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Larkin B Day

Male 1831 - 1883  (51 years)


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  • Name Larkin B Day 
    Birth 2 Dec 1831  Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 27 Jun 1860  Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 28, born NH, Merchant 
    Census 4 Jun 1870  Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 38, born VT, Dry Good Merchant 
    Census 8 Jun 1880  Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 48, born NH, Dry Goods Merchant 
    Death 12 Nov 1883  Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1524  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2023 

    Father Capt John Day,   b. 2 Feb 1791, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1864, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Polly Baker,   b. 1797, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1849, Grafton, Windham, VT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jan 1814  Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Caroline Amelia “Carrie” Wentworth,   b. 18 Nov 1831, Alstead, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1910, Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [1, 2
    Marriage 17 Aug 1853  Bellows Falls, Vt Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Wentworth Day,   b. 5 Aug 1856, Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1926, Toledo, Lucas, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2. Lucy Warren Day,   b. 2 May 1859, Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1936, Manhattan, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. Charles Larkin Day,   b. 6 Oct 1861, Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1900, New York, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    +4. William James Day,   b. 4 Sep 1864, Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1909, Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     5. Bessie C Day,   b. 17 Jun 1872, Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1880, Peoria, Peoria, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
    Family ID F347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2016 

  • Headstones
    Larkin & Caroline Baker Gravesite
    Larkin & Caroline Baker Gravesite
    LARKIN B. DAY / Nov. 13, 1883, / Aged 52 Years / Enter into Rest
    CAROLINE A. / Wife of L.B. DAY / 1831 - 1910

    Histories
    History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH
    History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH

  • Notes 
    • from "The Baptist Encyclopaedia - Vol. 1" edited by William Cathcart, DD, 1881
      Day, Larkin B. was born in Chesterfield, N.H., in December, 1831. Removing to Bromfield, Ill., in 1852, he was there converted and baptized; but in 1854 his residence having been changed to Peoria, he became a member of the First church there, Rev. H.G Weston being the pastor. Although as a member of the firm of Day Brothers he has found the claims of business pressing, he has always found time to give needed attention to higher concerns. As a friend and leader of the young people in the church, as a free and cheerful participant in prayer and social meetings, as an occasional occupant of the pulpit, as a lay preacher, and as an ardent friend of the temperance cause, alike in private and in official positions, Larkin B. Day is held in high appreciation by the citizens of Peoria and throughout the State. He is at present (1880) a member of the city council
    • from Daily Inter Ocean, 13 Feb 1882 (genealogybank)
      PEORIA, Ill, Feb. 12 - Larkin B. Day, for thirty years a resident of this city, and prominent in all movements to advance Peoria's interests, is about to remove to Milwaukee. Last night the City Council, of which he was a member, and over 100 leading citizens, tendered him a banquet at the Peoria House.
    • from "The Chicago Daily Tribune", 27 Jul 1883 (newspapers.com)
      Members of a Bankrupt Miwaukee Firm Arrested
      MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 26. - [Special] - A few weeks ago the wholesale and retail carpet house of L.B. Day & Co., this city, made a bad failure, as reported in these dispatches at the time. Something of a sensation has been caused today by the fact that late yesterday afternoon John D. Van Nuys and Walter S. Hamilton, members of the firm, were arrested by Deputy United State Marshal Marshall, on a order of arrest issued by Judge Dyer. This morning the same officer arrested Larkin B. Day, the senior member of the firm. The arrests were all made on the affidavits of Andrew Wright, a member of the firm of W.&J. Sloane, of New York, who charges the members of the firm with wrongfully converting property of the plaintiffs to their own use and of obtaining goods under false pretenses. The parties arrested were allowed to give bail in the sum of $2,500 each. Charles L. Day, the junior member of the firm, is in Minneapolis, and therefore was not arrested. The news of the arrest did not leak out until this afternoon. This firm failed a few weeks ago for about $70,000. Larkein B. Day, after having consulted his attorney, said: "We are not to be tried in the newspapers, but will meet the charges when the proper time arrives. The arrest affects, I believe, only the individual members of the firm responsible for the amount claimed, but does not attack the title of the Receiver who was appointed last month."
    • from "The Chicago Tribune", 14 Nov 1883 (newspapers.com)
      MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 13 - [Special] - Mr. Larkin B. Day, senior partner of the carpet-house of L.B. Day & Co., which failed a short time ago, died suddenly of apoplexy today, aged 53.
    • From Nov 17, 1883 of Daily Nebraska State Journal (NewspaperArchive.com)
      Old Peorians, residents of this city, will be surprised and sorry to learn of the death of Larkin B Day, one of the most upright and honorable men of that great city. He died at Milwaukee last Monday, in the fifty-second year of this age.

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Randall, Oran E, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., (D. Leonard printer, Brattleboro, Vt. 1882), 279-280.

    2. [S19] Smith, George Washington, History of Illinois and her people, (American Historical Society, Chicago, 1927), 277-278.