Artist
Centurion, 1881–1890
Born 31 January 1845 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 28 June 1890 in Stratford, Connecticut
Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum
, Newburgh, New York
Proposed by Sanford R. Gifford and Daniel Huntington
Elected 5 February 1881 at age thirty-six
Archivist’s Note: 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