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Family Group Record: Melissa Louisa Mitchell and James Henry Gazaway

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen

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Husband
   James Henry Gazaway  
   Born: February 1, 1841 Place: Georgia
   Married: ca. 1861 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: August 24, 1933 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Parents: John Gazaway and Amelia Henry?
Wife
   Melissa Louisa Mitchell  
   Born: October 13, 1843 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: September 19, 1924 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia; she and her husband are buried at Wesley Chapel cemetery, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia.
   Parents: Sarah A. Biffle and John Allison Mitchell
Children
1 James Barton Gazaway
Sex Born: May 3, 1862 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  M Married: Laura L. [--] (May 6, 1864-March 2, 1936) Place:
   Died: October 30, 1889 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia; he died of typhoid fever and is buried in the Wesley Chapel cemetery.
2 William R. Gazaway
Sex Born: March 13, 1866 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  M Married: Mellie Coulliar Haynes, May 6, 1888 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: February 15, 1957 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia; he is buried in the Wesley Chapel Methodist churchyard, DeKalb County, Georgia
3 John Henry Gazaway
Sex Born: August 27, 1868 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  M Married: Maggie House (she married a 2nd time to a Vaughn) Place: Georgia
   Died: November 9, 1889 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia; he died of typhoid fever and is buried in the Wesley Chapel cemeter.
4 Jennie Cornelia Gazaway
Sex Born: January 1871 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  F Married: Samuel Watts Place:
   Died: Place:
5 Eli B. Gazaway
Sex Born: November 25,1872 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  M Married: Place:
   Died: November 22,1889 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia ; he died of typhoid fever and is buried in Wesley Chapel cemetery
6 Columbus Gordon Gazaway
Sex Born: February 1875 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  M Married: Suzie L. [--] Place:
   Died: 1965 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
7 Mary Belle Gazaway
Sex Born: February 17, 1877 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  F Married: ca. 1898; William Thomas Haynes Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: December 1, 1966 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
8 Edie L. Gazaway
Sex Born: September 27,1879 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  F Married: M. Dolphus Doby Place:
   Died: October 18, 1963 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
9 Thomas Jefferson Gazaway
Sex Born: February 17, 1882 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  M Married: April 18, 1903; Victoria Lee Green Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
   Died: October 14, 1970 Place: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
10 Dortha A. (?) Gazaway (Doskie)
Sex Born: May 1885 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  F Married: Rufus Echols Place:
   Died: Place:
11 Georgia Louella Gazaway
Sex Born: March 2, 1887 Place: DeKalb County, Georgia
  F Married: Robert E. Lee Cook Place:
   Died: November 23, 1973 Place: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
  • 1860 U.S. Census, Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia, M653-119, p. 369; James is in the household of his father, mother, and siblings
  • 1870 U.S. Census, Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia, M593-147, p.244
  • 1880 U.S. Census, Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia, T9-0143, pg 368A
  • 1900 U.S. Census, Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia, T623-192, p. 82; on same page with son Gordon and Melissa's parents.
  • 1930 U.S. Census, Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia; William R.: T626-351, p. 7B, E.D. 26
  • 1930 U.S. Census, Militia District 531, DeKalb County, Georgia, T626-351, pg. 7A, E.D. 23; lists James H. Gazaway in the household of Dolphus and Edie Doby
  • 1930 U.S. Census, Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia, T626-351, 4B, E.D. 26; Dosky Echols and family
  • 1930 U.S. Census, Militia District 531, DeKalb, Georgia, T626-351, pg. 32A, E.D. 24; Georgia Cook and family

From Dekalb-Fulton County GaArchives Military Records.....*MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY K, 38th REGIMENT Civilwar - Rosters COMPANY K, 38th REGIMENT

Gazaway, James H.- 3d Corporal September 26, 1861. Appointed 2d Sergeant May 14, 1863. Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. for exchange October 11, 1864. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., October 15, 1864. Admitted to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. October 16, 1864, and furloughed for 60 days November 6, 1864. No later record. (Born in Ga. in 1840.)

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