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- 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.
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1831 - 1883 (51 years)
