Wood & Torbert Families - Andrew Foster Bay

Andrew Foster Bay

b. 1 April 1817, d. 25 April 1878

Andrew Foster Bay was born on 1 April 1817 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
He married Elizabeth B. Jones circa 1845.
Andrew Foster Bay and Elizabeth B. Jones appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Dyer County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Francis Bay and Rebecca B. Bay.
He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
Andrew Foster Bay and Elizabeth B. Jones appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Francis Bay, Rebecca B. Bay, Cynthia Jane Bay, Mary King Bay, Wiliam Anderson Bay and John Edwin Bay.
He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
Andrew Foster Bay and Elizabeth B. Jones appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Longstreet, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Rebecca B. Bay, Cynthia Jane Bay, Mary King Bay, Wiliam Anderson Bay, John Edwin Bay, Cordelia Thomas Bay and Roda A. Bay.
He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
It is curious that Roda A. Bay, age 22 appears in the household of Andrew and Elizabeth Bay in 1870, apparently a daughter, but she is not present in 1850 or 1850. In 1870, Rebecca B. Bay is age 20, and it appears that she is enumerated in 1850 as Rebeca, age 1, and in 1860 as R.B., age 2.
Andrew Foster Bay died on 25 April 1878 at age 61.
His wife Elizabeth B. Jones became a widow at his death.
He was interred at Bay's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas.