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(II) Lieutenant-Colonel John Hay, son of John Hay (I), was born in the province of Alsace in 1733, settled in York county, Penn- sylvania, in 1751, and was naturalized April 11, 1760. He was among the first settlers in York county, and was prominent in public affairs. December 16, 1774, at a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of York county, held in the court house for the purpose of forming an independent government, he was chosen one of the judges, entitling him to vote for a member of the assembly: was elected a member of the committee of safety, and the following day was elected its treasurer. In that capacity he sent two hundred and sixty pounds "to their hon- ored friends and countrymen, the Boston Committee of Safety." He was one of the signers of a letter to the committee of safety of the province of Pennsylvania. September 14, 1775, giving an account of the number of Associators (3349) and a list of their officers. John Hay was one of the provincial magistrates; a commissioner of the county
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from 1772 to 1775; a member of the committee of correspondence to send aid to the people of Boston in 1774; of the provincial convention, June 23rd. 1775: in Colonel James Smith's Batallion of Associators, December. 1775: was first lieutenant in Captain Irwin's company; in 1776 a lieutenant in the company of Captain William Baily, which company marched to eastern New Jersey as a part of the Flying Camp ; member of the provincial conference which met at Carpenter's Hall, January 23 to 28, June 18 to 25, and of the convention of July 15 to 27, 1776. called by that body, the latter convention framing the first state constitution of Pennsylvania. He was appointed sub-lieutenant of the county March 12, 1777, regionno in accent the office of treasurer in 1778. filling that position almost uninterruptedly until 1801. He rep- resented York county in the assembly in 1779, 1783, 1784. On April 25, 1798. he was chosen at a mass meeting as one of a committee to draft an address to President Adams commending his course in ref- erence to the troubles with France. He was constituted the resident military officer of York for three years during the Revolution. with the rank of lientenant-colonel. Letters now in the possession of his descendants show that he was in the confidence of Washington: had charge of the prisoners of war in York county; and was entrusted with other important missions during those stirring times. He was active and prominent in promoting the cause of American Independence. He was the owner of a large tract of land in the immediate vicinity of York. part of which subsequently became incorporated into the town, and known as "Hay's Addition." Some of it is yet owned by his descendants. His son Jacob was a corporal in Moylan's cavalry regi- ment in the Revolution. (See "Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography." vol. 3. p. 440. by Dr. W. H. Egle.)
John Hay was married September 24, 1752, to Christina Dorothea Eichelberger, widow of George Eichelberger. She died March 24, 1757. There were no children by this marriage. His second wife was Juliana Manl. The children born of this marriage were: Elizabeth, born November 22. 1761; Jacob, born October 27. 1763; George, born February 21, 1766, died March 26. 1832; Rosina, born December 17. 1770; John, born March 23, 1774, died 1866; Elizabeth, born June 3, 1776; Catherine. born August 24, 1777: Susanna, born 1779, died Feb- ruary 24, 1818; and Michael, born March 18, 1780.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Hay died in 1810. his wife surviving him but a short time, having died before May 5, 1810, on which date deeds for the division of the estate show that five children survived the parents. These children married as follows: Jacob to Mary Rudisill ; Catherine to John Barnitz: George married first Seaba Fahnestock; John married to Susan Schineiser; Susanna married to General Jacob Spangler.
(III) Colonel George Hay, son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Hay and Julianna ( Maul) Hay, was born February 21, 1766. He was prominent in military circles as was his father. In 1791 he was captain of the Independent Light Infantry Company of York, which company became a part of the 113th Regiment. When President George Wash- ington made his visit to York, July 6, 1791, it was this company, com- manded by Captain George Hay. that attended him. In 1801 he was adjutant in the 113th Regiment of York, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Spangler, and in 1810-1811-1812 he commanded the 113th Regiment with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1813 George Hay ranked as colonel and commanded this regiment which was then com-
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posed of companies from York county, Pennsylvania. After the war of 1812-14 he became interested in the hotel business in York, and was entrusted with the settlement of many estates. He died March 26. 1832. Colonel George Hay married first Seaba Fahnestock, who was born June 18, 1775, and died October 19, 1800. To them was born one child, Michael. (See Spangler's Historical Sketches, p. 471-486.)
