William H Day
1818 - 1882 (64 years)-
Name William H Day Birth 7 Mar 1818 Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH 
Gender Male Census 19 Sep 1850 Grafton, Windham, VT age 32, born NH, Manufacturer Census 2 Jun 1860 Brimfield, Peoria, IL age 41, born NH, Clerk, living next to brothers John & Charles Census 27 Aug 1870 Brimfield, Peoria, IL age 50, born NH, Dray Goods Merchant Census 14 Jun 1880 Brimfield, Peoria, IL age 62, born NH, Retail Dry Goods, parents born NH/NH Death 7 Mar 1882 Brimfield, Peoria, IL Burial Brimfield Cemetery, Peoria, IL Person ID I1519 Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart Last Modified 16 Dec 2012
Father Capt John Day, b. 2 Feb 1791, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH d. 29 Apr 1864, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH (Age 73 years) Mother Polly Baker, b. 1797, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH d. 1 Jan 1849, Grafton, Windham, VT (Age 52 years) Marriage 26 Jan 1814 Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH Notes - from "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947" (familysearch.org)
On 26 Jan 1814, John Day resident of Chesterfield married Polly Baker, resident of Chesterfield.
Family ID F341 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Abigail S “Abby” Wooley, b. 7 Apr 1821, Grafton, VT d. 1 Jun 1878, Brimfield, Peoria, IL (Age 57 years) [1, 2] Marriage 22 May 1843 Grafton, Vt Children + 1. William H Day, b. 3 Mar 1845, Grafton, Windham, VT d. 19 Mar 1943, Peoria, Peoria, IL (Age 98 years)+ 2. George Mayo Day, b. 27 Feb 1850, Grafton, Windham, VT d. 9 Sep 1936, Vallejo, Solano, CA (Age 86 years)Family ID F343 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Feb 2016
Family 2 Alma J Huey, b. 1836, Springfield, Windsor, VT Marriage 24 Feb 1880 Notes - from "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954" (familysearch.org)
On 24 Feb 1880 in Springfield VT, William H Day, 60, a trader residing Brimfield IL, b. Chesterfield NH to John Day and Polly Baker married Alma J Huey, age 45, b. Springfield to James Huey and Martha McCrae. Second marriage for each.
Family ID F2288 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Mar 2016
- from "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947" (familysearch.org)
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Headstones 
William H and Abbie S Day Gravestone 
Inscription of William H and Abbie S Day Gravestone
Wm H. DAY / died / March 7, 1882 / Aged 64 yrs / ??? at last
Histories 
History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH The History of Peoria County
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Notes - from "The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880", pg 717
DAY WM. H. dealer in dry goods and general merchandise, Knoxville avenue; residence, Brimfield. Was born in Chesterfield, N. H., on the seventh day of March, 1818; was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. At seventeen, engaged as an employee in a woolen mill in his native town, where he remained six years. Thence to Grafton, Vt., where he engaged in business for himself, and remained until 1854. Thence to Illinois, and soon after embarked in his present business in Brimfield. In 1843, he married Miss Abbie S. Wooley, of Grafton, Vt., who was born in that city on the seventh day of April, 1821. She died in this village on the 1st day of June, 1878, leaving two sons. Wm. H., Jr., born on the third day of March, 1845; married Josephine, daughter of Ezekiel Day, of Peoria. Second son, George M., born on the 27th day of February, 1850; married Louisa J., daughter of Geo. F. Guy, of Peoria. The family are members of the Baptist Church. Politics, Republican. (The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880, page 717, submitted by Janine Crandell)
- from "The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880", pg 717
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