Born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1802, where he lived until 1833, when with his mother he left the old home for Cincinnati, Ohio. Brothers Solon, Edward E., and Pliny Fay purchased horses and outfit for a horseback exploration of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. Edward E. Fay arrived in Muscatine in 1836. From the beginning the Fay brothers—Edward more so than Pliny—were actively involved in the economic, political, and social affairs of the new town. He was appointed as the first acting County Commissioner in 1837. Edward was the first Muscatine postmaster in 1837, and Pliny succeeded him in this position from 1841 to 1845. Both brothers were among the founding members of the Congregational Church in Bloomington, formed in 1843. In 1843 he served as a representative in the Iowa Territorial Legislative Assembly. Early in the settlement period Edward and Pliny Fay opened a drugstore, evidently the second in town. Edward’s health failed and he died in 1848.
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