Larkin B Day

1831 - 1883  (51 years)

• Name	Larkin B Day
  Birth	2 Dec 1831	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	27 Jun 1860	Peoria, Peoria, IL ; age 28, born NH, Merchant
  Census	4 Jun 1870	Peoria, Peoria, IL ; age 38, born VT, Dry Good Merchant
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Peoria, Peoria, IL ; age 48, born NH, Dry Goods Merchant
  Death	12 Nov 1883	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
  Burial		Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL
  Person ID	I1524	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	Caroline Amelia “Carrie” Wentworth,   b. 18 Nov 1831, Alstead, NH d. 18 Feb 1910, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 78 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	17 Aug 1853	Bellows Falls, Vt
  Children	+ 1. John Wentworth Day,   b. 5 Aug 1856, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 26 Jun 1926, Toledo, Lucas, OH (Age 69 years) 2. Lucy Warren Day,   b. 2 May 1859, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 27 Nov 1936, Manhattan, New York, NY (Age 77 years)   3. Charles Larkin Day,   b. 6 Oct 1861, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 19 Jan 1900, New York, New York, NY (Age 38 years) + 4. William James Day,   b. 4 Sep 1864, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 20 Feb 1909, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 44 years)   5. Bessie C Day,   b. 17 Jun 1872, Peoria, Peoria, IL d. 5 Oct 1880, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 8 years)
  Family ID	F347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2016

  
  

• Headstones

  Larkin & Caroline Baker Gravesite LARKIN B. DAY / Nov. 13, 1883, / Aged 52 Years / Enter into Rest CAROLINE A. / Wife of L.B. DAY / 1831 - 1910

  
  

  Histories

  History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Baptist Encyclopaedia - Vol. 1" edited by William Cathcart, DD, 1881 Day, Larkin B. was born in Chesterfield, N.H., in December, 1831. Removing to Bromfield, Ill., in 1852, he was there converted and baptized; but in 1854 his residence having been changed to Peoria, he became a member of the First church there, Rev. H.G Weston being the pastor. Although as a member of the firm of Day Brothers he has found the claims of business pressing, he has always found time to give needed attention to higher concerns. As a friend and leader of the young people in the church, as a free and cheerful participant in prayer and social meetings, as an occasional occupant of the pulpit, as a lay preacher, and as an ardent friend of the temperance cause, alike in private and in official positions, Larkin B. Day is held in high appreciation by the citizens of Peoria and throughout the State. He is at present (1880) a member of the city council from Daily Inter Ocean, 13 Feb 1882 (genealogybank) PEORIA, Ill, Feb. 12 - Larkin B. Day, for thirty years a resident of this city, and prominent in all movements to advance Peoria's interests, is about to remove to Milwaukee. Last night the City Council, of which he was a member, and over 100 leading citizens, tendered him a banquet at the Peoria House. from "The Chicago Daily Tribune", 27 Jul 1883 (newspapers.com) Members of a Bankrupt Miwaukee Firm Arrested MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 26. - [Special] - A few weeks ago the wholesale and retail carpet house of L.B. Day & Co., this city, made a bad failure, as reported in these dispatches at the time. Something of a sensation has been caused today by the fact that late yesterday afternoon John D. Van Nuys and Walter S. Hamilton, members of the firm, were arrested by Deputy United State Marshal Marshall, on a order of arrest issued by Judge Dyer. This morning the same officer arrested Larkin B. Day, the senior member of the firm. The arrests were all made on the affidavits of Andrew Wright, a member of the firm of W.&J. Sloane, of New York, who charges the members of the firm with wrongfully converting property of the plaintiffs to their own use and of obtaining goods under false pretenses. The parties arrested were allowed to give bail in the sum of $2,500 each. Charles L. Day, the junior member of the firm, is in Minneapolis, and therefore was not arrested. The news of the arrest did not leak out until this afternoon. This firm failed a few weeks ago for about $70,000. Larkein B. Day, after having consulted his attorney, said: "We are not to be tried in the newspapers, but will meet the charges when the proper time arrives. The arrest affects, I believe, only the individual members of the firm responsible for the amount claimed, but does not attack the title of the Receiver who was appointed last month." from "The Chicago Tribune", 14 Nov 1883 (newspapers.com) MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 13 - [Special] - Mr. Larkin B. Day, senior partner of the carpet-house of L.B. Day & Co., which failed a short time ago, died suddenly of apoplexy today, aged 53. From Nov 17, 1883 of Daily Nebraska State Journal (NewspaperArchive.com) Old Peorians, residents of this city, will be surprised and sorry to learn of the death of Larkin B Day, one of the most upright and honorable men of that great city. He died at Milwaukee last Monday, in the fifty-second year of this age.

  
  

• 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.