Sgt
Issac
Fay
Born in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, États-Unis d'Amérique
Ancestors 
Son of Rufus Fay
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Mary Fay [half], Laura Fay [half], Larinda Fay [half], George Fay [half], Ruth Fay [half], Albert Brigham Fay [half], Marta Fay [half], Emeline Fay [half] and Isaac Fay [half]
Husband of
Julia A. (Baldwin) Fay
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 39
in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Aug 2019
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Biography
Sergeant Issac Fay served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 21 August 1862
Mustered out: ?
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company A 16th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps
Enlisted: 21 August 1862
Mustered out: ?
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company A 16th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps
- Civil War soldier buried at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
- Member of 16th VRC-Veteran Reserve Corp.
- Pension Name: Isaac Fay
- Pension Date: 1865
- Beneficiary's Name: Julia A Fay
- Citing this Record "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch : 20 February 2021), Isaac Fay, 1865.
The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing able-bodied soldiers to serve on the front lines. [1]
Isaac has two Find A Grave memorials:
- Harrisburg Cemetery - burial
- Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan - cenotaph
Sources
- Photo taken by Mike Schindler (schindler - 204) Free license for any family member to use.
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/93068563/issac-fay : accessed 06 July 2021), memorial page for Issac Fay (unknown–9 Dec 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #93068563, citing Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by egypte (contributor 47152048) .
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/59381555/isaac-fay : accessed 08 July 2021), memorial page for Isaac Fay (29 Sep 1825–6 Dec 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #59381555, citing Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).
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Event Type: Pension Name: Isaac Fay Pension Date: 1865 Beneficiary's Name: Julia A Fay
Affiliate Film Number: 149 Affiliate Publication Number: T288 Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Digital Folder Number: 005080238 Microfilm Number: 540905 Image Number: 00955
Citing this Record "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYJ-GV3 : 20 February 2021), Isaac Fay, 1865.
I have no doubt. It seems like many PA men volunteered and signed up with a NY unit. They must have done a lot of recruiting down my way in those days.
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This is the grave site and headstone of this Civil War Soldier. No known information on his family. He was taken to Harrisburg, PA for medical treatment and died there. I have pictures of 30+ soldiers headstones in the Harrisburg Cemetery I took myself. Most of the bodies here were not local soldiers, but included both US and Confederate soldiers whose bodies were unclaimed and were buried here. I am posting these pictures in hopes that someone will claim these pictures and add to their tree. Unclaimed at death ~ far, far from home. I long to be found, and homeward bound.
Looking at this profile 10/1/2023. I am not comfortable that Isaac Fay here is connected to the family members listed on this profile. Much of the information Is very close but could just be a co-incidance.MS