Wilson
(Will)
Gage
Born about in Arkansas, United States
Son of Naires Gage
and Texanna (Sims) Gage
Husband of
Polly (Harper) Gage
— married
9 Dec 1898 in Phillips, Arkansas, United States
Died about
at about age 73
in Arkansas, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2022
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Newsome-262 is likely his second wife - needs Trusted List to attach, then check to ensure all children are attached
Biography
Will Gage is a part of US Black heritage.
Wilson was born about 1882 in Arkansas. He was married first to Polly Harper, with whom he had several children.
He married again to Bertha Newsom in Arkansas in 1917. They also had children together that they raised in Big Creek, Arkansas where they farmed.
William passed away after 1950.
Sources
- 1898 Marriage: "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N93Q-35D : 9 March 2021), Willie Gage, 11 Dec 1898; citing Marriage, Phillips, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,017,299.
- 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36B-7PF : 11 March 2022), Will Gage, 1900.
- 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas; Roll: T624_60; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0125; FHL microfilm: 1374073
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #686395 (accessed 11 December 2022)
Will Gage (30), married, Farm Labor, head of household in Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas, USA. Born in Arkansas. With wife Polly, 2 children.
- 1917 Marriage: "Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957"
FHL Film Number: 1017308
Ancestry Record 2548 #174490 (accessed 11 December 2022)
Will Gage (36) marriage to Bertha Newcom (26) on 14 Jan 1917.
- 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1920; Census Place: Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas; Roll: T625_76; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 168
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #65446274 (accessed 11 December 2022)
Will Gage (38), married, Farmer, head of household in Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas. With wife Bertha, 4 children.
- 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XML1-Z8D : accessed 21 April 2023), Will Gage, Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 4B, line 88, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 87; FHL microfilm 2,339,822.
- 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00160; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 54-1B
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #102309627 (accessed 11 December 2022)
Will Gaye (62), married, Farmer, head of household in Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas. With wife Bertha, 5 children
- 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas; Roll: 580; Sheet Number: 10; Enumeration District: 54-2
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #32546347 (accessed 11 December 2022)
Will Gage (68), married, Farmer, in Big Creek, Phillips, Arkansas, USA. Born in Arkansas.
- Birth of son Luther Gage: "Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917"
Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Certificates; Year: Abt 1878
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61774 #150979818 (accessed 11 December 2022)
Luther Gage born to Willie Gage and Polly Harper on 15 Sep 1900 in Marvell, Arkansas, Phillips, Arkansas, USA.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34230106/wilson-gage: accessed 21 April 2023), memorial page for Wilson Gage (7 Feb 1880–29 Jan 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34230106, citing Coffee Creek Cemetery, Phillips County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Albert Colbert (contributor 47102736).
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