Biography

09/03/1814 - 04/14/1878

HAY, David, a Representative from Bedford and Somerset Counties; born, September 3, 1814 in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pa.; farmer; proprietor, mercantile store (1848-1870); proprietor, gristmill (1850); elected as an Independent Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1858 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1859 term; unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Somerset County; real estate agent; elected, school director, Somerset County; died, April 14, 1878 in Elk Lick, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Paul Cemetery Association, Saint Paul, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.