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16. DEXTER BALDWIN6 DAY (JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, JEREMIAH3, RALPH2, RALPH1)47 was born 1798 in
Madison, Madison Co., New York48, and died 1863 in (Probably Mitchell Co,) Iowa49.
He married HANNAH C CASS 15 Jan 1818 in Ontario, Wayne Co, NY50, daughter of JOEL CASS and LYDIA HICKS.
She was born 27 Jan 1798 in Exeter, Otsego Co, New York51,52,53, and died 22 Sep 1870 in
Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas54.
Notes for DEXTER BALDWIN DAY:
From "The Day Family History" publ 1987, page 3: "Dexter Baldwin Day, one of the boys who
accompanied Joseph to Nissouri was married in 1818, in Wayne County, New York, three years before
coming to Ontario. His wife's name was Hannah Cass. Several historical documents refer to a
Joel Cass as the owner of Lot 1, Concession IX, Nissouri Township. This is the lot on which
the Days first settled when they came to Nissouri. There may have been some family relationship
between Joel Cass, who owned the original Day lot, and Joseph Day's daughter-in-law Hannah.
Dexter was born in 1798, Madison County, New York and died in 1863, in Iowa, U.S.A. He and Hannah
had nine children, seven of whom were born in New York State and two (sic) who were born in Nissouri,
1834 and 1838. Dexter and Hannah came back to Nissouri in 1833, spent five or six years on a farm
across the road from Elmer Day, his brother, and then moved on to Ohio, Wisconsin, and finally Iowa."
Corrections to the above in 2003: we now know Joel Cass was the brother of Hannah Cass Day.
Dexter and Hannah went to Canada in 1819 after the birth of Mary Jane, and David Cass Day was born
there, (as well as Charles and Nelson when they returned to Ontario, Canada a second time in 1833 or 34).
Others were born in Ontario, Wayne Co NY and Geneva, Genessee Co and Chautauqua Co NY.
1830 Federal Census, Westfield Twp, Chautauqua Co, NY Roll M19_86 Page 478:
Dexter B Day 1100010000000111001
Males under five= 1 William Williams Day
Males 5-10= 1 David Cass Day
Males 10-15= 0
Males 15-20= 0
Males 20-30 = 0
Males 30-40 = 1 Dexter B Day
Males 40 to over 100 had no entries
Females under 5 = 1 Lydia Ann Day
Females 5-10 = 1 Elizabeth Day
Females 10-15 = 1 Mary Jane Day
Females 15-20 = 0
Females 20-30 = 0
Females 30-40 = 1 Hannah Cass Day
Older females had no entries
The family returned to Canada around 1833 and lived across the road from his brother Elmer and had
two more children, Charles W and Nelson F.
But by 1840 they moved again and were in the census for Hamburg, Erie Co, New York.
Dexter B Day 2221010000000//0011010000000
From there we know they progressed down to Geauga Co Ohio on their road west, as Mary Jane married
there in 1841. They continued on to York Twp, Greene Co Wisconsin and, per the county history,
were there in 1842. Lydia Ann was the first bride in York Township,
marrying Chester Crowell in 1843.
Many people from New York appear to have traveled west together, as the book says they named the
township York due to their roots there.
Dexter Baldwin was entered twice in the History of Greene County, written in the 1880s.
Once under York Township where he was entered as 'Bolvin' Day, but identified as the father of
David Cass Day of Monroe, the county seat, and again as DB Day on the write up on David. He was
classed as a genius in the book, often inventing things and doing lovely woodwork with some
of his inventions.
However, he must not have been a great provider, as he filed for bankruptcy there and in 1850 he and
Hannah separated. Per her divorce statement he abandoned them, refusuing to live "with that woman"
anymore. In March 1854 her divorce was granted in Greene County, Wisconsin and Hannah moved
with her younger children and daughter Lydia's Crowell family to Osage, Mitchell County Iowa, where
both families are found on the Iowa State census of 1856. Shortly after that she signed a
power of attorney to her elder sons Oliver EF and William W Day to handle sale of her property
in Mitchell County and moved down to Linn County, Kansas, just in time for the troubled era known
as 'Bloody Kansas'. The Crowells, Wordens and Beckners moved there too. It is believed they
were Abolitionists.
Their son, Oliver EF Day was a doctor, as was their grandson, Albert F Day, son of David Cass Day.
