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LEWIS FAY, M. D., McLean. Another of the pioneers of McLean is Dr. Fay, who is a native of Worcester Co., Mass.; he was born in 1832, and, at the age of 18 years, began the study of medicine, finishing his course at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, where he graduated in the spring of 1855; spent one year in Fayette Co. and then came to McLean, where, for a few years, he was kept riding almost day and night; the country being new and the streams not bridged, he was frequently obliged to ford them when the water was so cold as to be almost dangerous; the consequence of this overwork was, in 1860, his health failed and he was obliged to give up his practice; to regain his health, he made a trip to the West, spending one year at Pike’s Peak and other localities; upon his return, his health being yet delicate, be tried farming until 1864; at this date, he went to Atlanta, Logan Co., and engaged in the drug business, Which he continued until the spring of 1871; he then returned to McLean and began the practice of his profession; the Doctor is a man who has seen and helped to make many of the improvements in the development of McLean Co.; he is a man of good standing and ability, and may justly be called one of the pioneers of McLean Co.