William H Day

1818 - 1882  (64 years)

• Name	William H Day
  Birth	7 Mar 1818	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	19 Sep 1850	Grafton, Windham, VT ; age 32, born NH, Manufacturer
  Census	2 Jun 1860	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; age 41, born NH, Clerk, living next to brothers John & Charles
  Census	27 Aug 1870	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; age 50, born NH, Dray Goods Merchant
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; age 62, born NH, Retail Dry Goods, parents born NH/NH
  Death	7 Mar 1882	Brimfield, Peoria, IL
  Burial		Brimfield Cemetery, Peoria, IL
  Person ID	I1519	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Capt John Day,   b. 2 Feb 1791, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH d. 29 Apr 1864, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Polly Baker,   b. 1797, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH d. 1 Jan 1849, Grafton, Windham, VT (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1814	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Notes	from "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947" (familysearch.org) On 26 Jan 1814, John Day resident of Chesterfield married Polly Baker, resident of Chesterfield.
  Family ID	F341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abigail S “Abby” Wooley,   b. 7 Apr 1821, Grafton, VT d. 1 Jun 1878, Brimfield, Peoria, IL (Age 57 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	22 May 1843	Grafton, Vt
  Children	+ 1. William H Day,   b. 3 Mar 1845, Grafton, Windham, VT d. 19 Mar 1943, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 98 years) + 2. George Mayo Day,   b. 27 Feb 1850, Grafton, Windham, VT d. 9 Sep 1936, Vallejo, Solano, CA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Alma J Huey,   b. 1836, Springfield, Windsor, VT
  Marriage	24 Feb 1880
  Notes	from "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954" (familysearch.org) On 24 Feb 1880 in Springfield VT, William H Day, 60, a trader residing Brimfield IL, b. Chesterfield NH to John Day and Polly Baker married Alma J Huey, age 45, b. Springfield to James Huey and Martha McCrae. Second marriage for each.
  Family ID	F2288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2016

  
  

• Headstones		William H and Abbie S Day Gravestone
  		Inscription of William H and Abbie S Day Gravestone Wm H. DAY / died / March 7, 1882 / Aged 64 yrs / ??? at last

  
  

  Histories		History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH
  		The History of Peoria County

  
  

• Notes

  from "The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880", pg 717 DAY WM. H. dealer in dry goods and general merchandise, Knoxville avenue; residence, Brimfield. Was born in Chesterfield, N. H., on the seventh day of March, 1818; was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. At seventeen, engaged as an employee in a woolen mill in his native town, where he remained six years. Thence to Grafton, Vt., where he engaged in business for himself, and remained until 1854. Thence to Illinois, and soon after embarked in his present business in Brimfield. In 1843, he married Miss Abbie S. Wooley, of Grafton, Vt., who was born in that city on the seventh day of April, 1821. She died in this village on the 1st day of June, 1878, leaving two sons. Wm. H., Jr., born on the third day of March, 1845; married Josephine, daughter of Ezekiel Day, of Peoria. Second son, George M., born on the 27th day of February, 1850; married Louisa J., daughter of Geo. F. Guy, of Peoria. The family are members of the Baptist Church. Politics, Republican. (The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880, page 717, submitted by Janine Crandell)

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Randall, Oran E, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., (D. Leonard printer, Brattleboro, Vt. 1882), 279-280. [S26] Anonymous, The History of Peoria County, Illinois, (Johnson & Co., Chicago, 1880), 717.