asbury University (now DePauw University) at Greencastle, Ind., in 1839, and having gained a year on his class, was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1842. He was subsequently honored by his alma mater with the degrees of A. M. and D. D.
Having spent nearly a year in the study of law, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in his twentieth year joined the Indiana Conference. In that State he filled several pastorates, and was also professor in Asbury University and the Asbury Female College at New Albany. From 1854 to 1864 he was president of the Albion Wesleyan Seminary.
In 1864 he was a member of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was transferred from Michigan to California. Here he served three years as pastor in Santa Clara, and was then elected president of the University of the Pacific, and remained at its head until 1872, when he resigned and took the chair of mathematics. It was during his administration that the institution became a college of liberal arts. In 1894 he was appointed superintendent of the Christian Seaside Resort at Pacific Grove.
He built the large Methodist Episcopal church and assembly hall at Pacific Grove, and was the promoter of many other public improvements. He had also been presiding elder of the Stockton district and pastor of the Bush street Methodist Church in San Francisco.

A Noted Methodist Dead.
The Rev. Thomas H. Sinex moral and prudential manager of the town of Pacific Grove, under the Pacific Grove Retreat Association, and also secretary of that body, died Feb. 1st at his residence in the Grove. He had been suffering from an affection of the heart for the past eight months.
For many years Dr. Sinex was a prominent member of the Methodist clergy of California. He came to this state in 1850 and for many years was president of the University of the Pacific at Santa Clara. He was also Presiding Elder of the Stockton District, pastor of the Bush-street Methodist church in San Francisco and for the past fifteen years Superintendent of the town of Pacific Grove. He built the large Methodist Episcopal Church and Assembly Hall there and was the promoter of many other public improvements.
Dr. Sinex was born in New Albany, Ind., seventy-four years ago and entered the ministry at the age of nineteen. - Gonzales Tribune.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95876896/thomas-henry-sinex

Thomas married Mary Elizabeth Ward on 18 Sep 1848 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. Mary was born on 17 Aug 1826 in New Jersey; died on 14 Feb 1900; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Mary Elizabeth Ward was born on 17 Aug 1826 in New Jersey; died on 14 Feb 1900; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.

Notes:

Obituary from Find a Grave
Daily Pharos. Logansport, Indiana. Monday, March 5, 1900.
Mary Elizabeth (Ward) Sinex
At the family home in Pacific Grove, Monterey County, Cal., Mrs. Mary E. Ward Sinex died Feb 14. She was the wife of the late Dr. T. H. Sinex and was very noted for her great work in the W.C.T.U. Dr. and Mrs. Sinex were married here Sept. 18, 1848, and shortly afterwards moved to California for the benefit of the latter's health. Of her death the Pacific Grove Review says in part: "She died as she lived, a refined, Christian lady, trusting implicitly in the inscrutable ways of Him, who doeth all things well, and entered into rest fully prepared to meet her husband whose lips contentedly murmured as his spirit wings its flight to its maker. "The boats has touched the shore, it is over now." In death they are united and sorrowing ones who are left to mourn their absence should forget their grief in the blessed knowledge that there is no more parting there.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2019), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Ward Sinex (17 Aug 1826-14 Feb 1900), Find A Grave Memorial no. 95876960, citing El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, USA ; Maintained by Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen (contributor 47263742) .

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95876960/mary-elizabeth-sinex

Children:

5. Ella Sinex was born on 13 Sep 1851 in Indiana; died on 22 Jan 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

12.

Hudson Osgood was born on 4 Feb 1812 in Blue Hill, Hancock County, Maine (son of Jacob Osgood and Susan Tapley).

Other Events:

Census: 1840, Prospect, Waldo County, Maine
Census: 1850, Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine
Census: 1870, Milford, Penobscot County, Maine
Occupation: 1871; cabinet maker

Notes:

Hudson Osgood's place of birth and occupation are documented on the death certificate of his daughter, Hester.

After his wife's death in January 1850, census records list Hudson in his brother Peltiah Osgood's household in August 1850. In 1870 he is in the household of Redman Woodman.

Hudson married Eliza Ann Smart. Eliza was born in 1817 in Maine; died on 16 Jan 1850 in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine; was buried in Emery Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Eliza Ann Smart was born in 1817 in Maine; died on 16 Jan 1850 in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine; was buried in Emery Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine.

Notes:

Eliza Smart's name is documented on the death certificate of her daughter, Hester. It also record's Eliza's birthplace but it is difficult to read - looks like it might be Searsport, Maine.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240839961/eliza-ann_s-osgood

Died:
died of bilious fever

Children:

Hester Ann Rodgers Osgood was born on 19 Feb 1837 in Swanville, Waldo County, Maine; died on 27 Dec 1908 in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc County, Maine; was buried in Bowdoinham Village Cemetery, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc County, Maine.
Clarence Wayne Pollard Osgood was born on 5 Sep 1843 in Prospect, Maine; died on 10 May 1907 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington.
6. Marion Hudson Osgood was born on 24 Jan 1847 in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine; died on 18 May 1928 in Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
James Kendrick Osgood was born on 5 Nov 1848 in Maine; died in 1909; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine.

14.

John Charles Harker was born on 9 Jun 1811 in Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England; died in Jun 1855 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; was cremated in location of ashes unknown.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire

Notes:

Note on Find a Grave:
John C Harker arrived on the Ship England, aged 26, Arrival Date: 22 Sep 1838. He came as a Calico Printer from Burnley, England, to work at the Cocheco Manufacturing Company at the Mills in downtown Dover, New Hampshire, most likely in the Print building.
He was also a member Method Episcopal Church in Dover, N.H.

City directories show him living in 1846 and 1848 on North Pine Street, no number is given. Vital records from the Exeter Newsletter, in Exeter NH, show his obituary: Volume XXX No. 10 - 11 June, 1855; Died, in Dover, NH, John C. Harker, aged 44. It did not site the exact date or cause so it would have been during the week prior to 11 June, 1855.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218971485/john-charles-harker

John married Harriet Amanda Watson. Harriet was born in 1817 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died in 1890 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Harriet Amanda Watson was born in 1817 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died in 1890 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

Notes:

After her husband John C. Harker died, she left Dover, NH to live with their daughter Harriet Amanda Osgood (nee Harker) in Rochester, NH. She then married Luther Wentworth - no children from that marriage. After Luther died, she and Charles Robert Harker, her youngest son, lived with her daughter once again. The entire family moved to California in 1888. Wilfred Hudson Osgood, zoologist and past curator of the Field Museum, is her grandson. Harriet is the daughter of Daniel and Mary Watson from Dover, NH.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111927824/harriet-amanda-harker

Plot Section O, Block 96, Lot 3

Children:

Alice Harker was born in 1841 in New Hampshire; died in 1869 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
John C. Harker was born in 1848 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died in 1913 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
7. Harriet Amanda Harker was born on 17 Jun 1852 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 22 Jan 1944 in Los Angeles County, California.
Charles Robert Harker was born on 22 Dec 1855 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; died on 4 Aug 1922 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California; was buried in burial details unknown.

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Milus Osgood Gay