Tyrone - Gay, Margaret Stewart 1819 - February 13, 1859 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Tyrone Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: C. Hunt August 1, 2012, 9:18 am GAY, MARGARET STEWART 1819 - FEBRUARY 13, 1859 Source: A History of Preston County West Virginia, 1914 Author: J. R. Cole He [George Washington Fairfax] was married to Margaret Stewart GAY, April 29, 1846. She was a daughter of Robert GAY and was born in Tyrone county, Ireland, in 1819, and died February 13, 1859. She came across the ocean in 1831, when twelve years of age, and lived in Morgantown with her uncle, Matthew GAY, until her marriage, as her father went to Illinois and died there. Four children were born to George Washington and Margaret Gay FAIRFAX, as follows: James Mathew Gay, born July 10, 1847, now living near Reedsville; Emma R., born September 14, 1850, married Daniel G. Watson and lived and died in Reedsville, leaving several children, now grown; Ann C., born July 8, 1853, and married to a man named Shields and now living in Mendocino county, California; George Washington, Jr., born August 9, 1856, and died August 26th of same month. Colonel G.W. FAIRFAX died suddenly October 25, 1885.