The last record found of Dexter B Day is in the 1860 Federal Census when he was in the
household of his son, William, in Mitchell Co, Iowa. Per the History of Green County Wisconsin,
Dexter died in Iowa in 1863, but this researcher was unable to find his grave in Mitchell County.
However, the nearest cemetery to William's home has a number of stones missing or broken and the
old cemetery book was lost in a fire, so all they have are names on currently standing head stones.
[JMNelson 2003]
Signs of the times just before the Civil War:
Weekly Times
Dubuque, Dubuque co. Iowa
April 4, 1861
Coming to Iowa
We are looking for a large [influx?] to the population of Iowa this year.
The condition of things at the South has a tendency to drive patriotic people there to the North,
and they are coming every day. Yesterday the steamer Canada from St. Louis brought up several
families from Virginia and Tennessee, all bound for Allamakee county in the northwestern [sic -
northeastern] part of this State. They are people who are sick of the workings of the "peculiar institution"
and want to live where men are free,
and where all labor is required. Allamakee county has a good class of settlers - New Englanders,
New Yorkers, Norwegians, &c., and an infusion of
Southern blood of the patriotic
stamp, will do good. This class of men who come from the Southern States, are not ashamed to
earn their own bread, and such settlers are a blessing to any State. We most cordially
welcome them to Iowa. They are coming to all parts of it. Here they will find a free
home, with but little excitement, no threats from tyrants, and great inducements to be industrious.
The sun shines on no better land than now lies unbroken in Iowa, and may be had at extremely
low figures.
More About DEXTER BALDWIN DAY:
Emigration: 1819, Nissouri Twp, Ontario, Canada
Notes for HANNAH C CASS:
Although most sources list Hannah's birthplace as Otsego, NY, the Day Family History, pg 154,
shows it as Otsego County, NY.
On the 1870 Census for Mound City, Polosi Twp, Linn Co, Kansas, enumerated on June 28, 1870,
we find Hannah living with her son, Joseph Day and granddaughter, Julia Worden.
She is surrounded by her family, as the Jacob Beckner family of her daughter Elizabeth is next
door; three doors away is the family of Nelson F Day, and four doors away the family of her
son-in-law Elisha Worden. (The census taker was not kind in describing Hannah.)
240/237 Day, Joseph, 32, MW, Farmer, 1500;600; NY, Citizen over 21
____, Hannah, 72, FW, Old lady, NY
Worden, Julia, 18, FW, At Home, Iowa, Attended school within the year.
Two months later Hannah died.
"From Pioneering to the Present - Linn County: Its People, Events and Ways of Life"
Vol II pg 39:
"Hannah Cass Day came to Linn County with the Beckners. She was the mother of Elizabeth Day Beckner,
Lydia Day Crowell, Mary Jane Day Worden, Joseph E Day and Nelson F Day. Two other sons were with them
for a time, but Charles returned to Iowa and Oliver went West and died in Harrison, Idaho. One of
her sons testified that she was "an industrious and prudent wife, a kind and affectionate mother,
a woman of uncommon industry and perseverance." Like many of our pioneer women, she carved a
succession of homes from the wilderness, each on the advancing edge of civilization. She died in
1870 and is buried in the Pleasanton Cemetery."
Her headstone reads: Hannah C Cass, wife of Dexter Baldwin Day 1798 - 1870. See in scrapbook.
More About HANNAH C CASS:
Burial: 22 Sep 1870, Pleasanton Cemetery, Linn Co, KS - Lot 106
Emigration: 1819, Nissouri Twp,
Ontario, Canada
Marriage Notes for DEXTER DAY and HANNAH CASS:
Lydia Ann Day was a daughter of Dexter B Day. She married Chester Crowel in November, 1843
in the first marriage to take place in the township of York, Green Co WI. Dexter B Day and his
family settled there in 1842. He had two daughters (not mentioned by name) living at the
time the history was published in 1884. Of interest is that the brother of Chester Crowel was born in
Genesee Co NY, where the Days lived for a time, and that Chester's mother was a Polly Day.
(Subsequently proved to be the elder sister of Dexter B Day.) Chester may have been born there,
but the history does not say. Chester and his brother, Albro, arrived in York Twnsp in 1841.
On another page, 833, the only Days living in York township in 1843 when David C Day arrived with
his family, was the family of DB Day, hence it is likely that Lydia Ann was a daughter of Dexter B
and Hannah Day. (JMNelson 9/15/2000) Subsequently proved to be correct, Lydia Ann Day is the daughter
of Hannah Cass Day and Dexter B Day. She moved with her husband and family to Mitchell Co Iowa when
Hannah moved there following her divorce from Dexter, March 9, 1854. See Iowa State Census 1856.
The Crowell family then accompanied Hannah and her younger sons to Pleasanton, Linn Co Kansas.
Gradually, most of her family ended up near her in Kansas at least for a time, excepting William W
who migrated back to Wisconsin. Her son, Oliver EF Day, was in Kansas for the birth of some children,
then to Nebr by 1880, then to Colorado and finally to Harrison, Idaho. [JMNelson 8/2003]
Children of DEXTER DAY and HANNAH CASS are:
32. i. MARY JANE7 DAY, b. 27 Feb 1819, Ontario, Wayne Co, NY;
d. 21 Mar 1861, Pleasanton, Linn Co, KS.
33. ii. DAVID CASS DAY, b. Jan 1822, Nissouri Twp, Ontario, Canada West;
d. Aft. 1900, Probably Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
34. iii. ELIZABETH L DAY, b. 17 Dec 1823, Geneva, Genesee Co, NY;
d. 24 Mar 1902, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co, KS.
35. iv. WILLIAM WILLIAMS DAY, b. 28 Dec 1825, Genesse Co, New York;
d. 11 Dec 1893, Lynxville, Crawford Co, Wisc.
36. v. LYDIA ANN DAY, b. 11 Jan 1828, Westfield twp, Chautauqua Co, New York;
d. 13 Feb 1899, Mound City, Linn Co Kansas.
37. vi. DR., OLIVER E F DAY, b. Oct 1830, Westfield, Chautauqua Co, New York;
d. 27 Apr 1908, Harrison, Kootenai Co, ID.
38. vii. JOSEPH E DAY, b. 15 Sep 1832, Westfield twp, Chautauqua Co, NY;
d. 04 Aug 1908, Pleasanton, Linn Co, KS.
39. viii. CHARLES W DAY, b. 1834, (Upper Canada) Nissouri, Ontario, Canada;
d. 15 Oct 1864, Memphis, Tenn (Civil War).
40. ix. NELSON F DAY, b. 1838, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. 17 Feb 1912, Lovilia, Iowa.
17. JONATHAN6 DAY (JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, JEREMIAH3, RALPH2, RALPH1)
was born 1801 in Probably Westmoreland Twp, Oneida Co, NY55,
and died 15 Jan 1882 in Forester Twp, Sanilac Co, Michigan56. He married POLLY MCCARTY Abt. 1817 in NY.
She was born 1804 in Prob NY,
and died 04 May 1868 in Forester Twp, Sanilac Co, Michigan.
Notes for JONATHAN DAY:
From "The Day Family History", page 3: "Jonathan Day, like Dexter, was also married when he
came to Nissouri with his father, Joseph. He had married Polly McCarty in New York State, and
their first child, George, was born there in 1820. The rest of the family was born in Ontario.
They farmed at Lot 4, Concession IX Nissouri Township. Jonathon and his son, Eleazor went to Michigan
sometime before 1850 and took up farming in Forester Township. Jonathan died in 1882 but left a
Day legacy in Michigan which continues to the present." (1987)
As David Day was born in 1843 in Ontario, the family moved between 1843 and 1850. This would be
shortly after the Webster-Ashburton Treaty finalized the border between Canada and the USA.
From page 157 is learned more about Jonathan: " Jonathan Day came into Canada in 1821
with......wife Polly and son George from NY. By examining property records, he had owned
property in Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada for nearly thirty years. He was recorded in the 1850 census
of Sanilac Co, MI. He and son Eleasor settled on land in the SE corner of Forester Twp, Sanilac Co,
on what is known as Day Road today. Day descendants still (1986) own the property. Having
subdued the wilds of the Canadian forests, they came to MI to repeat their experience of removing
the dense woods from homesteads, and with incessant toil and most rigid economy to provide
subsistence for their families. The early settlers homesteaded 40 to 160 acres, built a cabin and
began to make pine shingles. These shingles gave him income while clearing his land; used in
place of currency. Business was operated by the trade and barter system. The settlers wants
few and luxuries almost unknown."
Per The Day Family history it is likely Jonathan and Polly (McCarty) Day had daughters, but none
of the births were found recorded.
Per tendancy of Day families to settle together, the ancestry of wife of J Brodie who held 40 acres
between and beside WH Day, George Day and E Day should be checked.....chances are she was a
daughter of Jonathan. Likewise, L. Meddaugh and R Allen who were between Jacob Day
and WH and D Day lands. These could have been the sons-in law.
1850 Federal Census Sanilac, Sanilac Co, Michigan taken 8/10/1850 pg 2
Family 131 Johnathan (sic) Day, age 49 M Laborer, b. NY
Polly Day age 48 F, b. NY
Joseph Day, age 14, M b. Canada
William Day, age 11, M b. Canada
David Day age 7, M b. Canada
Family 132 George Day Age 30 M, Laborer $100 b. NY (continued to page 3) - see George's notes
1860 Federal Census Sanilac twp, Sanilac Co, PO Port Sanilac, Michigan taken 6/21/1860:
841/816 Johnathan (sic) Day age 54 M Farmer $600 $150 born NY
Polly Day age 52, F b. NY
William Day, age 20 M Farm Laborer b. Canada
David Day, age 17 M
Richard Collier 24 M Laborer b. Eng
John Butting 23 M Laborer b. Canada
By the 1880 census, Jonathan was widowed and residing in the household of his son
William & dtr-in-law Elizabeth, and surrounded by Day families in Sanilac, MI. Of interest,
he listed his father Joseph's birth place as NY, not Mass.
From a book titled "Shingle Shavers and Berry Pickers" ...it is a historical book about the
Port Sanilac area and was written by Oliver Raymond. Oliver Raymond was a descendent of
Uri Raymond who was one of the early settlers in Port Sanilac. Uri Raymond started a store in
Port Sanilac about 1850 (I, Nancy Day-Magnusson, believe the stroe continues today as
Raymond's Hardware.) In the store a ledger was kept that listed local patrons. Here are some
of thos listed: In 1861 the following Days appeared in Uri Raymond's ledger: Jonathan,
Eleazor, Joseph, and Daniel.....page 46.
The ledger of Raymond's Hardware store that was in use from 1910 to 1913 listed the following
Days:Joseph, Daniel, Eleazor, Leslie, Albert, Charles, Elisha....page 149.
From page 152: "In comparing this list with that of 1861, we find the names of thirteen persons
who had been doing business with Raymond's for forty nine years. They were Jacob Basler,
Eleazor, Joseph and Daniel Day, James Murray, Chris Nurenberg, Chris Oldfield, John Fries,
Edward McKenzie, William Ward, Henry Platts and John S and William Thomson."
More About JONATHAN DAY:
Burial: Port Sanilac Cemetery, Sanilac Co MI
Immigration: 1822, Canada
More About POLLY MCCARTY:
Burial: Port Sanilac Cemetery, Sanilac Co MI
Children of JONATHAN DAY and POLLY MCCARTY are:
41. i. GEORGE7 DAY, b. 08 Feb 1818, Probably Ontario Co, NY;
d. 15 Apr 1895, Sanilac Co, MI.
42. ii. ELEAZOR DAY, b. 03 Apr 1822, East Nissouri Twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. 12 Feb 1909, Sanilac Co, Michigan.
iii. EDGAR DAY, b. Abt. 182357; d. 12 Feb 1909; m. [--?--];
d. Died before Edgar.
43. iv. DANIEL DAY, b. 1829, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. 05 May 1886, Sanilac Co MI.
44. v. BETSY DAY, b. 15 Aug 1833, Nissouri Twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. 19 May 1908, Port Sanilac, Michigan.
She married (2) CHARLES PETERS 25 March 1855 in Sanilac, Michigan
45. vi. JOSEPH DAY, b. 13 Aug 1836, Ontario, Canada;
d. 03 Mar 1906, Sanilac Co, MI.
46. vii. WILLIAM DAY, b. 14 Jun 1840, Ontario, Canada;
d. 14 Nov 1910, Michigan.
47. viii. DAVID DAY, b. 1843, Ontario, Canada.
18. ELMER6 DAY (JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, JEREMIAH3, RALPH2, RALPH1)
was born 25 Jan 1803 in Prob.
Westmoreland, Oneida Co, NY58, and died 15 Feb 1885 in Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada59,60.
He married ASENITH FOWLER 1822 in Ontario, New York State. She was born 05 Sep 1804,
and died Abt. 23 Sep 1876 in Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada61.
Notes for ELMER DAY:
From "The Day Family History" page 2: "Elmer, the seventh child, was born in 1803
and died in 1885 and was married to Asenith Fowler. Most of Elmer and Asenith's descendants
live in The Province of Ontario, Canada."
