William Eddins Bay

b. 30 June 1877, d. 9 June 1949
  • William Eddins Bay was born on 30 June 1877 in Walker County, Texas.
  • Thomas Bowen Bay and Caledonia Peebles appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Eddins Bay, Thomas Wesley Bay, Rebecca E. Bay, James F. Bay and John Steven Bay.
  • Thomas Bowen Bay appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Eddins Bay, James F. Bay, John Steven Bay and Rebecca E. Bay. Also in the household was daughter Rebecca's husband John J. Oliphant and their family, not yet recorded.
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
  • He married Susan Emma Brice, daughter of Jeremiah James Brice and E. Caroline Hulon, circa 1903.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery County. Other members of the household included Evelyn Mae Bay, William James Bay and Emory Earl Bay.
  • He was a merchant farmer, accoring to the 1910 census.
  • William Eddins Bay registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 while living with his wife Sue in Anderson, and employed there as a clerk by Hair & Brown.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Evelyn Mae Bay, William James Bay, Emory Earl Bay and Ernest Hulon Bay.
  • He was employed as a clerk by a mechanic?, according to the 1920 census.
  • The following appeared on 4 March 1923 in The Houston Post: (Anderson) Miss Evelyn Bay who teaches at Singleton spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bay.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Emory Earl Bay and Ernest Hulon Bay.
  • He was employed as an automobile salesman, according to the 1930 census.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ernest Hulon Bay and Evelyn Jane Ficklin. There is little doubt that "daughter" Evelyn Bay (age 29) actually is the widow of son William James "Jim" Bay, who died the previous year.
  • He was self-employed as a retail grocery merchant, according to the 1940 census.
  • William Eddins Bay registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife in Anderson, and self-employed there.
  • At the time of his death William Eddins Bay was living in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
  • William Eddins Bay died on 9 June 1949 at age 71 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at Memorial Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Emory Earl Bay.
  • His wife Susan Emma Brice became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 16 Jan 2016

Family: Susan Emma Brice b. 14 September 1878, d. 8 November 1966