Joseph Lafayette Gaba was my great grandfather. I will be happy to share what I know. He and my great grandmother, Mary Susan Leggett, both died of yellow fever (I think) in 1904. Their children were adopted by members of Cypress Grove Methodist church and Pond Creek Methodist Church, both near Alamo, TN. Both Joseph Lafayette and Mary Susan Leggett are buried in Cypress Grove Methodist Church cemetary. My grandfather, Martin Francis Gaba and my father, John Gaba are buried at Pond Creek because a family who went to church there adoped my grandfather. My grandfather had brothers, Charles Raymond, William and Jesse, who were also adopted. You may know about them. My name is Teresa Gaba Cobb. I have traced Joseph Lafayette Gaba's family back to his great, great grandfather, Martin Gaby. The name changed with Joseph Lafayette for some reason, but oddly in Crockett County, TN where Joseph is buried, it's still pronounced Gaby.
I would love to hear from cousins, relatives, etc.