Page 3: "Elmer Day came to Canada with his father in 1821 but returned to New York and married
Asenith Fowler. They returned to Nissouri with two children who had been born in New York and
took up farming on the NE half of Lot 4, Conc. IX. They had seven more children who were all
born in Ontario. Elmer died in 1885 and is buried in the Seventh Line Cemetery."
Elmer was Naturalized as a Canadian Citizen in 1841
Upper Canada and Canada West
Naturalization Records (1828-1850)
Name: DAY, Elmer Residence: Nissouri County: Oxford
Year: 1841 Volume: 6 File Number: 14 Microfilm reel number: C-15692
Reference: RG 5 B 47
Viewing the original document, Elmer is the last shown on the page which is shredded on the bottom.
It appears there may be another Day below him, but not legible. Elmer's signature is clear.
More About ELMER DAY:
Burial: Zion 7th Line Cemetery, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada
Immigration: 1821, To Canada
Notes for ASENITH FOWLER:
There were Fowlers residing in Geneva, Ontario Co, NY in the 1850 census which may be related
to Asenith Fowler.
More About ASENITH FOWLER:
Burial: Zion 7th Line Cemetery, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada
Marriage Notes for ELMER DAY and ASENITH FOWLER:
From a remembrance written by their son John Day which is in "The Day Family History"
page 191 "In the year 1822 my father returned to New York State and was married to Asenith Fowler.
They were both working at the same place at the time they were married. They saw the magistrate
passing by on horse back. Mother was at the spinning wheel at the time and father at farm work.
Father went in and said:'What hinders us from being married?' She said nothing, but silence is
consent, so the magistrate was called in and the two were made one."
Children of ELMER DAY and ASENITH FOWLER are:
48. i. JOHN7 DAY, b. 17 Jan 1825, NY State;
d. 22 Jul 1908, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada.
49. ii. CYNTHIA DAY, b. 16 Mar 1827, NY; d. 26 Jan 1898, Nissouri twp,
Ontario, Canada.
50. iii. RILEY DAY, b. 26 Mar 1830, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada; d. 31 Oct 1907,
Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada.
51. iv. FIDELIA DAY, b. 19 Jan 1833, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada; d. 20 Nov 1901,
Embro, West Zorra twp, Ontario, Canada.
52. v. EZRA DAY, b. 05 Sep 1837, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. Apr 1909, Ontario, Canada.
53. vi. ISRAEL DAY, b. 12 Jun 1839, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. 15 Apr 1916, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada.
54. vii. RUSSELL DAY, b. 18 Oct 1841, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. Abt. 21 Aug 1917.
55. viii. ELI DAY, b. 10 Jul 1844, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada;
d. 23 Aug 1903, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada.
56. ix. DEXTER BALDWIN DAY, b. 06 Feb 1849, Nissouri twp, Ontario, Canada;
"per 1851 Census Canada West (Ontario)"
d. 22 Aug 1935.
19. SUSAN6 DAY (JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, JEREMIAH3, RALPH2, RALPH1) was born 1805 in Oneida or
Wayne Co, NY62, and died 17 Oct 1875 in Ontario, Canada. She married JOTHAM ALDRICH Abt. 1826
in Walworth, Wayne, NY. He was born Abt. 179962, and died 20 Nov 1881 in Ontario, Canada.
Notes for SUSAN DAY:
From "The Day Family History" page 159: "Susan Day married Jotham Aldrich near Walworth NY
where her son Luther was born. Then they lived at Palmyra, a little south of Walworth, where
Jotham was employed as a millwright. Almira was born here, and while she was still a small child,
the famiy moved to Mayville on Chautauqua Lake NY. They purchased property, and Jotham
continued as a millwright. Luther married Nancy Chase in Arkwright Twp. in Chautauqua Co. NY
in 1848. The whole family moved to E. Nissouri Twp., Ont. during the 1840's and settled next
to Elmer Day. Two of Luther's children are buried in the little Day Cemetery on the Governor's Rd. (Hwy 2)."
From this it shows that Susan was not the young daughter who went to Canada with the family of
Joseph in 1821, nor was it Betsey who married Daniel Ruttenbur in 1814. This leaves only Asineth to
be that daughter. See notes on Joseph Sr. [ JanetM Nelson 8/2003]
More About SUSAN DAY:
Burial: Wesley Methodist Cemetery, Ontario, Canada
Immigration: 1842, Canada
More About JOTHAM ALDRICH:
Burial: Wesley Methodist Cemetery, Ontario, Canada
Children of SUSAN DAY and JOTHAM ALDRICH are:
i. LUTHER7 ALDRICH, b. 21 Nov 1826, Walworth, NY63;
d. 06 Feb 1867, Ontario, Canada; m. NANCY CHASE, 31 Dec 1848,
Arkwright twp, Chautaugua Co, NY.
