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William H Gay (Frankfort, Kentucky confectioner)

b. 1815? d. 1885-05-30

Frankfort, Kentucky confectioner and grocer. Virginia native. Married to Susan Preston Gray. Father of Thrashly Benjamin (T.B.) Gray, William K. Gray, Alice Gray, Frances (Franklin) Gray, Preston Gray and Anna T. Gray. Confectioner in partnership with first Ben Cogar, then William George and finally James M. Todd. In 1865 ran for the House of Representatives but lost. Died May 30, 1885 in Woodford County.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 31B

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 241

“Uncle Billy Gray Dead,” Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, Ky.), June 6, 1885, p. 2.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016150, Oldham County Deaths, File #2637.

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Gay, William H. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204683 (November 12, 2026).

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