NAHUM FAY,--born in Reading, Vt., July 26, 1811; common school and academic education; raised on farm; from 18 years of age taught school six consecutive winters; then entered employ of map publishing firm of Lewis Robinson & Co., as salesman and copper-plate printer; in July, 1836, came to Akron where the company established a map manufactory, working for company Summers and teaching school Winters, for six years; in October, 1843, was elected County Recorder, and re-elected in 1846, holding the office six years; served as Deputy County Treasurer, under the respective terms of Treasurers William H. Dewey, Frederic Wadsworth and Chester W. Rice, from 1849 to 1855 ; afterwards grain buyer for several years; Akron Village Recorder 1842, '43, '47 ; Township Clerk 1844, '45, '46, '47 ; Village Councilman 1844 ; Township Assessor of personal property 1847, '51, '52, '54, '61, '62, '64, also several times assessor of real estate, school enumerator, etc. in 1860 commenced the manufacture of cordage, twine, etc., by hand machinery, supplying the local markets with that class of goods for more than twenty years. In 1837 Mr. Fay was married to Miss Lucia Cummings of Windsor County, Vt., who bore him two children Henry C. M. (deceased) and Emma V., wife of James W. Chamberlain, superintendent of the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Co., of Akron. Mrs. Fay dying October 23, 1882, Mr. Fay again married, to Mrs. Mary Wright, September 16, 1883.

Fifty Years and Over Of Akron and Summit County,  Samuel A. Lane