Thomas Bowen Bay
b. 22 March 1831, d. 19 July 1901
- Father: Thomas Bay b. 28 January 1793, d. 14 February 1861
- Mother: Mary Eddings b. 6 October 1790, d. 11 September 1871
- Thomas Bowen Bay was born on 22 March 1831 in Tennessee.
- Thomas Bay and Mary Eddings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Haywood County, Tennessee, enumerated next to their son William.. Other members of the household included Thomas Bowen Bay, Rebecca E. Bay, James Henry Bay, Joseph Bay and Sarah Jackson Bay.
- He was farming, according to the 1850 census.
- He married Caledonia Peebles say 1855.
- Thomas Bay and Mary Eddings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Thomas Bowen Bay, George Henry Duckworth, Thomas C. Duckworth and Margaret Duckworth.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- He served Company I, 20th Texas Infantry Regiment, CSA.
- Thomas Bowen Bay and Caledonia Peebles appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Longstreet, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Claudius Pegues and Mary Eddings.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- 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 Thomas Wesley Bay, Rebecca E. Bay, James F. Bay, William Eddins Bay and John Steven Bay.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- Thomas Bowen Bay became a widower at the 26 July 1881 death of his wife Caledonia Peebles.
- He married Julia Merab Harman, daughter of Nathaniel Byrd Harman and Sarah Frances Franklow, on 23 May 1883, and Julia's brother Jonathan married Lucy Bay, daughter of Thomas' eldest brother William Harrison Bay.
- Thomas Bowen Bay became a widower at the 14 April 1896 death of his wife Julia Merab Harman.
- Thomas Bowen Bay appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included James F. Bay, William Eddins 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 a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
- Thomas Bowen Bay died on 19 July 1901 at age 70.
- He was interred at Bays Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 14 Jan 2016
Family 1: Caledonia Peebles b. 18 October 1842, d. 26 July 1881
- Mary Ella Bay b. circa 1868
- Thomas Wesley Bay+ b. 28 December 1870, d. 11 April 1917
- Rebecca E. Bay b. January 1873
- James F. Bay b. 15 January 1875, d. 3 March 1907
- William Eddins Bay+ b. 30 June 1877, d. 9 June 1949
- John Steven Bay+ b. May 1880