(IV) Dr. Michael Hay, son of Colonel George Hay and Seaba (Fahnestock) Hay, was born March 21, 1795. His earlier life was spent in York. In 1816-17, he was paymaster in the 94th Regiment, Fifth Division, Pennsylvania Militia. He read medicine with Dr. Thomas Jameson, of York, for three years, receiving from him his certificate, and in 1820-21 attended the University of Pennsylvania. He also attended the practice of physicians and surgeons in the Phila- delphia Alms-house and Hospital (now known as Blockly), and January 22, 1822, received from it his diploma, which is still in the possession of the family. Returning to York the same year, he commenced the practice of his profession. On May 11, 1823, he was married to Margaret Worley, of York, Pennsylvania, and in November, 1836, located in Johnstown, where he resided until his death. He made his first pur- chase of land in Conemangh township, Cambria county, of three hun- dred and twenty-three acres on November 9, 1829, subsequent purchases being made in Johnstown property in 1845 and 1852.
Dr. Michael Ilay was recognized as one of the foremost of his profession, and successfully practiced medicine and surgery for a period of forty years. He was a man of marked public spirit, and during his long residence in Johnstown was actively engaged and con- cerned with every movement for the advancement of the moral and material interests of the city. He was a leading member and official in the English Lutheran church. He died March 21, 1861. At the time of his death a local journal referred to him as follows: "Dr. Michael Hay was universally respected for his honesty, sound judgment, and dignified but unpretending manners. All men hailed him as their friend, and all knew that he was a Christian. He was public spirited and took great interest in polities. His love for the Union almost amounted to a passion, and no man could feel prouder of his birthright, of being a free-born citizen. His feeling of nationality was intense. He would not sacrifice principle for the expediency of the hour, and when the American party united with the Republican party he refused to unite with it. As a physician he was eminently successful, and held a de- servedly high rank in his profession. He exhibited much charity, often acting the good Samaritan when hope of fee or reward was not to be thought of. In his death the poor lost a friend. His domestic qualities were largely developed; he loved his home and delighted to make happy all who dwelt within its hallowed precinets."
To Dr. Michael Hay and his wife Margaret ( Worley) Hay were born the following children : 1. Frank Worley, born September 13, 1824, died October 8, 1894; married July 11, 1848, to Eliza Ann Jack, born November 30, 1823, died September 14, 1901, whose children are Harry M., Ida Margaret and Frank Roberts. 2. Eliza, born August 5, 1826, died March 19, 1898, married October 26, 1853, to Captain John H. Reed, born December 16, 1816, died October 22, 1906. 3. Ann Amelia, unmarried, born January 6, 1828. 4. Charlotte Josepha, born August 8. 1830, died April 24, 1898, married October 18, 1860, to Rev. Henry Welty Kuhns D. D., deceased, the pioneer missionary of the Evangeli- cal Lutheran church in Nebraska and the Northwest; their children are
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Luther M., Paul W., and John Hay. 5. George Michael, unmarried. born March 23, 1833, died February 13, 1902. 6. Margaret, born February 27, 1836. died August 11, 1838. 7. Sarah Margaret, born March 4, 1839, married October 2. 1867, to Rev. Charles G. Fisher of Philadelphia, manager and publisher of the Reformed Publication Board and Re- formed Messenger, respectively, died February 26, 1896; their children are Margaret Hay. Samuel Karl. Samuel Reed, Eleanor May and Charles Worley. 8. John Barnitz, whose sketch appears below.
Margaret ( Worley) Hay, wife of Dr. Michael Hay, was born No- vember 30, 1798; died June 6, 1870. Her ancestral line appears herein- after.
(V) John Barnitz Hay, son of Dr. Michael Hay and Margaret ( Worley) Hay, was born March 25, 1842. in Johnstown. Pennsylvania. He was educated at the Gymnasium, a private institution later known as the Johnstown Academy. In 1856 he became a clerk in the store of his brother, Frank W. Hay. subsequently accepting a position in the store of Wood, Morrell & Co., and later was promoted to cashier in 1861. When the Civil war opened, impelled by patriotism, and with the ardor which characterized him. he determined to offer his services to his country. He was one of the original members of the Johnstown Zonave Cadets, and drilled with them weekly until they were called into service. a few days after the firing upon Fort Sumter. Personal friends in the company prevailed upon him to remain at home with his mother and sisters, who were grievously distressed on account of the recent death of the husband and father. This he reluctantly did.
