Charles Baker Day

1821 - 1895  (74 years)

• Name	Charles Baker Day
  Birth	9 Nov 1821	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	14 Aug 1850	Rockingham, Windham, VT ; age 28, born NH, Merchant
  Census	2 Jun 1860	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; age 38, born NH, Store Keeper, living next to brothers John & William
  Census	4 Jun 1870	Peoria, Peoria, IL ; age 48, born NH, Dry Goods Merchant
  Census	12 Jun 1880	Peoria, Peoria, IL ; age 59, born NH, Dry Goods Merchant
  Death	12 Nov 1895	Peoria, Peoria, IL
  Burial		Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL
  Person ID	I1521	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2023

  
  

  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	Mary Frances Wiley,   b. 12 Mar 1822, Rockingham, Windham, VT d. 23 Jan 1852, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 29 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	27 Aug 1845	Rockingham, Vt
  Children	+ 1. Flora Jane Day,   b. 27 Aug 1846, Brattleboro, Windham, VT d. 26 Feb 1940, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 93 years) + 2. Ella G Day,   b. 29 Aug 1848, Vermont d. 3 Dec 1875, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Lucia A Weaver,   b. Vermont d. 3 Feb 1881, Peoria, Peoria, IL
  Marriage	Aug 1952
  Children	+ 1. Gertrude Susan Day,   b. 9 Dec 1859, Brimfield, Peoria, IL 2. Charles Albert Day,   b. 12 Jan 1864, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 12 Nov 1942, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Susan Johnson,   b. 28 Feb 1828, Lowell, Middlesex, MA d. 30 Jul 1911 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F4906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2016

  
  

• Headstones

  Charles & Mary & Lucia Day Gravestone CHARLES / BAKER DAY / DIED NOV. 13, 1895 / AGED 74 YEARS / AND 4 DAYS MARY F. / WIFE OF / CHARLES B. DAY / DIED JAN. 23, 1852 / AGED 29 YEARS LUCIA A. / WIFE OF / CHARLES B. DAY / DIED FEB. 3. 1881 / AGED 55 YEARS

  
  

  Histories

  History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Baptist Encyclopaedia - Vol. 1" edited by William Cathcart, DD, 1881 Day, Charles B., for many years at the head of the large wholesale and retail dry-goods firm of Day Bros. & Co., of Peoria, Ill., was born in Chesterfield, N.H., in 1821, where he joined the Baptist church in 1850. The next year he removed to Brimfield, Ill., where he found a small Baptist church, to which, to its great joy, he immediately joined himself, though assured that such an alliance would not be favorable to business. In 1860 he removed to Peoria, and became a member of the First church there, and continues one of its main supporters. Though not a man of fluent speech, he has always been regular in his attendance upon church appointments, and has ever been liberal in his contributions. He has also paid considerable sums to Christian education, in which cause his interest is intelligent and constant. He is well known in the State as a successful business man, a firm Baptist, an uncompromising friend of temperance.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Randall, Oran E, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., (D. Leonard printer, Brattleboro, Vt. 1882), 279-280. [S19] Smith, George Washington, History of Illinois and her people, (American Historical Society, Chicago, 1927), 277-278.