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MARTIN LUTHER FAY, a native of the Buckeye State, was born January 23, 1836, the second of five children born to Mahlon and Lucy (Stevens) Fay, both of whom were natives of Vermont. The father came to Warrick County, Ind., in March, 1840, locating at Yankeetown, where he resided until 1884, when he removed to Boon Township, where he is now living on a farm with his third wife, having lost two by death and rearing a family by each. The subject of this biography received but a limited education in youth, and on attaining his majority began farming on his own responsibility. He has resided in Boon Township from that time to the present, and is the owner of 270 acres of well-improved land. He is also engaged to a considerable extent in stock-raising, and is one of Warrick County’s most substantial farmers. June 18, 1857, he married Minerva Coon, and to their union six children have been born, named Charles M., Marion, Eugene, J. F., Morton and Luther C. The mother dying October 4, 1883, Mr. Fay married for his present wife Mrs. Malinda Wilkerson, whose maiden name was Bullock. He is a stanch Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his wife belongs to the General Baptist Church.