Dr.
Coleman
Pendleton
Gay
Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Alexander Mosely Gay
and Mary Jane (Motley) Gay
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Alice (Hearn) Gay
— married
18 Apr 1897 in Randolph, Alabama
Father of
Mary Frances (Gay) Holland
Died
at age 73
in Geneva, Geneva, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Apr 2018
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Biography
When Dr. Coleman Pendleton Gay was born on March 5, 1874,[1] in Alabama, his father, James, was 25 and his mother, Mary, was 18.[2] He married Mary Alice Hearn on April 18, 1897, in Randolph, Alabama.[3] They had nine children in 16 years. He died on April 18, 1947, in Geneva, Alabama,[4] at the age of 73, and was buried there.[5]
Narrative from Findagrave.com:
Dr. C.P. Gay, was a family medical doctor in Geneva, Alabama at the time of his death in 1947, when the Pea River Bridge collapsed while he was traveling on the bridge. The new bridge was built and named in his honor, Gay Memorial Bridge.
BURIAL[6]
Geneva City Cemetery
Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama
Sources
- ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration State: Alabama; Registration County: Clay; Roll: 1509369
- ↑ Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974; FHL Film Number 1908817
- ↑ Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920; OSPage 87
- ↑ Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959; Volume 15, Certificate 7012, Roll 5
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10892433/person/1273492472/facts
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25240077
- Year: 1880; Census Place: Flat Rock, Randolph, Alabama; Roll: 30; Page: 317C; Enumeration District: 111
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Lineville, Clay, Alabama; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0115
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Lineville, Clay, Alabama; Roll: T624_7; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0050; FHL microfilm: 1374020
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Lineville, Clay, Alabama; Roll: T625_8; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 51
- Year: 1930; Census Place: Geneva, Geneva, Alabama; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0014
- Year: 1940; Census Place: Geneva, Geneva, Alabama; Roll: m-t0627-00034; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 31-18
- Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982; child: Leon McRae Gay
- U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; child: William Lewis Gay
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Coleman by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Coleman:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Coleman by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Coleman:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Wayne Ray 
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Patrick Thompson :
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