BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.

Page 693.

JOHN C. GAY, an enterprising young farmer of Smith township, Belmont county, Ohio,
was born on the farm where he now resides, December 9, 1859. He is the son of
Thomas Gay, who was born in 1823, and on March 18, 1856, was married to Mary J.
Boyd, who was born in Ireland in 1840, and came to the United States about 1852.
Thomas Boyd had five sons and three daughters, all of whom survive. Rachel was
born January 4, 1859; John C. was born as above stated; William N. was born August
14, 1861; Eliza was born September 7, 1863, and Thomas B. was born September 18,
1865. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of his native
township, and has spent his life in agricultural pursuits. Since the death of the
father, the sons and mother have continued to manage the home farm, making the
raising of stock a specialty. They are prosperous, and have the esteem of a wide
circle of friends. All the family have membership in the Presbyterian church at
Concord, near Centerville, Ohio.