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Bradford County, PA

Arthur Jay

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  • Name Arthur Jay 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I4623  Clark-Hart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2020 

    Family Floranna Clark,   b. 13 Feb 1859, Grant County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Carl Jay,   b. 17 Aug 1883
     2. Lelia Iona Jay,   b. 1886
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2020 
    Family ID F1438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Arthur W. Jay was born in Mill township, Grant county, on February
      3, 1856, and he is a son of Denny and Anna (Cogshell) Jay. The father
      was born on a farm in Miami county, Ohio, while the mother is a native
      daughter of Indiana, born in Wayne county, and coming with her parents
      as an infant to Grant county, making the journey in her mother's arms
      on horseback. The father was a boy of six years when his parents
      migrated to Grant county, Indiana, from Ohio, and thus the family are
      entitled to especial consideration as pioneers of the most distinctive
      order. These children grew to young manhood and womanhood and
      were married while yet young in years. They were people of the
      staunchest integrity, their religious faith being that of the Friends, or
      Quakers, and the tenor of their daily lives being maintained well up to
      the standard set by these vigorous Puritan people. They had a family
      of five children, named as follows: Riley J. is a resident of Fairmount;
      Eva is the wife of Oliver Davis, of Center township; Arthur W., the
      third born, is the subject of this review; Gulie is the wife of Bennett
      Shugart of Franklin township; and Harvey J., who lives in Mill town
      ship, Grant county.
      Arthur W. Jay was reared in Mill and Liberty townships and his
      education was gained in the district schools, and in Amboy Academy
      and Earlham College. He was fitted for the teaching profession and took
      up that work in Grant county when he had finished his college training,
      and had he elected to carry the work forward, it is highly probable that
      he would have made a distinctive success therein, for he displayed the
      possession of no little talent along those lines. The call of the soil,
      however, was stronger than he cared to resist and he in time turned his
      mind and energies to the development and maintenance of a farm, in
      which enterprise he has since continued with a generous measure of
      success.
      Mr. Jay married Flora Clark, a daughter of Simon and Julia (Not
      Mr. Jay married Flora Clark, a daughter of Simon and Julia (Not
      tingham) Clark, the marriage occurring on October 9, 1879. Mrs. Jay
      was reared in Grant county, and here educated, and like her husband,
      has a wide acquaintance hereabouts.. They went housekeeping in Mill
      township, and the house is still standing where they initiated their
      wedded careers. Mr. Jay then was the owner of a small place of about
      fifty acres, but his holdings have increased very materially since that
      time.
      Two children were born to them : Carl S. J., a student in the Normal
      College at South Marion, who is married to Nellie Warrenberg, and has
      one child ; and Iona J., who is a graduate of the Marion Normal College
      and is the wife of Professor Harry L. Foreman, of Bloomington, Indiana.
      Prof. Foreman is a graduate of the state University, with the degree of
      A. B., and is one of the successful and rising educators of the state.
      The family are members of the Friends' Church, Mr. Jay being an
      elder for years. Politically, he gives his material and moral support to
      the Prohibition party, and his citizenship is one of the highest order,
      calculated to wield an influence of the most genuine and praiseworthy
      nature.