born March 5, 1839 Texas
married Jan 8, 1862 Elizabeth Jane McGahan Shearer
baptized May 20, 1861
died Oct 24, 1905
June 14, 1861 ordained elder
Sept 14, 1878 ordained seventy
April 1892 withdrew membership from church
April 11, 1901 expelled from church
author
Doctrines & Dogmas of Mormonism Examined & Refuted(1897)
bibliography
photocopies of diaries at RLDS Archives
Lord, J.A.
From Darkness to Light
Standard Publ Co 1907
note Bays parents were members of Lyman Wight's colony and later with Strang on Beaver Island
bio in diary preface says bap May 20
membership records say bap May 27
