Moses & Lucretia Davis Gay

Moses and Lucretia lived in Nauvoo. They moved there shortly after they were married and joined the Church. There were no other Gay family’s that came at that time that we knew of. Charles A. Davis, Lucretia’s brother came with them. They suffered many hardships that the pioneers suffered through at that time. When they crossed the plains, she brought her spinning wheel and when the company would stop for the night, she would spin. During the day, she would knit while riding. They arrived in S.L.C., Utah on Oct. 1852 in A.Z. Stewarts Company. They didn’t stay long in Salt Lake. They went to Palmyra and lived in the Old Palmyra Fort. Many Indian up—risings. Johnson’s Army came through and Lucretia sold cloth and clothes to them. Moses and Lucretia then moved to Spanish Fork.

One day, Moses saw 2 dogs fighting and became very frightened and died, leaving Lucretia with 7 sons and 1 daughter with the oldest child being age 19.

Moses Brigham Gay was Lillie’s father. She wrote a paragraph on the hardships he suffered. He was 7 when they came to Utah. He remembered running through the snow with no shoes and eating berries and roots. He said he hoped his family would never have to suffer such things. Moses Brigham Gay was born Sept 14, 1845 in Nauvoo, Ill. They also wore skins for clothing. All very active in the Church.

(This history was copied by bits and pieces from the D.U.P. History Library, top of Main St., S.1.C., Utah on Dec 9th, 1982 by Gloria Gay Bradshaw It was submitted by Lillie A. Gay Pearson)