Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Oliver I. Lay
Artist
Centurion, 1881–1890
Proposed by
Sanford R. Gifford and Daniel Huntington
Sanford R. Gifford and Daniel Huntington
born
January 31, 1845
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
June 28, 1890
Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford, Connecticut
elected
February 5, 1881
Age thirty-six
Age thirty-six
buried
Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum,
Newburgh, New York
Newburgh, New York
Archivist’s Notes
Brother of George C. Lay; father of Charles Downing Lay; grandfather of Oliver Ingraham Lay
Century Memorial
Oliver I. Lay was an artist of ability, and with a true artist’s nature, which was conspicuous in his bearing.
Henry E. Howland
1891 Century Association Yearbook