In 1862. when Lincoln called for "Three Hundred Thousand More." his patriotism asserted itself. It is shown by the official records that John B. Hay was enrolled July 31, 1862, at Johnstown. and was mustered into service August 5, 1862, as sergeant in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-third regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, to serve nine months. On the 20th this regiment was despatched to Virginia. where it became a part of Humphrey's Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. August 21, 1862, Sergeant Hay was promoted to second lieutenant. On the 30th, the division marched to- ward Bull Run, but being too late for battle was halted at Fort Ward, where it constructed earthworks and performed picket duty until Sep- tember 12, when it was ordered to Washington, D. C., where its obsolete arms were exchanged for Springfield rifles. heavy camp equipage was turned in, and shelter tents received. September 14, the command marched to meet the enemy in Maryland, but was held in reserve in General Porter's Fifth Army Corps at the battle of Antietam, and took part in the pursuit of the enemy to Warrenton and Fredricksburg. December 13. 1862. at the battle of Fredricksburg. when a part of Humprey's Division charged with unloaded guns against the impreg- nable position on Marye's Heights, Lieutenant Hay as commander of his company participated in that disastrous charge. When within fifty yards of the stone wall. where men were mowed down with fear- ful earnage, the charging columns were shattered and Lieutenant Hay was disabled by a bursting shell. He was carried off the field by his men as dead, but revived and was taken to a hospital in Washington, D. C., where his brother Frank attended him. His injuries, however. would not permit of his return to duty, and on May 24. 1863, he was mustered out with his company.
During his convalescence from the effects of the wound received at Fredricksburg he experienced one of those thrilling and dangerous
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perils ineident to a soldier's career. General Lee with the Army of Northern Virginia had begun the invasion of the North. At this time Lieutenant Hay was visiting relatives at Chambersburg, when General Early's troops entered the town; they learned, that a Union officer was there, and Lieutenant Hay only by skillful strategy barely escaped capture by eluding them.
The records further show that he re-enlisted and was mustered in- to service September 10, 1864, as first lieutenant in Battery D, Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Pennsylvania Volunteers) to serve one year, the regiment rendezvousing at Camp Reynolds near Pittsburgh. Soon after its organization the regiment was ordered to Washington and was assigned to duty in the forts north of the capital. September 28, the regiment was sent out to cover the construction trains engaged in opening the Manassas Gap railroad, and was posted by battalion along the line. The government proposed to make it the line of supply for Sheridan's army. The first battalion was in the rear of the other two, and while at Salem was suddenly attacked at noon of the 8th of October by a superior force of Mosby's command, consisting of eavalry and artillery. The enemy opened with artillery, and under this fire the first battalion retired slowly towards Rectortown. Mosby followed closely. In the progress of this movement Lieutenants Hay and Miltenberger with twenty men were cut off and captured at Berker- town, Virginia. (See Bates' "Pennsylvania Volunteers," vol. 5, page 603. ) He was taken to Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, and confined from October 9, 1864, to about October 17, 1864. Lieutenant Hay was finally exchanged, and rejoined his regiment in the latter part of Decem- ber, 1864, and was mustered out with his company and honorably dis- charged, June 30th, 1865, the war being over. It was said of him by comrades, some of whom are yet living. that he was ever high spirited and hopeful, and that his bouyancy was a constant stimulus and in- spiration.
At the close of the war Mr. Hay engaged in the tin, stove and hard- ware business in Johnstown with his brother, George M. Hay. In 1872 he formed a partnership with his father-in-law, Conrad Suppes, in the wholesale grocery business on Main street. In 1876 he went to Brad- dock, Pennsylvania, accepting a elerieal position with the Edgar Thomp- son Steel works, and later was promoted to superintendent of special steel under Captain William R. Jones. In 1879, against the counsel of his employers at Braddock, he returned to Johnstown to enter a partnership with his brother, Frank W. Hay, in the tin, stove and hard- ware business on Washington street, in which he continued until his death in 1883.
John B. Hay was a Republican in polities, took mueh interest in publie affairs, and was for many years one of the most influential men- bers of the school board. He was of the Lutheran faith ; was a charter member of the old Assistance Fire Company of Johnstown, and a promi- nent Mason.
Mr. Hay died November 28, 1883. His death brought sorrow to the entire community. The funeral was conducted by Oriental Com- mandery No. 61. Knights Templar, of which the deceased was a charter member. As a mark of respeet to his memory the school board elosed the schools from the time of his death until after the burial. In re- ferring thereto the Johnstown Tribune said: "We cannot say farewell to John B. Hay without bearing testimony to the goodness of his heart, to his high standing as a eitizen and as a man, to his faithfulness and
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loving kindness as a husband and a father, and to the steadfastness with which he maintained his friendships. He will be missed more than most men of equal prominence, for he made his genial presence felt wher- ever he went, and was the life of every gathering which he attended. Though cut down while' in the prime of his life and in the fulness of his vigor, he did not live in vain, and the influence of his beter nature, always uppermost, will be felt for many years to come.'
