Son of Elizabeth NASH (abt. 1828 SC) & Lewellon B. Gay (abt. 1820 AL), brother to W.H. Gay, abt. 1845, Isadore Gay, b. abt. 1847. Mary Gay, b. abt. 1848, husband to Lula FOX (1861-1902), father to Louis Benton Gay, Jr., 2 Mar 1883, Feb. 1939 (m. Vera FRASER), R.L. "Fayette" Gay of Zwolle, Mrs. T.C. Webb of Baton Rouge, Mrs. W.H.H. Moore of Holopaw, Florida
Provided by Charlotte Hardamon Coble
Col. Gay was born in Sabine parish on Bayou Toro near the present village of Sandel, January 22, 1855, being the son of Louis Allen Gay and Mary Elizabeth Nash. The parents died while Louis was a child and the young man was reared in Many by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Nash, he later being employed on a plantation near Alexandria, then returned to Many and became identified with the mercantile business of the then pioneer village.
He married Lula Fox of Alexandria, returning to Mant with his bride on a steamboat to Grand Encore, and completing his journey with a horse and buggy.
With the building of the T&P railway through Robeline, Col. Gay saw the possibilities of the mercantile business along the railroad and moved there to embark on business.
After several years of successful trading in Robeline, in 1902 with the building of the K.C.S. railway through central Sabine parish, the development spirit seized Mr. Gay and he moved to Zwolle, erected the first home to be built in that town, the same he was living in at the time of his death. Mr. Gay was an agent for the Arkansas Township Company, owners of original Zwolle, but wasn't long delayed in embarking in the mercantile business, where he enjoyed splendid patronage until he was employed by the Sabine Lumber Company, which had just started operations at the new town. Until the day of his death, Col. Gay remained in the employ of the Sabine Lumber Company.
Immediate surviving relatives of Col. Gay are Louis Benton Gay, Jr. of Colfax; Mrs. T.C. Webb of Baton Rouge; Mrs. W.H. Moores of Pearson; and Col. R.L. Gay, the daddy of Sabine parish oil fields and president of the police jury. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Lavinia McKnight of Dallas, Texas. All of the immediate kin were present at the last illness and funeral.
Col. Gay was always open and above board on all public issues, ready to fight for what he believed was right, a lover of development and progressiveness. He was a member of the Sabine parish Democratic Central Committee and the Board of Alderman of the Town of Zwolle at the time of his death, was a member of Zwolle Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, and Scottish Rite Lodge at Shreveport.
The HIstory of Louisiana
published by The Southen Publishing Company
Nashville and Chicago in 1890
page 344
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Provided by Charlotte Hardamon Coble
Col. Gay was born in Sabine parish on Bayou Toro near the present village of Sandel, January 22, 1855, being the son of Louis Allen Gay and Mary Elizabeth Nash. The parents died while Louis was a child and the young man was reared in Many by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Nash, he later being employed on a plantation near Alexandria, then returned to Many and became identified with the mercantile business of the then pioneer village.
He married Lula Fox of Alexandria, returning to Mant with his bride on a steamboat to Grand Encore, and completing his journey with a horse and buggy.
With the building of the T&P railway through Robeline, Col. Gay saw the possibilities of the mercantile business along the railroad and moved there to embark on business.
After several years of successful trading in Robeline, in 1902 with the building of the K.C.S. railway through central Sabine parish, the development spirit seized Mr. Gay and he moved to Zwolle, erected the first home to be built in that town, the same he was living in at the time of his death. Mr. Gay was an agent for the Arkansas Township Company, owners of original Zwolle, but wasn't long delayed in embarking in the mercantile business, where he enjoyed splendid patronage until he was employed by the Sabine Lumber Company, which had just started operations at the new town. Until the day of his death, Col. Gay remained in the employ of the Sabine Lumber Company.
Immediate surviving relatives of Col. Gay are Louis Benton Gay, Jr. of Colfax; Mrs. T.C. Webb of Baton Rouge; Mrs. W.H. Moores of Pearson; and Col. R.L. Gay, the daddy of Sabine parish oil fields and president of the police jury. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Lavinia McKnight of Dallas, Texas. All of the immediate kin were present at the last illness and funeral.
Col. Gay was always open and above board on all public issues, ready to fight for what he believed was right, a lover of development and progressiveness. He was a member of the Sabine parish Democratic Central Committee and the Board of Alderman of the Town of Zwolle at the time of his death, was a member of Zwolle Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, and Scottish Rite Lodge at Shreveport.