More About LUTHER ALDRICH:
Burial: Wesley Methodist Cemetery, Ontario, Canada
ii. MARY ELIZABETH ALDRICH, b. Walworth, NY64.
iii. BENJAMIN ALDRICH, b. Walworth or Palmyra NY64.
iv. ALMIRA MARIETTA ALDRICH, b. Abt. 1831, Palmyra, NY65;
d. 30 Nov 1903, Ontario, Canada; m. HIRAM WALKER.
More About ALMIRA MARIETTA ALDRICH:
Burial: Ingersoll Rural Cemetery
v. MARVIN ALDRICH65.
20. WILLIAM C6 DAY (JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, JEREMIAH3, RALPH2, RALPH1) was born 1823 in East Nissouri Twp,
Ontario, Canada, and died 03 Oct 1883 in Malahide, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada. He married HARRIET BEVAN
29 Aug 1841 in Nissouri, Nissouri, Ontario Canada66. She was born 1824 in USA, and died 03 May 1905
in East Nissouri, North Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for WILLIAM C DAY:
Marriage Notice
Source: London District Marriage Register: Volume 2
Name: Day, William P (sic....Original document looks like C)
Associated Name: Bevan, Harriet
Date: August 29, 1841
Place of Origin: Nissouri; Nissouri
Witness: Jonathan Day; Elmer Day
Note: by Salmon Vining (Regular Baptist)
From The Autobiography of the Rev. Thomas Brush Brown, Titled "A Pioneer Settler of 1822 in
Nissouri", page 38:
"Among the early settlers was the Day family, who settled on the Governor's Road, near Thamesford.
Mr. Day having lost his wife contracted a second marriage which resulted in adding a number more children
to his already large family, making the name of Day quite numerous....."
William C must be one of them. His half brother's being witnesses at his wedding to Harriet
adds credence to this. Also, checking Day births, William C was born 1823 in Nissouri. Elmer was not
yet married, Jonathan later named a child William in 1840, Dexter named a son
William Williams Day in 1825, and Joseph b. 1791 had used the name William for his son in 1816.
(Elmer never used the name William for a child, but his grandson, Chester, named his son
William C Day in 1869.)
Hence, William C b. 1823, had to be a son of Jospeh b. 1756 and his second wife, Mary.
In the Day Family History, page 5, it states that John was living next door to William Day,
his immediate neighbor. William C was his half uncle, though only two years older.
Dexter lived in Nissouri in the 1830's so William C would have known him, as Dexter B farmed 50 acres
behind John's land. (Pg 5 of Day Family History) Dexter named a son Nelson F Day, born Nissouri in 1838,
and William C named his first born son, Nelson Day in 1845, following the Day practice of
using same names.
In the 1851 Census for Canada West, Oxford County, East Nissouri Township in the Public Archives of Canada,
is found on page 38, the families of William C. Day and his nephew John Day b. 1825:
Wm Day, Farmer, Canada, E Methodist, age 29, male
Hariet Day, U.States, Methodist, age 29, female
Nelson Day, Canada, Methodist, age 8, male
John Day, Farmer, Canada, Baptist, age 26, male
Louisa (sic) Day, Canada, Baptist, age 23, female
Pam Day, Canada, Baptist, age 3. female
Chester Day, Canada, Baptist, age 4, male
Jacob Day, Canada, Baptist, age 2, male
Children of WILLIAM DAY and HARRIET BEVAN are:
57. i. NELSON F7 DAY, b. Abt. 1845, Nissouri, Ontario, Canada;
d. Malahide, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada.
58. ii. JOEL DAY, b. 01 Aug 1861, East Nissouri Twp,
N Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
21. JOSEPH6 DAY (EBENEZER5, JOSEPH4, JEREMIAH3, RALPH2, RALPH1) was born 25 Jul 1807 in Walpole, MA67,
and died 1876. He married HANNAH ELLIS RHOADS.
Child of JOSEPH DAY and HANNAH RHOADS is:
59. i. LEWIS7 DAY, b. 14 Apr 1835, Dedham, MA; d. Unknown.
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