Born in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Douglas Chenault
and Caroline Carlisle Chenault
Sister of
John Blackwell Chenault, Harvey Chenault, Anne Douglas (Chenault) McCown, Thomas Douglas Chenault, Carlisle (Chenault) Bates and Eleanor Chenault
Wife of
Nelson Prewitt Gay
— married
20 Apr 1898 in Madison County, Kentucky, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Clark County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2011
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Biography
Lila (Chenault) Gay is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28J-73L : accessed 25 December 2021), Lila C May in household of Nelson P May, Sphar, Clark, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 5B, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 468; FHL microfilm 1,374,481.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2Y-5X8 : 1 February 2021), Lela S Gay in entry for Nelson P Gay, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM64-JL7 : accessed 25 December 2021), Lila C Gay in household of Nelson P Gay, District 3, Clark, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 13A, line 32, family 268, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 740; FHL microfilm 2,340,475.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WP-LQY : accessed 25 December 2021), Lila Gay in household of Nelson P Gay, Magisterial District 2, Clark, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 12A, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,515.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZD-HBN : 20 December 2021), Lila Chennault in household of T. Chennault, Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- Find A Grave: Lila Chenault Gay
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