Background
Hempstead, Fay was born on November 24, 1847 in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel Hutchinson and Elizabeth Rebecca (Beall) Hempstead.
Hempstead, Fay was born on November 24, 1847 in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Son of Samuel Hutchinson and Elizabeth Rebecca (Beall) Hempstead.
Saint John's College, Little Rock, 1859-1861. Academy and law departments, University of Virginia, 1866-1868.
Practiced law, Little Rock, 1868-1874. Register in bankruptcy, 1874-1881. Grand secretary Grand Lodge of.
Married Gertrude B. O’Neale, September 13, 1871. Children: Carrie (Mistress Melville F. Riley), Lindsay Lee, Evlyn (Mistress Thomas West. Newton), Robert O’Neale, Janet Laurie (Mistress Charles R. Pierce), William Beall.