Francis B. Fay

Francis Ball Fay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office December 13, 1852 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Robert Rantoul, Jr.
Succeeded by	Samuel L. Crocker
1st Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts
In office 1857–1857
Preceded by	Board of Selectmen
Succeeded by	Hosea Ilsley
Personal details
Born	June 12, 1793 Southboro, Massachusetts
Died	October 6, 1876(1876-10-06) (aged 83) South Lancaster, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Nancy Brigham[1]
Children	Frank B. Fay

Francis Ball Fay (June 12, 1793 – October 6, 1876) was a United States merchant and politician. He served as U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

He was born in Southboro, Massachusetts. His parents were poor, and he had little education. At the age of 18, he “bought his time” of his father for $80 a year. He attended the public scales in Dock Square, Boston, in 1811-12, then served as market man and butcher, and in 1817 became a merchant in Southborough.

He was postmaster of Southboro from September 15, 1817, to March 29, 1832. He was deputy sheriff of Worcester County 1824–1830. He served as member of the Massachusetts General Court in 1830 and 1831. He moved to Chelsea, which he represented in the Massachusetts General Court from 1834 to 1836 and in 1840. He served in the State Senate 1843–1845 and again in 1848.

Fay was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Rantoul, Jr., and served from December 13, 1852, to March 3, 1853. He was not a candidate for the Thirty-third Congress. Fay served as the first Mayor of Chelsea in 1857. He endowed the public library in Southboro, Massachusetts, in 1851. He settled in Lancaster in 1858 to be closer to the state industrial school for girls he had helped found, and with which he was connected as commissioner, trustee, and treasurer, 1854-64. He was again a member of the State Senate in 1868. He died in South Lancaster, Massachusetts, October 6, 1876. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts.

Notes

References

• Francis B. Fay at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Francis B. Fay at Find a Grave

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Fay, Francis Ball". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. 

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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