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Obituary of Daniel L. Hay
Civil War Veteran
Co. I, 80th Illinois Volunteers

Furnished by : Mike Jones

Source:
Nashville Journal,
Nashville, Illinois
July 16, 1914
"Washington County History, " 1897,
Reference to death of Capt. Dan Hay

Dan Hay

Capt. Dan Hay, aged 55 years, died at his home in Norman, Okla., April 5, 1897.

He was born in Nashville and served as captain of Co. I, 80th Illinois volunteers, in the Civil War. He was captured near Rome, Ga., in 1863 and remained a prisoner in Libby Prison until the close of the war.

He was a member of the firm of Hay Bros., who organized the first bank in this county and for years was editor of the NASHVILLE JOURNAL.

 

 


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