Samuel Day (1822 - aft. 1870)

Born 6 Mar 1822 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Name

Samuel /Day/

Name: Samuel

Day^[1]

Birth

6 Mar 1822

Ohio, United States^[2]

Event

Note

Saturday, June 06, 2009

Samuel Day and Family

Samuel Day was the son of Mary "Polly" Matthews and her husband Thomas Day. They were married May 5, 1821, in Ohio and he died in a flood four months later in August. Samuel was born March 6, 1822. Mary's sister Margaret was married to Samuel Downing. They had six children before she died in 1836. Mary and Samuel wed 16 months later and had two children, William Nelson and John Clark. The whole group migrated to Logan County and settled along the south side of Salt Creek on the Chester/Mt. Pulaski Township border. Also in the group were various Matthews, sometimes spelled Mathews. Mary died in 1847 and was buried in Downing Cemetery.

In 1850 Samuel is living four farms from Samuel, his uncle and stepfather, with his wife Sarah. In 1855 he is living next to Samuel. There are eight in his household. In 1860 there is a Samuel Day living in Lincoln. In the 1862 Military Census he is in Madison Precinct. In 1870 this Samuel Day is living in Aetna Township with wife Sarah, sons Thomas, 19, and John, 13, and daughters Lydia, 5, and Axey, 1/2 year. Neither he nor Sarah are in the 1880 census in Logan County or anywhere else that I could find.

Thomas is the only child who could have been counted in 1855. That leaves a total of eight children unaccounted for. What happened to this family?^[3]

Census

1855

Chester Township, Logan, Illinois, United States

living next to Samuel Downing, his stepfather and uncle

males under 10-1, males 10-20-2, males 20-30-1, males 30-40-1, fremales under 10-2, females 20-30-1, total 8, militia 2, value of livestock $420, number of pounds of wool 30^[4]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Day-1855 created through the import of Ancestors of Ellis Downing.ged on Jan 16, 2013 by Cheryl Rothwell. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Cheryl and others.
• Source: S138 Abbreviation: Ohio Marriages 1815-1857 Title: Ohio Marriages 1815-1857, Record Type: FHL 292748
• Source: S147 Abbreviation: Samuel Downing Bible Title: Samuel Downing's Bible, Family Info: Samuel Downing, Present Owner: Last Known: Eugene Downing, deceased, Location: unknown Publication: Executors of David Hay, Dublin, Ireland, 1781
• Source: S29 Abbreviation: 1855 Logan Illinois Title: 1855 Illinois State Census, Logan County
• Source: S311 Abbreviation: Logan County Genealogy Title: Logan County Genealogy, Url: http://logancountygenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/06/samuel-day-and-family.html Author: Cheryl Rothwell Publication: June 6, 2009

Notes

BI2894"Samuel Day son of Thomas Day was born March the 6th in the year of our Lord 1822."

1. ↑ Source: #S147 Page: written in Bible
2. ↑ Source: #S147
3. ↑ Source: #S311
4. ↑ Source: #S29