The subject of this sketch. JAMES E. BAY, is the son of James and Hannah E. Bay, both of whom are natives of Pennsylvania. and emigrated to Ohio at an early period of its settlement. They were farmers. The former was a soldier in the war of 1812, and emigrated to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. where he died in 1843. aged fifty-two years ; the latter died in 1856, aged fifty-six years.

J, E. Bay was born in 1829, in Guernsey county, and in 1851 came to Millersburg where he has since lived. He was married in 1860 to Mary Marsh, a native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and daughter of John B. and Lydia (Porter) Marsh, the former of New Jersey, the latter of Pennsylvania. The former was a soldier in the war of 1812. He and family moved in 1848 to Illinois, where he died in 1864, aged seventy-three years ; his wife in 1834, aged thirty-six years. He was by trade a carriage trimmer. He first emigrated to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, from New Jersey. The Marsh family were formerly from Scotland.

J. E. Bay has by this union four children : H. M., John M., Fanny S., and Catharine M. Mr. Bay is a farmer and stock trader. He has several times been chosen by the voters of his township to fill various offices. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church at Millersburg. Mr. Bay and family are quiet and respectable citizens.

 

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