DANIEL HAY |
Daniel Hay, retired farmer; P. O. North Clayton. Daniel Hay, a son of John Hay, a native of Bedford Co., Penn., emigrated to Ohio in 1816 entered land in Newberry Township, near where North Clayton is now situated; they had to open the road from Harrison Creek to their land themselves, his nearest neighbors were more than a mile away, through the woods. He, with the help of his family, began the laborious task of opening a farm in the woods, in a new country; they endured all the hardships and disadvantages connected with the early settling of the country. Daniel Hay, born in Bedford Co., Penn., Feb. 22, 1813, came to Ohio with his parents, when only 3 1/2 years old; was reared and educated in the woods; his school advantages were very limited, as he did not receive ten months schooling in all; he remembers when he would see ten Indians to one white man; he was the second Assessor in Newberry Township, has held several public offices, has been Township Trustee, and Justice of the Peace four years, never having a case sent to the court; he was School Director for thirty-five years in succession. Mr. Ray married Miss Sarah J., a daughter of John Kinsinger, one of the very first settlers in the county; their children are Mary M., Jesse A., Anna E., Daniel C. and Emma A. In the year of 1852, he went West, bought 123 head of cattle in Missouri, and drove them across the plains to California; returned the next year.
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