Farmer
Son of Henry Lay 1801-1866 & Anna Maria Henry
Husband of Angeline Drexler 1838-1907
RES: Lived on Lay's Ridge (named after him) in log house in the western end of Kennedy's Valley, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co, PA (the house foundation could still be seen in 1950)
Democrat

Some info on descendants from Daniel S. L. Comp 1987.

1860 Census, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA (All b PA):
HOH Samuel Loy 1837-, Laborer, PP $100
Wife Angaline 1840-
Dau Mary A. 1859-

1870 Census, Tyrone Tp, Perry C PA (All b PA, RE $400, PP $300):
HOH Samuel Lay 1832- farmer, Wife Angeline 1837-
Children: George 1846- Carpenter, Mary A. 1859-, Maggie 1860-, Sarah 1862-, Samuel 1865-, Susana Mar 1870-
They lived next to Daniel Drexler 1804- who was next to Adam Gregor 1811-.

1877 Perry Co Atlas, Beach Nichols:
S. Lay residence shown in Kennedy's Valley, Perry Co PA

1880 Census, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA (All b PA incl parents, RE $400 PP $200):
HOH Samuel Lay 1834- farmer
Wife Angeline 1839-
Children: Margaret 1861-, Sarah 1864-, Samuel 1866-, Crull Norman 1867-, George 1868-, Sue E. 1870-, Reuben 1873-, Francis E. 1875-, Harriet 1878-
They lived next to Daniel Drexler 1804- who was next to Adam Gregor 1811-.

1880 Farm Census, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA (on hand in 1880 or produced in 1879):
Samuel Lay, owns, 25 acres improved tilled meadow or pasture, 217 ac woodland & forest, $450 farm value, $60 farming implements and machinery, $75 livestock, $73 value of farm production sold or consumed, 2 ac grass mown, 23 ac grass not mown, 2 tons hay,1 horse, 2 milch cows, 92 lbs butter, 20 barnyard poultry, 106 eggs, 3 ac buckwheat, 38 bus buckwheat, 1 ac rye, 5 bus rye, 3 ac wheat, 22 bushels wheat, 2 ac Irish potatoes, 18 bushels Irish potatoes, 1/2 ac apples, 25 bearing apple trees, 40 bushels apples, $14 value of orchard products sold or consumed, 10 cords wood cut, $325 value of wood products sold or consumed

1892 Deed, Perry Co PA (Z-2-360):
Samuel Lay to Angeline Lay

1899 Marriage of daughter Emma Cordelia Lay:
Samuel Lay simply made his mark rather than signature.

1900 Census, Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA (All b PA incl parents):
HOH Saml S. Lay May 1835- Farmer, Owns Farm, this marriage 43 yrs
Wife Angeline Oct 1837, this marriage 43 yrs (1857), 11 children 11 living
Children: George May 1869- Single Day Laborer, Reuben W. Jul 1873- Single Day Laborer, James L. Oct 1883- Single

1910 Deed, Perry Co PA Courthouse (79-582):
Samuel Lay from John E. Lehman

1912 Deed, Perry Co PA Courthouse (81-574):
Samuel Lay to Samuel H Lay et al

1912 Deed, Perry Co PA Courthouse (82-230):
Samuel Lay from Nathaniel Drexler et ux

1913 Deed, Perry Co PA Courthouse (83-595):
Samuel Lay et ux to Caroline Miller

Certificate of death:
Samuel Lay widow, farmer
Died 11 Feb 1915 Tyrone Tp, Perry Co PA
parents Henry Lay & Hannah Henry, both b PA