Isaac H. Gary (1807 - 1879)

Born 14 Oct 1807 in Gary’s Lane, near Kinards, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

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Died 31 Mar 1879 at age 71 in Karnes County, Texas, USA

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Biography

When Rev. Isaac H. Gary was born on 14 October 1807, in Kinards, Newberry, South Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas West Gary, was 43 and his mother, Rebecca A. Jones, was 42. He married Sarah Little Manning before 1826, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Harris, Texas, United States in 1860. He died on 31 March 1879, in Karnes City, Karnes, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Karnes City, Karnes, Texas, United States. ^[1]

Some Children

1. Rebecca Fincher Gary 1828–1900 was born in November of 1828 in Butler, Alabama, to Isaac H Gary and his wife, Sarah Little Manning. She married her much older first cousin, Absalom Milton "A.M." Gary, around 1841, in Alabama. They farmed and had nine children: Elizabeth Sarah, C, Lydia, Arthur F, Charles Wesley, Mary Ann, Milton Crassus "Pony", Susan Rebecca, and George L Gary. The Gary family appeared on the 1860 US Census in Parker County, Texas, with seven children. They later moved from Refugio County to Karnes County where A.M. engaged in the horse business. Rebecca was widowed in 1872 when A.M. was murdered. She died, 7 August 1900, aged 71, in Karnes County, Texas, and was buried with her son, Pony, at Runge City Cemetery in Runge, Texas.
2. Crassus Elijah Gary 1829–1914
3. Sarah Elizabeth Gary Griffin 1837–1932
4. Mary Ann Gary Evans 1847–1918

United States Census, 1870 Name Isaac H Gary Sex Male Age 62 Birth Year (Estimated) 1808 Birthplace South Carolina Race White Relationship to Head of Household Head Event Type Census Event Date 1870 Event Place Harris, Texas, United States Household Identifier 67 Line Number 4 Page Number 12 Affiliate Publication Number M593 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Other People on This Record

Sarah L Gary F 60 North Carolina

Manuel G Gary M 39 Alabama

Tempey J Gary F 35 Alabama

John T Gary M 11 Texas

Marsel Gary M 5 Texas

William Gary M 2 Texas

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed May 16, 2024), memorial page for Isaac H. Gary (14 Oct 1807–31 Mar 1879), Find A Grave: Memorial #23032071, citing Asher Cemetery, Ecleto, Karnes County, Texas, USA; maintained by Katherine Torkelson (contributor 47550872), headstone photo.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLT-PHF : Tue Mar 05 09:40:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Isaac H Gary and Sarah L Gary, 1870.
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3W3-DJ7 : accessed 25 April 2016), Isac Gary in entry for C E Gary, 31 Jan 1914; citing certificate number 1193, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,050,999.

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