William Harrison Day

1843 - 1916  (72 years)

• Name	William Harrison Day
  Born	23 Sep 1843	Guilford, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jan 1916	Whitten, IA
  Buried	Benson Cemetery, Whitten, IA
  Person ID	I99	Carson Family
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Erasmus Day,   b. 10 Dec 1796, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 24 Feb 1843, Fever River, Iowa Co., Wisconsin Territory  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Maria K. Rowland,   b. 17 Mar 1809, Burksville, Kentucky ,   d. 14 Mar 1870, New Diggins, Wisconsin  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1836
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Mariah Raine,   b. 27 Jul 1848, New Diggins, Wisconsin ,   d. 1 Aug 1933, Iowa  (Age 85 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1865	New Diggins, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Mary Edith Day,   b. 12 Mar 1866, Whitten, IA ,   d. 2 Oct 1943, St. Ansgar, IA  (Age 77 years)   2. Marvin E. Day,   b. 6 Mar 1882,   d. 1 Nov 1957  (Age 75 years)   3. Margaret Day,   b. 24 Jul 1869,   d. 15 Apr 1957  (Age 87 years)   4. Annie Day,   b. 14 Aug 1871,   d. 29 Aug 1961  (Age 90 years)   5. Edna Day,   b. 6 Sep 1889,   d. Sep 1947  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  William H. Day William H. Day and a friend.

  
  

• Notes

  Primary Source: Tim Carson's Our Family Tree See http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hausers/Genealogy/DayFamily/dayfamily2.htm Gravestone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66825288 Family Tree Maker: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/w/Robin-Cowell/FILE/0002text.txt (The Eldora Herald, Thursday, Jan. 27,1916) CIVIL WAR VETERANAN OLD SOLDIER CALLEDWhitten Man Long And Well Known in Hardin County Responds to Last "Assembly".William Harrison Day was born near Guildord Illinois on September 22, 1843 and passed away at his home in Whitten Iowa on Monday January 24, 1916, being a little more than 72 years of age at the time of death. His death followed a long illness during which he suffered greatly.When a small boy he moved from Illinois to Wisconsin and in that State he married November 25, 1865 to Sarah M. Raine. They came to Iowa in 1883 and lived in this vincinity since that time. To them were born twelve children. The wife and seven of their children survive the father. The living children are Mrs. Edith Cowell and Mrs. Marvin Nelson of Eldora, Mrs. Anne Weaver, Mrs. Edna Hauser and the Misses Bessie K. and Hilda F. Day and Marvin Day of Whitten. There are fourteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A neice, Mrs. Elvin Rogers lives at Benton, Wisconsin, and a nephew Robert D. Graves of Wheaton Illinois. He was the last survivor of a family of twelve children.In 1862, when not quite 20 years of age, he enlisted in Company C, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, known in the service as " The Gurley Hawks". He served under General U.S. Grant at the siege of Vicksburg and in several battles under General A.J. Smith. He was honorably discharged six days before the close of the war.The funeral services were held Wednesday from the family home in Whitten and were conducted by the Rev. Eugene Curliss. The interrment was in the Benson Cemetary east of Whitten. The pallbearers were six grandsons: Edward, Vern, Hamer, Ray and John Cowell all of Eldora and Donald D. Weaver of Whitten. The honorary pallbearers were four of his old soldier comrades: Henry Burkhart and Henry Herlocker of Union Iowa, and Jesse Meyer and Charles Day of Whitten.Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mrs. Alvin Rogers of Benton Wisconsin, Mrs. M.J. Sides of Sheffield Iowa and George M. Raine of Marshalltown Iowa.