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Born 1806
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
HAY JAMES, Coshocton; born in the County Derry, Ireland, January 6, 1806, and, at eleven years of age, came to America with his parents, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hay was married October 6, 1834, to Miss Jane Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns, of this city. By this marriage he became the father of six children, four of whom are deceased, viz: Houston, Samuel, Elizabeth and Mary; and two are living, viz: Sarah, married to James Wilson, of this city, and William, not married. Mr. Hay has been a very successful business man. Mr. Hay died Saturday evening, September 24, 1881.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: James Wilson (b. 1849) Samuel Burns
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