On May 11. 1871. at the Suppes home, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. John B. Hay was married to Anna Margaret Suppes, the Rev. R. A. Fink. D. D., officiating. Mrs. Hay is the danghter of Conrad and Aliee (Andrews) Suppes. She was born May 14, 1851, educated at the public schools of Johnstown; at Mrs. Mary L. Keemle's select school : and iater at the Lutherville Female Seminary, Lutherville, Maryland (now Maryland College). She is a member of Lutheran church. On September 14, 1866, Mr. and Mrs. Hay both sustained injuries by the falling of the Pennsylvania Railroad station platform, when President Andrew Johnson and other government officials visited the city.
Mrs. Hay and her son Dr. George Hay are survivors of the great Johnstown flood of May 31, 1889, and reside in their home on a part of the Conrad Suppes estate, which is now incorporated in the city of Johnstown. Her ancestral line appears in the Suppes sketch of this work.
Mr. and Mrs Hay are the parents of three children : 1. John Suppes : 2. George Bolton. born in Johnstown. January 12, 1875, died August 4, 1877, in Braddock. Pennsylvania: 3. George.
(VI) John Suppes Hay, eldest son of John B. Hay and Anna Margaret (Suppes) Hay, was born in Johnstown April 14, 1872. Upon completing his studies in the schools of Johnstown, at the age of sixteen, his guardian. Captain William R. Jones, manager of the Edgar Thomp- son Steel Works at Braddock. induced him to begin work in the draft- ing department of these works, and he was soon advanced to a position in the machine shop. afterward going to Homestead, Pennsylvania. where he held a position in the chemical laboratory. and was also en- gaged in original investigations and scientific work. Subsequently he resigned his position to enter his present profession of metallurgist. He was married to Alice Mary Mills December 20, 1895, at Trinity Church, Pittsburg : the Rev. Alfred Arundel officiating. She is a dangh- ter of Isaac and Mary (Nichols) Mills. and was born at Braddock. Pennsylvania. October 9. 1873. The children born of this union are: 1. John Barnitz, born July 1. 1897. at Homestead: 2. Alice Mills, born March 17, 1900, at Homestead. Pennsylvania: 3. George Andrews, born November 11. 1905, at Woodlyn, Pennsylvania.
(VI) Dr. George Hay, son of John B. and Anna Margaret (Suppes) Hay, was born April 6. 1880, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the schools of his native city, and in 1899, entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. from which he gradnated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in May. 1903; enter- ing upon the practice of his profession in October of that year in Johns- town. Pennsylvania. He is a member of the surgical staff of the Cone- maugh Valley Memorial Hospital. He was elected, February 1. 1906. city physician and health officer for a term of three years, and is also physician-in-charge of the Municipal Hospital for Contagions Diseases. He is a member of the Cambria County Medieal Society (1903) : of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical Associa- tion (1904) : is also a member of the Philadelphia Society for the Study
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and Prevention of Social Diseases; of the Phi Alpha Sigma Fraternity (Delta Chapter) of Jefferson Medical College, and an Ahunnus member of other medical societies connected with that institution. Dr. Hay belongs to Philadelphia Lodge No. 432, F. & A. M. IIe is of the Luth- eran faith ; in polities he is a Republican. He is a member of the Coun- try and Amicus clubs.
Concerning the genealogy of Dr. Michael Hay's wife, Margaret (Worley) Hay, it may be stated :
(I) Francis Worley came to this country from England in 1699, with William Penn. By occupation he was a surveyor. In 1701 he became the owner of 2.500 acres of land in the province of Pennsylvania. In 1722 the Indians consented to convey to Governor Keith a large tract of land on the west side of the Susquehanna for the use of Springett Penn, the grandson of William Penn. Francis Worley was one of three surveyors sent across the Susquehanna by Governor Keith to make the survey, this being the first survey made of that section of country : it contained 75,520 acres, and is well known as Springettsbury Manor. In 1722 he was one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Chester at Conestoga. He removed from Lancaster county in 1742. purchasing 750 acres of land about one mile Northwest of York. In the year 1700, Francis Worley married Mary Brassey, daughter of Thomas Brassey. They had five sons: Jacob, Daniel, Nathan, James and Francis.
(II) Francis Worley, son of Francis and Mary ( Brassey ) Worley, was born in York county, Pennsylvania. Ile married Ruth Collins, of Chester county, Pennsylvania. from which nion five children were born : George, Joseph. Francis. Rebecca and Lydia. The parents were both members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers.
(III) George Worley, son of Francis and Ruth (Collins) Worley. was born in York county, Pennsylvania. June 23, 1768, and died May 6, 1850. He married Elizabeth Welsh, of York county, born July 25, 1773, died December 22, 1841. To them were born the following ten children : Francis, John. Joseph, George, Susan. Margaret, Ruth, Eliza, Mary and Charlotte.
