Journal of the ..Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church . 1910 MEMOIRS 181 PHILIP FRANCIS GAY. Q- IHILIP FRANCIS GAY wasborn in Prince Edwards Island,April 28, 1835, and died at Ohlman,111., May 9, 1910, aged 75 years and11 days. His parents emigrated toTaunton, Mass., in 1841, and hismother died two years later. Thefamily moved several times and in1850 came to Wisconsin, where theysettled on a farm near Fond du he attended school and workedon the farm, in the pineries, taughtschool and worked at the carpenterstrade. He was converted in 1854, andhis life ripened
Journal of the ..Illinois Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church . 1910 MEMOIRS 181 PHILIP FRANCIS GAY. Q- IHILIP FRANCIS GAY wasborn in Prince Edwards Island,April 28, 1835, and died at Ohlman,111., May 9, 1910, aged 75 years and11 days. His parents emigrated toTaunton, Mass., in 1841, and hismother died two years later. Thefamily moved several times and in1850 came to Wisconsin, where theysettled on a farm near Fond du he attended school and workedon the farm, in the pineries, taughtschool and worked at the carpenterstrade. He was converted in 1854, andhis life ripened into great beauty asthe years passed by. His first residence in Illinois wasat Payson in 1858, and later at 1860 he again returned to Wiscon-sin and from there went as a soldierin the 21st Vol. Inf. in 1862. He wasin a number of historic struggles,faced death and starvation and wasone of the 308, left of his regiment of1012, at the close of the war. Hefought at Perryville, saw the triumphs of Lookout Mountain and Mission-ary Ridge; he was at the siege of Atlanta, and went with Sherman to thesea. He was
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