Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Leroy Woods Day and Miranda Van Kirk Day




Husband Leroy Woods Day 1 2

           Born: 24 Apr 1833 - Morris Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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         Father: Lemuel Fordham Day (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Jordan (      -1864) 3


       Marriage: 27 Apr 1855 4



Wife Miranda Van Kirk Day 1 2

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         Father: Daniel Day (1814-1900) 2 5 6
         Mother: Lavina Clutter (      -1855) 2 5 6




Children
1 M Horace Mann Day 4

           Born: 27 Dec 1856 4
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           Died: 12 Nov 1857 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M Charles Sumner Day 4

           Born: 2 Feb 1858 4
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         Spouse: Sarah M. Auld (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 21 Oct 1880 4


3 M Stephen Ellsworth Day 4

           Born: 8 Aug 1861 4
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         Spouse: Annie M. Day (1871-      ) 7
           Marr: 21 Jul 1892 4


4 M Edward Sullivan Day 4

           Born: 7 Feb 1865 4
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         Spouse: Josie Kerns (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 24 Dec 1891 4


5 M Lemuel Clarence Day 4

           Born: 15 Jul 1867 4
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6 M Dr. Howard Woods Day 4 8

           Born: 5 Dec 1869 or 1870 - Sparta, Washington Co, PA 2 4
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         Spouse: Ellen Criswell Mazurie (1873-      ) 9
           Marr: 31 Dec 1900


7 M Hilliard Daniel Day 4

           Born: 15 Nov 1872 4
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8 M Minor Harold Day 4

           Born: 28 Feb 1876 4
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General Notes: Husband - Leroy Woods Day


He received such an education as was afforded the country youth of that day, and was reared to a practical knowledge of farm life. He resided on a valuable tract of land lying about one-half mile north of Sparta, Washington County, Pennsylvania, which had been in the possession of the Day family for more than fifty years. He gave much attention to sheep-raising, to which his place was especially adapted, and he was one of the most successful wool-growers of the county. Through some means, which he attributes to the lay of the land and the breed of sheep, his stock was never infected with the diseases which so materially lessened the profits of most sheep raisers.

The family was an accomplished one, and especially gifted in music. They had among their own members a sextet brass band, and their musical performances were of the most creditable character.
In August, 1862, Mr. Day enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment P. V. I., in which he served until honorably discharged, on account of disability, in January, 1864, at which time he was third corporal. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion both he and Mrs. Day were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Old Concord. Mr. Day was also a member of Luther Day Post, No. 395, G. A. R., and at one time was Post Commander.

He was born in 1838. [ONW, 638]
He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served with Company D, of the One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. At the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, he received injuries which made it necessary for him to be discharged before his three years' term of enlistment had expired and from which he suffered during the remainder of his life.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 24, 1049.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 638.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1049.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1050.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 24.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 836.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 785, 1050.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 637.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 61.


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