(IV) Margaret Worley, daughter of George and Elizabeth ( Welsh) Worley, was born November 30. 1798, in York. On May 11, 1823, she married Dr. Michael Hay : in November. 1836, they removed to Johns- town, where she lived until her death. which occurred June 6, 1870. (See "Pennsylvania Magazine of History." vol. 5, p. 478: Rupp's "History of York county," p. 531-2.)
SUPPES FAMILY. Conrad Suppes. deceased, was born June 2, 1821, in Landenhausen, near Fulda, in the Grand Duchy of Hessen, Germany. He came to America in 1846 with his parents, one sister Sophia and three brothers, George, Charles and Theodore-the latter was drowned many years ago. Another sister, Elizabeth, remained in Germany, having married Johannes Kühl, whose son is now bürger- meister (mayor) of Landenhausen, and has been for twenty-five years.
The family first settled in Johnstown: in 1848, with the exception of Conrad, they all moved to Cameron, Ohio. It may be stated here, the above family were all born in the Grand Duchy of HIessen, Germany.
The father, Theodore Suppes, was born January 2, 1798; after lo- eating in Cameron he eondneted a prosperous milling business for many years: he was killed September 4, 1877, by the bursting of an Ohio river steamboat boiler while on a business trip. He married Margaret
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Glitch, born January 24, 1798; died October 19. 1851, in Cameron. Ohio.
Of the children born to them, the following came to this country :
1. Conrad, subject of this sketch : 2. Sophia, born January 24, 1823: died February 22, 1872; married George Schwing, of Claring- ton: 3. George, born December 26, 1830; located in Cameron, Ohio, where he engaged in the merchandising business, and was also an ex- tensive dealer in tobacco; he was very successful in his business en- terprises. He died in that place. December. 1901: he was married to Mary J. Wyley. January 1, 1852: she died September 27, 1899; 4. Charles. born in 1840. On August 14. 1861, he was married to Nancy Davis, in Cameron, Ohio; she was born January 20, 1842. Mr. Suppes enlisted in 1862 to serve three years in Company C, 116th Ohio In- fantry Volunteers. He was taken prisoner by Mosby's troops near Hall- town. West Virginia, September 4. 1864. and confined in Libby Prison for two months: then transferred to Danville, where he was imprisoned until March, when he was exchanged and sent to the hospital. He was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, May 29, 1865. While in prison he suffered untold hardships by reason of which he was debil- itated for a number of years. He still resides in Cameron.
Conrad Suppes immediately after coming to Johnstown in 1846, engaged in the general merchandising business on Main street. About 1855 he erected a three and one-half story brick building, on Clinton street, which at that time was considered a great enterprise. This building was afterward converted into the Hulbert House, of which he retained ownership. He disposed of his general merchandising store to engage exclusively in the dry goods business on Clinton street. At the same time that he conducted this business, he started on Main street the first exclusive boot and shoe store in the city; and soon after he opened the first notion store in Johnstown, in the Zimmerman Building. He retired from the mercantile business in 1868, and removed to his farm near the city in Yoder township. This farm he had previously purchased from George W. Osborne. He made extensive improvements on it. and erected a cottage for his gardner, who superintended it for him. He brought it to a high state of productiveness, and took such pride in it that all offers for its purchase were declined. In connection with this he was also engaged in the ice business, which his son Charles H., established in 1866. He became interested in the Valley Pike, and con- sented to have it laid through his farm. He was for many years a principal factor in the business affairs of Johnstown; was one of the incorporators of the Johnstown Water Works, in 1866; a leading mem- ber and stockholder in the Valley Pike Company; an incorporator in the. original Electric Light Company, in 1885: one of the incorporators of the Johnstown Savings Bank in 1870, and had numerous other business interests. In politics. Mr. Suppes was a Republican, and in his religious faith a Lutheran, having been a leading member of the German Luth- eran church. He was one of the oldest members of the Masonic frat- ernity in Johnstown, having taken his degrees at Hollidaysburg, then the only Masonic lodge in all this region of country. In February, 1854, he became a member of Cambria Lodge, No. 278, which was organ- ized at Johnstown in December. 1853, and his name was the eighteenth on the roll of membership. In 1876 he joined Johnstown Lodge. No. 538. demitting from Cambria Lodge on November 8, 1859. He was a man of striet integrity, almost boundless energy, open-hearted and charitable, the friend of all. He was noted for his great hospitality,
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