American AcornsOrlin Prentice Fay
1820–1904 · Male · died at 83
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Overview
Service
Civil War · Army · 1861–1862 Likely
Musician, Company E, 101st New York Volunteer Infantry, solo alto in the regimental band: enrolled December 24, 1861, discharged for disability June 12, 1862, by his own Fay Genealogy (1898); a pensioner. A descendant of Hannah (Oak) Fay in the fourth generation.
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Family
Parents
- Mother: Emily Hayes born 1795
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- Father: Orlando Prentice Fay 1789–1851
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Wife: Laura Bridges born 1828 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
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Life events
| Born | 13 SEP 1820, Prattsburgh, Steuben, New York, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show why |
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| Died | 10 JAN 1904, Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show why |
| Marriage | 19 APR 1851, with Laura Bridges born 1828 |
| Military service | Civil War: enrolled 24 Dec 1861 in Company E, 101st New York Volunteer Infantry, as a company musician, playing solo alto in the regimental brass band; discharged for disability 12 Jun 1862, 24 Dec 1861 Likely evidence: show whyWhy: Fay Genealogy (1898), written by Orlin P. Fay himself, gives these dates and this company in his own biography (sketch 950). The New York muster-roll abstract has not yet been seen. Records:
Review: assessed 10-21-2026; evidence: Published transcription or compiled genealogy examined. |
Sources
Research sources
- Orlin P. Fay, Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and His Descendants (Cleveland, 1898): genealogy sketches 20, 68, 425 and 950 (Joseph Fay, Levi Fay, Orlando Prentice Fay, Orlin Prentice Fay) and the biographies of Orlando P. Fay and Orlin P. Fay Family histories and trees view at Internet Archive
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