Biographical Sketch (1912):47, v. 1, p. 168. "In the school year of 1911-12 there was a certified high school at Crisman and four district schools. The teachers in the high schools were W. A. Briggs, Minnie I. Hyde, Glen Kinne, Mary Rice and Camilla Babcock. In the district schools the teachers were: No. 1 (Peak), Goldie Johnson; No. 6 (Dombey), L. Clyde Bay; No. 8 (McCool), Bertha Sweet; No. 9 (Wolfe), Rudolph Mahns. The absence of numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 is owing to the consolidation of districts or the absorption of some of them by the Crisman high school."

Biographical Sketch (1912):47, v. 2, p. 732-733. "L. Clyde, a graduate of Wheeler high school, a student in Valparaiso University, and a teacher in Portage township."

1892 Birth:2667 Birth year of 1892 estimated based on age (18 years) in 1910 census enumeration; birth place taken from same source.

1910 U.S. Census:2666 Clyde enumerated in the household of his parents Levi and Margaret Bay in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana as a son, male, white, 18, single, born in Illinois, father born in Indiana, mother born in Iowa, can speak English, can read and write, attended school within the year. Siblings Maud, age 15; Frank, age 7; and Margaret, age 4, also resided in the household.

1920 U.S. Census:2668
Porter County, Indiana (Portage Township)
Enumerated 5 February 1920
Clyde L. Bay •• head, owns farm with mortgage, male, white, 28, married, can read and write, born in illinois, father born in Indiana, mother born in Iowa, dairy farmer
Goldie •• wife, female, white, 29, married, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in English Canada, mother born in Indiana
Dorothy •• daughter, female, white, 5 years, single, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Illinois, mother born in Indiana
Mary M. •• daughter, female, white, 3 years, single, born in Indiana, father born in Illinois, mother born in Indiana
Helen L. •• daughter, female, white, 1 years, single, born in Indiana, father born in Illinois, mother born in Indiana

1930 U.S. Census:2667
Porter County, Indiana (Center Township, Valparaiso, 3rd Ward)
Enumerated 3 & 4 April 1930
705 Lafayette Street
Clyde Bay •• head, owns home, home value $7,000, owns radio set, male, white, 39, first married at age 23, can read and write, born in Illinois, father born in United States, mother born in Iowa, supervisor of road repairs, works for wages, unemployed, not a veteran
Goldie •• wife, female, white, 39, first married at age 23, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in English Canada, mother born in Indiana
Dorothy •• daughter, female, white, 15, single, attended school within the year, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Illinois, mother born in Indiana
Mary •• daughter, female, white, 13, single, attended school within the year, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Illinois, mother born in Indiana
Helen •• daughter, female, white, 11, single, attended school within the year, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Illinois, mother born in Indiana