The HIstory of Louisiana
published by The Southen Publishing Company
Nashville and Chicago in 1890
page 344
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Son of Elizabeth NASH (abt. 1828 SC) & Lewellon B. Gay (abt. 1820 AL), brother to W.H. Gay, abt. 1845, Isadore Gay, b. abt. 1847. Mary Gay, b. abt. 1848, husband to Lula FOX (1861-1902), father to Louis Benton Gay, Jr., 2 Mar 1883, Feb. 1939 (m. Vera FRASER), R.L. "Fayette" Gay of Zwolle, Mrs. T.C. Webb of Baton Rouge, Mrs. W.H.H. Moore of Holopaw, Florida
Provided by Charlotte Hardamon Coble
Col. Gay was born in Sabine parish on Bayou Toro near the present village of Sandel, January 22, 1855, being the son of Louis Allen Gay and Mary Elizabeth Nash. The parents died while Louis was a child and the young man was reared in Many by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Nash, he later being employed on a plantation near Alexandria, then returned to Many and became identified with the mercantile business of the then pioneer village.
He married Lula Fox of Alexandria, returning to Mant with his bride on a steamboat to Grand Encore, and completing his journey with a horse and buggy.
With the building of the T&P railway through Robeline, Col. Gay saw the possibilities of the mercantile business along the railroad and moved there to embark on business.
After several years of successful trading in Robeline, in 1902 with the building of the K.C.S. railway through central Sabine parish, the development spirit seized Mr. Gay and he moved to Zwolle, erected the first home to be built in that town, the same he was living in at the time of his death. Mr. Gay was an agent for the Arkansas Township Company, owners of original Zwolle, but wasn't long delayed in embarking in the mercantile business, where he enjoyed splendid patronage until he was employed by the Sabine Lumber Company, which had just started operations at the new town. Until the day of his death, Col. Gay remained in the employ of the Sabine Lumber Company.
Immediate surviving relatives of Col. Gay are Louis Benton Gay, Jr. of Colfax; Mrs. T.C. Webb of Baton Rouge; Mrs. W.H. Moores of Pearson; and Col. R.L. Gay, the daddy of Sabine parish oil fields and president of the police jury. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Lavinia McKnight of Dallas, Texas. All of the immediate kin were present at the last illness and funeral.
Col. Gay was always open and above board on all public issues, ready to fight for what he believed was right, a lover of development and progressiveness. He was a member of the Sabine parish Democratic Central Committee and the Board of Alderman of the Town of Zwolle at the time of his death, was a member of Zwolle Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, and Scottish Rite Lodge at Shreveport.
The HIstory of Louisiana
published by The Southen Publishing Company
Nashville and Chicago in 1890
page 344
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Provided by Charlotte Hardamon Coble
Col. Gay was born in Sabine parish on Bayou Toro near the present village of Sandel, January 22, 1855, being the son of Louis Allen Gay and Mary Elizabeth Nash. The parents died while Louis was a child and the young man was reared in Many by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Nash, he later being employed on a plantation near Alexandria, then returned to Many and became identified with the mercantile business of the then pioneer village.
He married Lula Fox of Alexandria, returning to Mant with his bride on a steamboat to Grand Encore, and completing his journey with a horse and buggy.
With the building of the T&P railway through Robeline, Col. Gay saw the possibilities of the mercantile business along the railroad and moved there to embark on business.
After several years of successful trading in Robeline, in 1902 with the building of the K.C.S. railway through central Sabine parish, the development spirit seized Mr. Gay and he moved to Zwolle, erected the first home to be built in that town, the same he was living in at the time of his death. Mr. Gay was an agent for the Arkansas Township Company, owners of original Zwolle, but wasn't long delayed in embarking in the mercantile business, where he enjoyed splendid patronage until he was employed by the Sabine Lumber Company, which had just started operations at the new town. Until the day of his death, Col. Gay remained in the employ of the Sabine Lumber Company.
Immediate surviving relatives of Col. Gay are Louis Benton Gay, Jr. of Colfax; Mrs. T.C. Webb of Baton Rouge; Mrs. W.H. Moores of Pearson; and Col. R.L. Gay, the daddy of Sabine parish oil fields and president of the police jury. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Lavinia McKnight of Dallas, Texas. All of the immediate kin were present at the last illness and funeral.
Col. Gay was always open and above board on all public issues, ready to fight for what he believed was right, a lover of development and progressiveness. He was a member of the Sabine parish Democratic Central Committee and the Board of Alderman of the Town of Zwolle at the time of his death, was a member of Zwolle Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, and Scottish Rite Lodge at Shreveport.
The HIstory of Louisiana
published by The Southen Publishing Company
Nashville and Chicago in 1890
page 344
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
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