BIOGRAPHY

CLAUDIUS HAY - OF PEMBROKE, NY

Claudius Hay, born in Rupert, Vt., was a soldier of the War of 1812. He came to Cortland, N. Y., married Fannie Wallace, and in the fall of 1820 moved to Pembroke. In 1837 he went to Guilford, Ohio, and died there in 1850, aged 60 years. He had a family of six children, four of whom are living. Michael W., born March 21, 1820, learned the wagon makers' trade, and was also a farmer in Pembroke. He has been constable and deputy sheriff four years. In 1863 he opened up a grocery store in Batavia and was in business 15 years. He was mail agent two years, from Batavia to Buffalo via Tonawanda, and was keeper of the County alms-house three years and one month. He has held the office of superintendent of streets for three years, or since April, 1887, and has been an F. & A. M. since 1855. He married Lunania Waite, and they have four children, Ellis R., Walter H., Charles F., and Fannie L.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890