Charles T Fay was born August 29th 1828 in Worcester county, Massachusetts to Joel H.Fay (1791-1843) and Catherine Bigelow (1795-1830). Two months following the birth of his younger sister, Maria Catherine Fay, in June 1830, his mother Catherine Bigelow Fay died on 23 August 1830, six days short of Charles' second birthday.
His Aunt Miriam Bigelow cared for Charles, his older brother, Joel Henry Fay, and younger sister, Maria for about three years until his father married Miriam on 12 June 1833. A step-sister, Merriam Fay, was born 1 August 1837 and two weeks later his step-mother, Miriam Bigelow Fay, died.
Charles was 8 years old when his step-mother died, and he and his siblings were placed in separate homes. He was educated in the district schools. When Charles was 15, his father, Joel Fay, died of Typhoid fever. He learned the shoe and leather business and went into business for himself.
Charles married his seventh cousin, Susan Caroline Fales, on 12 April 1850 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. (They were related through their six-Great Grandparents, Matthew and Johanna Whipple.)
By the time of the 1850 census, he was a 22 year old shoemaker, living with his wife, Susan, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts near his brother, Joel Henry Fay, and his father-in-law, Leander Fales.
Charles and Susan moved to Illinois in 1853, where he first bought a farm, which he worked for three years. Then he was employed as a butcher and drover (a person who drives animals to market). It is said that during his twenty years in Illinois he amassed quite a fortune.
The 1860 census of Rockford, Illinois reported Charles Fay, age 32, and Susan Fay, age 30, and a baby, George Duncan, age 5 months, who may have been a foster child.
In 1873 he came to Washington Territory and bought a farm in Lewis county. The Chehalis Bee-Nugget reported he lived near Claquato 1872-1877. He came to Steilacoom in 1878, where he bought property and built a home. At the time of the 1880 census he was a 51 yr old gardener living with his wife, Susan C, age 49, in Steilacoom, Washington Territory.
Circa 1884 he owned and operated a small brick yard on McNeil Island.
Following Susan's death 22 Jul 1887, he remarried widow Hattie Deane Campbell in September 1888.
An election was held to choose 75 delegates, including Charles Taylor Fay, to frame a constitution for the State of Washington. The elected delegates assembled on July 4, 1889 in the Territorial Capitol Building in Olympia and labored through the hot summer to draft a constitution which would form the basis for all future Washington laws. On August 23, 1889, the convention concluded its work.
C.T.Fay and Hattie Fay were enumerated in the 1889 Auditor's Census of Pierce County, though her children from a previous marriage were not listed. Their paternal uncle, Judge Fremont Campbell, whose family pioneered in Steilacoom, is said to have raised Rolland and his sister Luella after their father's death. Their mother, Hattie, likely was ill by this time with the tuberculosis that later took her life.
Charles was a member from Pierce County of the 1889 Washington State Constitutional Convention in Olympia and served three terms as chairman of the Board of Pierce County commissioners from 1887 up until January 1893.
Following his death 16 Feb 1893 he was to be buried beside his first wife, Susan, in the Masonic cemetery in Steilacoom, WA per his stated wishes. He was survived by his second wife, Hattie, and two step-children. Hattie died 9 Feb 1894.
His Aunt Miriam Bigelow cared for Charles, his older brother, Joel Henry Fay, and younger sister, Maria for about three years until his father married Miriam on 12 June 1833. A step-sister, Merriam Fay, was born 1 August 1837 and two weeks later his step-mother, Miriam Bigelow Fay, died.
Charles was 8 years old when his step-mother died, and he and his siblings were placed in separate homes. He was educated in the district schools. When Charles was 15, his father, Joel Fay, died of Typhoid fever. He learned the shoe and leather business and went into business for himself.
Charles married his seventh cousin, Susan Caroline Fales, on 12 April 1850 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. (They were related through their six-Great Grandparents, Matthew and Johanna Whipple.)
By the time of the 1850 census, he was a 22 year old shoemaker, living with his wife, Susan, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts near his brother, Joel Henry Fay, and his father-in-law, Leander Fales.
