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FAY, Heman Allen, soldier, was born in Bennington, Vt., in 1778; son of Jonas and Lydia (Safford) Fay. He was graduated from the U.S. military academy in 1808, and served on garrison duty during the war of 1812-15. In 1816 he was appointed chief forage-master of the northern division of the army and in 1818 was stationed at Albany, N.Y., as U.S. military store-keeper. He published: An Official Account of Battles Fought Between the Army and Navy of the United States and Great Britain in 1812-15 (1815). He died in Bennington, Vt., Aug. 20, 1865.
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