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Charles Hay
(1801–1894)
BIRTH
1801
PLACE
Fayette County, Kentucky
DEATH
1894
PLACE
Warsaw, Illinois
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Dr. Charles Hay was father of John Hay, Lincoln’s secretary and later U.S. secretary of state. He practiced medicine in Salem, Indiana, where he married Helen Leonard in 1831. The family later moved to Illinois.
EARLY LIFE
Dr. Charles Hay practiced medicine from his home in Salem, Indiana. According to the Washington County Historical Society, he worked through the 1833 cholera epidemic, treating residents day and night. After financial difficulties, he and his family moved to Warsaw, Illinois, in 1841.
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