A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 975-976:
Thomas Day, owner of the general merchandise store at Montclair, Union Township, Hendricks County, is of Irish descent. His great-great-grandfather, Elijah Day, came from Ireland to America before the American Revolutionary War and settled in North Carolina and engaged in farming, and thus our subject springs from an early American colonial family.
Thomas Day, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Buncombe County, N.C., and was a planter of large means. He emigrated to Tazewell County, Tennessee, before that state was admitted to the Union, and when it was admitted, entered large tracts of land. He lived in this county seventeen years and then moved to Parke County, Indiana, entered 160 acres of land and made a good farm. He was a Jackson Democrat and was very prominent in the Missionary Baptist Church. He married a Miss Copeland and died in 1878, his wife surviving until 1882.
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.
Thomas Day, the subject of this sketch, was born in Parke County, Indiana, February 23, 1845, was reared on the farm, and received a good common education. He enlisted in November, 1863, in Company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Capt. R.W. Harrison, of Lebanon, and was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland was in the campaigns of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. He took part in the battles of Walker's Ford and Blue Springs, was in the main line of battle, and did his duty valiantly, although later on he was sick in the hospital at Knoxville and Tazewell, Tennessee. He was honorably discharged in February, 1864, and re-enlisted in Company E, Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia and Maryland. He fought in the battle of Bentonville, N.C., and was then on Sherman's skirmish line several weeks, in which they fought more or less every day. He was again honorably discharged July 28, 1865, and was not afraid to sacrifice his personal interests to the old flag. He is enjoying a lucrative trade and owns a modern village residence. He is also postmaster, and he has been notary public for twenty years. Socially he is a member of Antietam Post, G.A.R., at Jamestown, Indiana.
After the war he married Sarah Corty, daughter of James and Hannah Corty. The two children of this union are named Alonzo and Eva. Mrs. Sarah Day was a devout member of United Brethren Church, and died April 11, 1882. Mr. Day's second marriage was to Nancy J. Flinn, daughter of Alford and Artemisia Flinn, and to this union has been blessed with three children: Katie M., Charlie and Lessie.
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Thomas Day, owner of the general merchandise store at Montclair, Union Township, Hendricks County, is of Irish descent. His great-great-grandfather, Elijah Day, came from Ireland to America before the American Revolutionary War and settled in North Carolina and engaged in farming, and thus our subject springs from an early American colonial family.
Thomas Day, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Buncombe County, N.C., and was a planter of large means. He emigrated to Tazewell County, Tennessee, before that state was admitted to the Union, and when it was admitted, entered large tracts of land. He lived in this county seventeen years and then moved to Parke County, Indiana, entered 160 acres of land and made a good farm. He was a Jackson Democrat and was very prominent in the Missionary Baptist Church. He married a Miss Copeland and died in 1878, his wife surviving until 1882.
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.
Thomas Day, the subject of this sketch, was born in Parke County, Indiana, February 23, 1845, was reared on the farm, and received a good common education. He enlisted in November, 1863, in Company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Capt. R.W. Harrison, of Lebanon, and was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland was in the campaigns of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. He took part in the battles of Walker's Ford and Blue Springs, was in the main line of battle, and did his duty valiantly, although later on he was sick in the hospital at Knoxville and Tazewell, Tennessee. He was honorably discharged in February, 1864, and re-enlisted in Company E, Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia and Maryland. He fought in the battle of Bentonville, N.C., and was then on Sherman's skirmish line several weeks, in which they fought more or less every day. He was again honorably discharged July 28, 1865, and was not afraid to sacrifice his personal interests to the old flag. He is enjoying a lucrative trade and owns a modern village residence. He is also postmaster, and he has been notary public for twenty years. Socially he is a member of Antietam Post, G.A.R., at Jamestown, Indiana.
After the war he married Sarah Corty, daughter of James and Hannah Corty. The two children of this union are named Alonzo and Eva. Mrs. Sarah Day was a devout member of United Brethren Church, and died April 11, 1882. Mr. Day's second marriage was to Nancy J. Flinn, daughter of Alford and Artemisia Flinn, and to this union has been blessed with three children: Katie M., Charlie and Lessie.
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A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 975-976:
Thomas Day, owner of the general merchandise store at Montclair, Union Township, Hendricks County, is of Irish descent. His great-great-grandfather, Elijah Day, came from Ireland to America before the American Revolutionary War and settled in North Carolina and engaged in farming, and thus our subject springs from an early American colonial family.
Thomas Day, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Buncombe County, N.C., and was a planter of large means. He emigrated to Tazewell County, Tennessee, before that state was admitted to the Union, and when it was admitted, entered large tracts of land. He lived in this county seventeen years and then moved to Parke County, Indiana, entered 160 acres of land and made a good farm. He was a Jackson Democrat and was very prominent in the Missionary Baptist Church. He married a Miss Copeland and died in 1878, his wife surviving until 1882.
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.
Thomas Day, the subject of this sketch, was born in Parke County, Indiana, February 23, 1845, was reared on the farm, and received a good common education. He enlisted in November, 1863, in Company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Capt. R.W. Harrison, of Lebanon, and was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland was in the campaigns of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. He took part in the battles of Walker's Ford and Blue Springs, was in the main line of battle, and did his duty valiantly, although later on he was sick in the hospital at Knoxville and Tazewell, Tennessee. He was honorably discharged in February, 1864, and re-enlisted in Company E, Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia and Maryland. He fought in the battle of Bentonville, N.C., and was then on Sherman's skirmish line several weeks, in which they fought more or less every day. He was again honorably discharged July 28, 1865, and was not afraid to sacrifice his personal interests to the old flag. He is enjoying a lucrative trade and owns a modern village residence. He is also postmaster, and he has been notary public for twenty years. Socially he is a member of Antietam Post, G.A.R., at Jamestown, Indiana.
After the war he married Sarah Corty, daughter of James and Hannah Corty. The two children of this union are named Alonzo and Eva. Mrs. Sarah Day was a devout member of United Brethren Church, and died April 11, 1882. Mr. Day's second marriage was to Nancy J. Flinn, daughter of Alford and Artemisia Flinn, and to this union has been blessed with three children: Katie M., Charlie and Lessie.
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Thomas Day, owner of the general merchandise store at Montclair, Union Township, Hendricks County, is of Irish descent. His great-great-grandfather, Elijah Day, came from Ireland to America before the American Revolutionary War and settled in North Carolina and engaged in farming, and thus our subject springs from an early American colonial family.
Thomas Day, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Buncombe County, N.C., and was a planter of large means. He emigrated to Tazewell County, Tennessee, before that state was admitted to the Union, and when it was admitted, entered large tracts of land. He lived in this county seventeen years and then moved to Parke County, Indiana, entered 160 acres of land and made a good farm. He was a Jackson Democrat and was very prominent in the Missionary Baptist Church. He married a Miss Copeland and died in 1878, his wife surviving until 1882.
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.
Thomas Day, the subject of this sketch, was born in Parke County, Indiana, February 23, 1845, was reared on the farm, and received a good common education. He enlisted in November, 1863, in Company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Capt. R.W. Harrison, of Lebanon, and was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland was in the campaigns of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. He took part in the battles of Walker's Ford and Blue Springs, was in the main line of battle, and did his duty valiantly, although later on he was sick in the hospital at Knoxville and Tazewell, Tennessee. He was honorably discharged in February, 1864, and re-enlisted in Company E, Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Cumberland, campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia and Maryland. He fought in the battle of Bentonville, N.C., and was then on Sherman's skirmish line several weeks, in which they fought more or less every day. He was again honorably discharged July 28, 1865, and was not afraid to sacrifice his personal interests to the old flag. He is enjoying a lucrative trade and owns a modern village residence. He is also postmaster, and he has been notary public for twenty years. Socially he is a member of Antietam Post, G.A.R., at Jamestown, Indiana.
After the war he married Sarah Corty, daughter of James and Hannah Corty. The two children of this union are named Alonzo and Eva. Mrs. Sarah Day was a devout member of United Brethren Church, and died April 11, 1882. Mr. Day's second marriage was to Nancy J. Flinn, daughter of Alford and Artemisia Flinn, and to this union has been blessed with three children: Katie M., Charlie and Lessie.
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