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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsFrancis Ball FAY
(1793-1876)
FAY, Francis Ball, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Southboro, Worcester
County, Mass., June 12, 1793; received a limited education; engaged
in mercantile pursuits; postmaster of Southboro from September 15,
1817, to March 29, 1832; deputy sheriff of Worcester County
1824-1830; member of the Massachusetts General Court in 1830 and
1831; moved to Chelsea, which he represented in the Massachusetts
General Court from 1834 to 1836 and in 1840; served in the State
senate 1843-1845 and again in 1848; elected as a Whig to the
Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Robert Rantoul, Jr., and served from December 13, 1852, to March 3,
1853; was not a candidate for the Thirty-third Congress; mayor of
Chelsea in 1857; founded the public library in Southboro, Mass.;
settled in Lancaster in 1858; founded the State reform school in
Lancaster; again a member of the State senate in 1868; died in
South Lancaster, Mass., October 6, 1876; interment in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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