She married Eli Azariah Day.
When she was an infant, about 18 months old, she followed her father, from where her mother was visiting neighbors, towards home - where he had gone to work.
When she attempted to cross the creek on a narrow footbridge, between the two families' lots, she fell into the stream. It was swift and deep, carrying her tiny body downstream.
Her mother found she was not playing with the other children, and hurried toward home to see if the baby was with her father.
Everyone began to search for her at once. A friend, Martin Allred, soon found her some distance downstream, and in pulling her out, thought she was dead. He laid her on the grass bank, where her mother fainted.
Her father rushed to her, insisting she was not, and could not be dead, and he began working over her.
An LDS Elder, Orson Hyde, who had been attending a Church Conference in Spring City then happened by and was called in to administer to her.
He did not think Eliza was alive but her father Nathan said, "I blessed this baby to live and to be a Mother in Israel and she will!" They administered to her and she immediately began to breath.
Within two hours she was playing around with the other children as though nothing had happened. She lived to be married and a mother to thirteen children.
She married Eli Azariah Day.
When she was an infant, about 18 months old, she followed her father, from where her mother was visiting neighbors, towards home - where he had gone to work.
When she attempted to cross the creek on a narrow footbridge, between the two families' lots, she fell into the stream. It was swift and deep, carrying her tiny body downstream.
Her mother found she was not playing with the other children, and hurried toward home to see if the baby was with her father.
Everyone began to search for her at once. A friend, Martin Allred, soon found her some distance downstream, and in pulling her out, thought she was dead. He laid her on the grass bank, where her mother fainted.
Her father rushed to her, insisting she was not, and could not be dead, and he began working over her.
An LDS Elder, Orson Hyde, who had been attending a Church Conference in Spring City then happened by and was called in to administer to her.
He did not think Eliza was alive but her father Nathan said, "I blessed this baby to live and to be a Mother in Israel and she will!" They administered to her and she immediately began to breath.
Within two hours she was playing around with the other children as though nothing had happened. She lived to be married and a mother to thirteen children.
Family Members
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Eliza Estella Day Miner
1879–1946
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Charlotte Jane Day
1881–1884
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Sarah Ellis Day Coombs
1883–1981
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Geneva Martha Day Larsen
1885–1975
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Eli Azariah Day Jr
1889–1981
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Harriet Josephine Day
1890–1890
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Joseph Smith Day
1893–1983
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Roena Merl Day Anderson
1895–1989
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Alvin Delroy Day
1898–1950
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Nola Maud Day Southworth Dearden
1901–1995
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George Nathan Day
1903–1976
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Arthur Merrill Day
1908–2003
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