Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Military Information:

• Deceased
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• Host & Researchers-Colonial Dames XVII Century, Star of Destiny Chapter, Denton
• RTF #1 (TVHOF: Remember Them Forever)
• Cemetery: Oakwood, Denton, Denton County, Texas
• Civil War Union Army
• PVT (Private)
• 1-Alpha List

Bio:

Paul Fay

Personal information
Name: Paul Fay

Birth: October 1837, Ireland

1850 – Stratton, Windham County, Vermont (with parents, grandparents, 3
siblings)
1860 – lived in Stratton, Windham County, Vermont with father and brother
1890 - Denton, Denton County, Texas
1900 – Denton Ward 2, Denton, Denton County, Texas; lived with wife on
Hickory Street (owned home)

Emigration: 1843 (naturalized citizen)

Death: 17 May 1904 (application for probate of will 18 June 1904)
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Family: Parents: Charles Fay and Aseneth Fay (both born in Ireland)
Spouse: Adalissa [“Addie”] Goode [1837-1911]
Married 13 June 1888 (license)
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Children: Elizabeth Fay

Military Service
Military Branch: Army

Dates: Enlisted 15 January 1861, Syracuse, New York

Discharged July 1863 (served 2 years, 6 months)

Rank at Discharge: Private

Era/Service: Civil War

Assignments: D 13th U.S. Infantry Regiment; 34th New York Infantry, “the
Herkimer Regiment"; Company R

Rank at Discharge: Private

Pension: Filed 15 April 1897, Texas

Civilian Life
Education: Attended school, 1850 (age 14); literate

Occupation: Day laborer

Sources:

1) Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Select County Marriage Records, 1903-2000, Paul Fay (1888), Denton, Denton County, Texas; Ancestry.com (online database)

2) 1850 U.S. Census, Windham County, Vermont, population schedule, dwelling 1343, family 1379, line 34, Chas. Fay and Aseneth Fay, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

3) 1860 U.S. Census, Windham County, Vermont, population schedule, dwelling 1092, family 1074, Charles Fay, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

4) 1880 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, dwelling 11, Paul Fay and Mary Fay, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

5) 1890 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, Veterans Schedules, Enumeration District 57, Paul Fay (1861-1863), Ancestry.com (online database)

6) 1900 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Denton Ward 2, dwelling 250, family 256, Paul Foy [Fay] and Addie Foy, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

7) New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, Paul Fay (1863), Ancestry.com (online database)

8) New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, Paul Fay (1864), Ancestry.com (online database)

9) U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Paul Fay (1897), Ancestry.com (online database)

10) Paul Fay, FindAGrave.com, Memorial #12584202 (online database), citing Oakwood Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas, contributed by R. M. Leahy

11) Texas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1874, Probate Minutes, Vol. M-P, 1902-1906, Paul Fay (1903), Austin, Texas; Ancestry.com (online database)

Author Information:

Name: Wanda Samek, Star of Destiny Chapter, NSCDXVIIC
Contact Information: samek@verizon.net
Date: 04 August 2023


34th New York Infantry monument at Antietam National Battlefield

The Herkimer Regiment consisted of 1,016 men. Of these, 93 were killed in action or died of wounds and 69 died from other causes. It saw heavy action including the Battles of Ball’s Bluff, Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Seven Day’s, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville.