From his son Thomas's biography in A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 975-976:
Elijah Day, father of our subject, was born in Buncombe County, N.C., August 31, 1809. He was a self-educated man and taught school in Boone County, Indiana, many years.
He married Nancy Canada, daughter of Col. David and Martha (Strickland) Canada, of Boone County, and to this union were born the following children: Thomas, David, Cornelius, Margaret, Jane and Susan A.
The father and mother lived the major part of their lives in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana, where the mother still resides. He was honored by the Democratic Party with election as township assessor twenty-two consecutive years, and was also elected county assessor. He had many stanch friends among the prominent men of Boone County, and died August 20, 1890.
Elijah Day, father of our subject, was born in Buncombe County, N.C., August 31, 1809. He was a self-educated man and taught school in Boone County, Indiana, many years.
He married Nancy Canada, daughter of Col. David and Martha (Strickland) Canada, of Boone County, and to this union were born the following children: Thomas, David, Cornelius, Margaret, Jane and Susan A.
The father and mother lived the major part of their lives in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana, where the mother still resides. He was honored by the Democratic Party with election as township assessor twenty-two consecutive years, and was also elected county assessor. He had many stanch friends among the prominent men of Boone County, and died August 20, 1890.
From his son Thomas's biography in A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 975-976:
Elijah Day, father of our subject, was born in Buncombe County, N.C., August 31, 1809. He was a self-educated man and taught school in Boone County, Indiana, many years.
He married Nancy Canada, daughter of Col. David and Martha (Strickland) Canada, of Boone County, and to this union were born the following children: Thomas, David, Cornelius, Margaret, Jane and Susan A.
The father and mother lived the major part of their lives in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana, where the mother still resides. He was honored by the Democratic Party with election as township assessor twenty-two consecutive years, and was also elected county assessor. He had many stanch friends among the prominent men of Boone County, and died August 20, 1890.
Elijah Day, father of our subject, was born in Buncombe County, N.C., August 31, 1809. He was a self-educated man and taught school in Boone County, Indiana, many years.
He married Nancy Canada, daughter of Col. David and Martha (Strickland) Canada, of Boone County, and to this union were born the following children: Thomas, David, Cornelius, Margaret, Jane and Susan A.
The father and mother lived the major part of their lives in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana, where the mother still resides. He was honored by the Democratic Party with election as township assessor twenty-two consecutive years, and was also elected county assessor. He had many stanch friends among the prominent men of Boone County, and died August 20, 1890.
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Aged 80 Y. 11 M. 12 D.
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He is buried next to Nancy Day.
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