New Castle News - Wednesday -
Jan. 26, 1898 - p. 1
Death Came Quickly...William Bay
Dead at His Home - Comrade William Bay died at
the family residence in Neshannock township at 5
a.m. Wednesday [Jan. 26, 1898], aged 76 years.
He was born on the farm he owned and resided on
until he died, on Mar. 8, 1826. He was a
grandson of the well-known pioneer, William V.
Bay of Washington county, who settled in this
county in 1804, and was a soldier in the War of
1812. William Bay was managing his farm when the
war of the Rebellion broke out, and enlisted in
Company H, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry, Col. D. Leasure, on January 5, 1864,
and served until the war was over. He then
returned to his farm, where he resided up to the
time of his death, except five years. In 1860 he
married Nancy McCracken of Scott township, the
result of this union being two children, one of
whom died in infancy. The survivor is Mrs.
Nancy, wife of Charles W. Cox, of Mercer county,
who has three children, Jessie, Leslie and
Olive. In 1870 he married Mary Marks of
Greenville, Pa., and one child was the result of
this union, Miss Elizabeth Iona. Mr. Bay was a
consistent member of the United Presbyterian
church and a staunch Republican. He was a jury
commissioner for three years. He was a very
prominent and highly respected citizen and has
contributed much toward the progress and
development of the county. The Bay family have
held reunions since 1872. The funeral will occur
on Friday at 2 p.m. from the Neshannock U. P.
church. Rev. Robert Audley Browne will
officiate."