Barton County, Missouri Biographies-William V. HAY

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 900, 901

William V. Hay, loan agent of Lamar, was born in Sangamon County, Ill.,
February 1, 1840, being a son of Eli and Armilda (Sterrit) Hay, who were
born in Baltimore, Md., and Shelbyville, Ky., respectively.  Grandfather
Hay was born in Scotland, and, with two brothers, came to America.  He
settled in Maryland, a brother in Pennsylvania, and one in Ohio.  The
maternal grandfather was a Welshman, who was killed in the War of 1812,
and Mrs. Hay was reared by an uncle.   She and Mr. Hay were married in
Lexington, Ky., and in 1836 moved to Sangamon County, Ill., when
Springfield was a small village.  Mr. Hay was a portrait painter by
profession, and in those days did the fancy painting on the stage coaches.
He was a Whig politically, and he and Abraham Lincoln were intimate
acquaintances.  He died May 6, 1851, followed by his wife May 23, 1868,
her death occurring in Corydon, Iowa.  The former was a Catholic, and the 
latter a Methodist.  They were the parents of five children: William V.,
being the fourth of the family.  He was educated in the old subscription
schools, and in 1856 went with his mother to Wayne County, Iowa, and, at
the age of sixteen years, began clerking, continuing three years. In
1859 he drove a team of mules to California, where he remained five years,
being engaged in mining three years.  He afterward made two more trips to
that State, but from 1869 to 1880 was engaged in merchandising in Iowa.
In 1881 he and John W. Hinds started the Fresno County Bank, and the 
following year came to Lamar, and has since been in the loan business.
He is a Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity, and is a Democrat
politically.  January 19, 1871, he was married to Alice I. Newell, a
native of Monroe County, Iowa.  They have no family.

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