Biographical Sketch of Mathew Bay, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Mathew Bay, farmer and stock raiser, was born in the locality where he now resides in 1839; he was reared on the farm, which occupation he has since followed, and received his education in the common schools of the county. He was the eldest in the family of twelve children born to James M. and Ann (Cole) Bay, natives, respectively, of St. Louis and Franklin Counties, Mo. James M. Bay served eight years as justice of the peace in Franklin County, and when Calvey postoffice, which was established in 1850, was moved to its present location in 1861, he was appointed postmaster, in which capacity he has since served; he was a son of Samuel and Sallie (Musick) Bay, who settled in St. Louis County, Mo., about 1808, where the former purchased 900 arpents of land for an Indian pony. Samuel Bay was a son of Huey Bay, possibly a native of Ireland, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Ann Bay, mother of our subject, was a daughter of Mathew and Sarah (Johns) Cole, natives of Kentucky, the latter a daughter of John and Lydia Johns. Mathew Cole was a son of Eleven and Sarah Cole, natives of Kentucky. Eleven Cole and John Johns served in the British army during the Rev- olution. Mathew Bay owns sixty acres of well improved land where he now resides. He was married in 1865 to Miss Lizzie Wilson, a native of Beaver County, Penn., who came with her parents to Missouri when thirteen years old. They have six children, viz.: Luella, Cora, Nora, James W., Stanley S. and Edith. July 15, 1861, Mr. Bay enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Missouri Infantry, and was mustered out of service at Memphis, Tenn., August 5, 1864, having received a wound at the battle of Marksville Prairie. He served three terms as justice of the peace, is a Master Mason, a member of the G. A. R., and a Republican in politics. Mrs. Bay is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================