Bays, S. B. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 886, Union Township
S. B. Bays was born in Champaign county, Ill., Feb. 14, ’41, the son of John and Susan Bays, the former (deceased) a native of East Tennessee and the latter of Fayette county, Pa., now residing in Avon at the age of 76 years. Mr. Bays came to this county with his mother in 1846. He is now doing good business as a photographer in Avon, where he established himself permanently as an artist in 1876. He was married May 15, ’73, to Phoebe Caverly, daughter of Peter G. Caverly, of Elmwood, Ill. They have 3 children, viz: Harry S., Debert C, and an infant. His brother J. W. is a leading photographer of Peoria, Ill. He has 3 other brothers in Illinois, all in the photograph business.