Son of Basil Lamar and Rebecca Kelly Lamar. Husband of 1)Jane Meek Cresswell Lamar and 2)Harriet Cazenove Lamar (married July 11, 1839.

Gazaway and Harriet had Anthony C., G. DeRossett, Charlotte A., Annie Cazenove, Emily, and Harriet C. Lamar. Gazaway died at his daughter's home while on a business trip to New York Oct. 5, 1874.
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Obituary for Gazaway B. Lamar was published in "The Atlanta Constitution" on 10/9/1874 on page 1.

"DEATH OF A PROMINENT GEORGIAN IN NEW YORK.
Gazaway B. Lamar, Esq.
A telegram was received in Savannah yesterday announcing the death of Gazaway Bugg Lamar, on Monday the 5th, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Suter, in New York City.
Mr. Lamar was known throughout the entire state, and the news of his death will be generally received with regret by his host of friends and acquaintances. He was born in Richmond county, a short distance from the city of Augusta, on the 2nd of October 1798, and was consequently a few days over 76 years of age at the time of his demise.
He was one of the leading spirits of the iron steamboat company of Georgia, which, previous to the days of railroads, furnished the transportation for all the trade from Savannah to interior points on the river. He was at that time also largely interested in the shipping business, owning a line of ships running between Savannah and Liverpool, which he had specially built for the purpose in England.
He subsequently left Savannah and removed to New York, where he engaged in business and became president of the bank of the Republic, remaining there for some years.
He afterwards returned to Savannah and established the Bank of Commerce of this city, assumed the position of president and conducted its affairs for several years. His health demanding a change, he again removed to New York City, but at the commencement of the war returned south. In 1863, the Georgia Importing and Exporting Company, a blockade corporation, was organized, and Mr. Lamar became president, retaining the position through 1863-64.
At the close of the war Mr. Lamar, for endeavoring to prevent the seizure of his private property and that of the company he represented, was arrested by the United States authorities and carried to Washington, where he was confined in the old capitol prison, by order of Stanton, then secretary of war. He was afterwards brought to Savannah, tried by a court martial and sentenced to confinement in Fort Pulaski, where he remained but a short time, an order for his release having been obtained.
Our older residents will remember that Mr. Lamar was a severe sufferer by the appalling disaster which befell the ill-fated steamer Pulaski on her way from Charleston to New York, in 1837. He and his son, the late Col. C.A.L. Lamar, then a boy about ten years of age, were the only survivors of his family, his wife and seven children being among the victims of that dreadful disaster, which cast a pall over the city of Savannah.
For the past seven years Mr. Lamar had devoted his best energies to recovering the value of his cotton taken by the government, and after overcoming almost unsurmountable difficulties and prejudices he finally succeeded, some months ago, in obtaining tardy justice from 'the powers that be,' and his claims were awarded. Savannah News."