BIOGRAPHY

DAVID NAY - OF DARIEN NY

David Nay was for many years a resident of Darien. He was a poor boy, and worked hard as a farmer. He taught school winters, and married into the North family, of Alexander. He was the first superintendent of common schools. His son Bruce was with Gen. Butler at New Orleans, and received the thanks of President Lincoln for his bravery in some hazardous undertakings.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890