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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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DANIEL HAY, retired farmer; P. O. North Clayton. Daniel Hay, a son of John Hay, a native of Bedford Co., Penn., emigrated to Ohio in 1816; entered land in Newberry Township, near where North Clayton is now situated; they had to open the road from Harrison Creek to their land themselves; his nearest neighbors were more than a mile away, through the woods. He, with the help of his family, began the laborious task of opening a farm in the woods, in a new country; they endured all the hardships and disadvantages connected with the early settling of the country. Daniel Hay, born in Bedford Co., Penn., Feb. 22, 1813, came to Ohio with his parents, when only 3 ½ years old; was reared and educated in the woods; his school advantages were very limited, as he did not receive ten months’ schooling in all; he remembers when he would see ten Indians to one white man; he was the second Assessor in Newberry Township, has held several public offices, has been Township Trustee, and Justice of the Peace four years, never having a case sent to the court; he was School Director for thirty-five years in succession. Mr. Hay married Miss Sarah J., a daughter of John Kinsinger, one of the very first settlers in the county; their children are Mary M., Jesse A., Anna E., Daniel C. and Emma A. In the year of 1852, he went West, bought 123 head of cattle in Missouri, and drove them across the plains to California; returned the next year.

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This family biography is one of 964 biographies included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Miami County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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