Charles and Susan moved to Illinois in 1853, where he first bought a farm, which he worked for three years. Then he was employed as a butcher and drover (a person who drives animals to market). It is said that during his twenty years in Illinois he amassed quite a fortune.
The 1860 census of Rockford, Illinois reported Charles Fay, age 32, and Susan Fay, age 30, and a baby, George Duncan, age 5 months, who may have been a foster child.
In 1873 he came to Washington Territory and bought a farm in Lewis county. The Chehalis Bee-Nugget reported he lived near Claquato 1872-1877. He came to Steilacoom in 1878, where he bought property and built a home. At the time of the 1880 census he was a 51 yr old gardener living with his wife, Susan C, age 49, in Steilacoom, Washington Territory.
Circa 1884 he owned and operated a small brick yard on McNeil Island.
Following Susan's death 22 Jul 1887, he remarried widow Hattie Deane Campbell in September 1888.
An election was held to choose 75 delegates, including Charles Taylor Fay, to frame a constitution for the State of Washington. The elected delegates assembled on July 4, 1889 in the Territorial Capitol Building in Olympia and labored through the hot summer to draft a constitution which would form the basis for all future Washington laws. On August 23, 1889, the convention concluded its work.
C.T.Fay and Hattie Fay were enumerated in the 1889 Auditor's Census of Pierce County, though her children from a previous marriage were not listed. Their paternal uncle, Judge Fremont Campbell, whose family pioneered in Steilacoom, is said to have raised Rolland and his sister Luella after their father's death. Their mother, Hattie, likely was ill by this time with the tuberculosis that later took her life.
Charles was a member from Pierce County of the 1889 Washington State Constitutional Convention in Olympia and served three terms as chairman of the Board of Pierce County commissioners from 1887 up until January 1893.
Following his death 16 Feb 1893 he was to be buried beside his first wife, Susan, in the Masonic cemetery in Steilacoom, WA per his stated wishes. He was survived by his second wife, Hattie, and two step-children. Hattie died 9 Feb 1894.
Charles T Fay was born August 29th 1828 in Worcester county, Massachusetts to Joel H.Fay (1791-1843) and Catherine Bigelow (1795-1830). Two months following the birth of his younger sister, Maria Catherine Fay, in June 1830, his mother Catherine Bigelow Fay died on 23 August 1830, six days short of Charles' second birthday.
His Aunt Miriam Bigelow cared for Charles, his older brother, Joel Henry Fay, and younger sister, Maria for about three years until his father married Miriam on 12 June 1833. A step-sister, Merriam Fay, was born 1 August 1837 and two weeks later his step-mother, Miriam Bigelow Fay, died.
Charles was 8 years old when his step-mother died, and he and his siblings were placed in separate homes. He was educated in the district schools. When Charles was 15, his father, Joel Fay, died of Typhoid fever. He learned the shoe and leather business and went into business for himself.
Charles married his seventh cousin, Susan Caroline Fales, on 12 April 1850 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. (They were related through their six-Great Grandparents, Matthew and Johanna Whipple.)
By the time of the 1850 census, he was a 22 year old shoemaker, living with his wife, Susan, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts near his brother, Joel Henry Fay, and his father-in-law, Leander Fales.
Charles and Susan moved to Illinois in 1853, where he first bought a farm, which he worked for three years. Then he was employed as a butcher and drover (a person who drives animals to market). It is said that during his twenty years in Illinois he amassed quite a fortune.
The 1860 census of Rockford, Illinois reported Charles Fay, age 32, and Susan Fay, age 30, and a baby, George Duncan, age 5 months, who may have been a foster child.
In 1873 he came to Washington Territory and bought a farm in Lewis county. The Chehalis Bee-Nugget reported he lived near Claquato 1872-1877. He came to Steilacoom in 1878, where he bought property and built a home. At the time of the 1880 census he was a 51 yr old gardener living with his wife, Susan C, age 49, in Steilacoom, Washington Territory.
Circa 1884 he owned and operated a small brick yard on McNeil Island.
