John Fred Day

1842 - 1875  (33 years)

• Name	John Fred Day
  Birth	1842	Vermont
  Gender	Male
  Census	21 Sep 1850	Grafton, Windham, VT ; John F, age 8, born VT, living with parents
  Census	2 Jun 1860	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; John A, age 18, born VT, living with paretns
  Military Service	Jun 1863	5th Congressional District, IL ; Draft record of John Fred Day, 24, born VT, single, clerk
  Census	18 Aug 1870	Brimfield, Peoria, IL ; age 25, born VT, dry goods merchant, living in house of Lewis Vandergrift (no relation known)
  Death	22 Jun 1875	Joliet, Will, IL
  Burial		Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL
  Person ID	I2052	Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	John Boyden Day,   b. 24 Apr 1815, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH d. 30 May 1884, Galva, Henry, IL (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Maria Clarke,   b. 15 Feb 1818, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH d. 30 Jun 1897, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1838
  Family ID	F342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  John F Day & Abbie (Day) Stevens Gravestones ON LEFT [unreadable] / ABBIE J. DAY / [unreadable] in / WALTER B. STEVENS / DIED / Oct. 27, 1871. daughter of JOHN B. & MARIA DAY ON RIGHT - transcription states he died 22 Jun 1875 in Joliet IL [unreadable] SON OF / John B. & Maria Day

  
  

• Notes

  From History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois From the First Settlement in 1834 to the Civil War by CHARLES A. CHURCH To Dr. Kerr belongs the honor of preaching the first war sermon in Rockford after the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Sunday morning the news came that President Lincoln had issued a call for seventy -five thousand men. It was one of those critical moments in the nation's life. Under its solemn inspiration, Dr. Kerr preached an impressive patriotic discourse in the afternoon in the First church, and for the first time in local history the American flag was displayed from the pulpit. Dr. Kerr preached the first funeral discourse over a dead soldier, a brother of Lucius Day, whose remains had been returned to Rockford for burial. These memorial services were held in the street in front of the old court house.