Notes for Gazaway Bugg LaMar

Notes for Gazaway Bugg LaMar

!US Census 1850 (26 August) New York, Kings Co., Brooklyn 6th Ward, Roll M432_519, Page 299B, House No. 1245, Lines 8-16: Gasaway Lamar (b. 1800 - 50 - in GA - Occ: Merchant) married to Harriett (b. 1817 - 33 - in VA). Children listed are: Charlotte (dau b. 1840 - 10 - in DC); Gasaway (son b. 1842 - 8 - in GA); Atoney (son b. 1844 - 6 - in DC); and Ann (dau b. 1846 - 4 - in NY). ALSO LISTED are: Elizabeth Morrison (b. 1829 - 21 - in IRELAND); Charles Lewis (b. 1790 - 60 - in VA - BLACK - Occ: Waiter); and George Collins (b. 1822 - 28 - in IRELAND - Occ: Coachman)

!US Census 1860 (23 June) New York, New York Co., 15th Ward New York City, Series M653_805 Part 1, Sheet 85, Page 347, House No. 398, lines 3-14: G. B. Lamar (b. 1798 - 62 - in GA - Occ: Banker) married to Harriet (b. 1817 - 43 - in VA). Children listed are: Charlotte (dau b. 1840 - 20 - in VA); George (son b. 1842 - 18 - in VA); Alexander (son b. 1844 - 16 - in VA); Annie (dau b. 1846 - 14 - in NY); Harriet (dau b. 1853 - 7 - in NY). OTHERS listed are: Samuel Gardner (b. 1841 - 19 - in RI - Occ: Clerk); Sarah Porter (b. 1835 - 25 - in IRELAND - Occ: Servant); Mary Mullon (b. 1815 - 45 - in IRELAND - Occ: Cook); Rose Canoll (b. 1831 - 29 - in IRELAND - Occ: Laundress); and Abbey Price (b. 1837 - 23 - in IRELAND - Occ: Seamstress)

!Obituary - New York Times - 07 Oct 1874: LAMAR - On Monday afternoon, Oct. 5, 1874, Gazaway B. LAMAR, age 76. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Robert Soutter, Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 3:30. His remains will be taken to Alexandria, VA., for interment.

Became a prominent and wealthy banker of Georgia and New York

!History of Baldwin Co, pg 392: "Somewhere between Savannah and New York, the ill-fated steamer was wrecked at sea. Gazaway Lamar, his son, Charles and his sister, Rebecca were the only members of the family on board who escaped the disaster. Three children of Gazaway Lamar and also his wife were among the lost. It was one fo the most terrible fatalities of its kind ever known; but amid all the horrors of the wild scene, the heroism of Rebecca was such as to make her deservedly famous among the women of Georgia."