Sullivan-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....KAY, Albert 1847 - living in 1899
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  ALBERT KAY is one of the progressive and enterprising farmers of Elkland
  township, Sullivan County, Pa., where he has resided since childhood. He is a
  son of William and Ann (Bedford) Kay, and was born in Yorkshire, England, March
  18, 1847. His grandparents were George and Sarah A. Kay.
  
    William Kay, our subject's father, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1801,
  and in 1849 immigrated to the United States and obtained employment in the
  Barclay mines in Bradford County, Pa. He subsequently purchased a farm of
  ninety-two acres in Elkland township, now owned by Albert Kay, of a Mr. Bedford,
  and upon this he built a frame house, clearing the entire land and following
  farming the remainder of his life. He was a man of good business principles and
  attained a high degree of success in the pursuance of his occupation.
  Religiously he was a member of the Evangelical Church. He married Ann Bedford,
  who was born in 1807, and their children were: Joseph; Henry; Elizabeth;
  Harriet; William; Sarah Ann; Mary Ann; Caroline; and Albert.
  
    Albert Kay, whose name heads these lines, attended the public schools after
  coming to this country and followed farming and lumbering up to the time of his
  father's demise. During his younger days many difficulties were encountered in
  transporting lumber from the great timber-lands of Sullivan County to the
  markets owing to the narrow but swift streams down which timber had to be
  floated. It required a man of great skill to safely conduct timber down the
  Loyalsock Creek to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, and the trips had
  to be made during the freshets in the spring and fall. Mr. Kay was unexcelled as
  a raftsman and made three or four trips every year, always returning by foot. He
  entered into this line of business as a steersman, but his services were soon
  sought as a pilot and he followed that occupation for twelve years, during which
  time but once was his raft caught and held fast. Upon his father's death he
  purchased the homestead and later bought land adjoining and has followed farming
  and teaming up to the present. He built an elegant modern house, which is well
  furnished and is supplied with many conveniences; he also erected new barns and
  outbuildings, and everything about the place is in first-class order for
  successfully carrying on farming. He is very industrious and his business
  enterprises have not only turned out well, but in private life he occupies a
  high place in the esteem of his fellowmen.
  
     Our subject was united in marriage with Susie King, a daughter of Job L. and
  Jane (Converse) King. Mr. King was a farmer of Sullivan County and for many
  years was county surveyor. He later settled at Columbia Cross Roads, where he
  died at the age of sixty-nine years. He married Jane Converse, and they reared
  six children, namely: Orlando; Rufus; Septor; Alice; Susie, wife of our subject;
  and Sadie. Upon the death of his first wife he married Lucinda Brenchley and
  they had one daughter, Lillian. Our subject is a stanch Republican and has
  served as commissioner of the township and school director. He is liberal in his
  religious views. Fraternally he is a member and grand past master. of Lodge No.
  522, I. O. O. F., of Forksville.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
  
  
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