Following Susan's death 22 Jul 1887, he remarried widow Hattie Deane Campbell in September 1888.
An election was held to choose 75 delegates, including Charles Taylor Fay, to frame a constitution for the State of Washington. The elected delegates assembled on July 4, 1889 in the Territorial Capitol Building in Olympia and labored through the hot summer to draft a constitution which would form the basis for all future Washington laws. On August 23, 1889, the convention concluded its work.
C.T.Fay and Hattie Fay were enumerated in the 1889 Auditor's Census of Pierce County, though her children from a previous marriage were not listed. Their paternal uncle, Judge Fremont Campbell, whose family pioneered in Steilacoom, is said to have raised Rolland and his sister Luella after their father's death. Their mother, Hattie, likely was ill by this time with the tuberculosis that later took her life.
Charles was a member from Pierce County of the 1889 Washington State Constitutional Convention in Olympia and served three terms as chairman of the Board of Pierce County commissioners from 1887 up until January 1893.
Following his death 16 Feb 1893 he was to be buried beside his first wife, Susan, in the Masonic cemetery in Steilacoom, WA per his stated wishes. He was survived by his second wife, Hattie, and two step-children. Hattie died 9 Feb 1894.
His Aunt Miriam Bigelow cared for Charles, his older brother, Joel Henry Fay, and younger sister, Maria for about three years until his father married Miriam on 12 June 1833. A step-sister, Merriam Fay, was born 1 August 1837 and two weeks later his step-mother, Miriam Bigelow Fay, died.
Charles was 8 years old when his step-mother died, and he and his siblings were placed in separate homes. He was educated in the district schools. When Charles was 15, his father, Joel Fay, died of Typhoid fever. He learned the shoe and leather business and went into business for himself.
Charles married his seventh cousin, Susan Caroline Fales, on 12 April 1850 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. (They were related through their six-Great Grandparents, Matthew and Johanna Whipple.)
By the time of the 1850 census, he was a 22 year old shoemaker, living with his wife, Susan, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts near his brother, Joel Henry Fay, and his father-in-law, Leander Fales.
Charles and Susan moved to Illinois in 1853, where he first bought a farm, which he worked for three years. Then he was employed as a butcher and drover (a person who drives animals to market). It is said that during his twenty years in Illinois he amassed quite a fortune.
The 1860 census of Rockford, Illinois reported Charles Fay, age 32, and Susan Fay, age 30, and a baby, George Duncan, age 5 months, who may have been a foster child.
In 1873 he came to Washington Territory and bought a farm in Lewis county. The Chehalis Bee-Nugget reported he lived near Claquato 1872-1877. He came to Steilacoom in 1878, where he bought property and built a home. At the time of the 1880 census he was a 51 yr old gardener living with his wife, Susan C, age 49, in Steilacoom, Washington Territory.
Circa 1884 he owned and operated a small brick yard on McNeil Island.
Following Susan's death 22 Jul 1887, he remarried widow Hattie Deane Campbell in September 1888.
An election was held to choose 75 delegates, including Charles Taylor Fay, to frame a constitution for the State of Washington. The elected delegates assembled on July 4, 1889 in the Territorial Capitol Building in Olympia and labored through the hot summer to draft a constitution which would form the basis for all future Washington laws. On August 23, 1889, the convention concluded its work.
C.T.Fay and Hattie Fay were enumerated in the 1889 Auditor's Census of Pierce County, though her children from a previous marriage were not listed. Their paternal uncle, Judge Fremont Campbell, whose family pioneered in Steilacoom, is said to have raised Rolland and his sister Luella after their father's death. Their mother, Hattie, likely was ill by this time with the tuberculosis that later took her life.
Charles was a member from Pierce County of the 1889 Washington State Constitutional Convention in Olympia and served three terms as chairman of the Board of Pierce County commissioners from 1887 up until January 1893.
Following his death 16 Feb 1893 he was to be buried beside his first wife, Susan, in the Masonic cemetery in Steilacoom, WA per his stated wishes. He was survived by his second wife, Hattie, and two step-children. Hattie died 9 Feb 1894.
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