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William Harrison Day

Birth	:	22 Sep 1843 Guilford, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	24 Jan 1916 Whitten, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.6074982, -116.2294006
Description	:	(The Eldora Herald, Thursday, Jan. 27,1916) CIVIL WAR VETERAN AN OLD SOLDIER CALLED Whitten Man Long And Well Known in Hardin County Responds to Last "Assembly". William Harrison Day was born near Guildord Illinois on September 22, 1843 and passed away at his home in Whitten Iowa on Monday January 24, 1916, being a little more than 72 years of age at the time of death. His death followed a long illness during which he suffered greatly. When a small boy he moved from Illinois to Wisconsin and in that State he married November 25, 1865 to Sarah M. Raine. They came... Read More	(The Eldora Herald, Thursday, Jan. 27,1916) CIVIL WAR VETERAN AN OLD SOLDIER CALLED Whitten Man Long And Well Known in Hardin County Responds to Last "Assembly". William Harrison Day was born near Guildord Illinois on September 22, 1843 and passed away at his home in Whitten Iowa on Monday January 24, 1916, being a little more than 72 years of age at the time of death. His death followed a long illness during which he suffered greatly. When a small boy he moved from Illinois to Wisconsin and in that State he married November 25, 1865 to Sarah M. Raine. They came to Iowa in 1883 and lived in this vincinity since that time. To them were born twelve children. The wife and seven of their children survive the father. The living children are Mrs. Edith Cowell and Mrs. Marvin Nelson of Eldora, Mrs. Anne Weaver, Mrs. Edna Hauser and the Misses Bessie K. and Hilda F. Day and Marvin Day of Whitten. There are fourteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A neice, Mrs. Elvin Rogers lives at Benton, Wisconsin, and a nephew Robert D. Graves of Wheaton Illinois. He was the last survivor of a family of twelve children. In 1862, when not quite 20 years of age, he enlisted in Company C, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, known in the service as " The Gurley Hawks". He served under General U.S. Grant at the siege of Vicksburg and in several battles under General A.J. Smith. He was honorably discharged six days before the close of the war. The funeral services were held Wednesday from the family home in Whitten and were conducted by the Rev. Eugene Curliss. The interrment was in the Benson Cemetary east of Whitten. The pallbearers were six grandsons: Edward, Vern, Hamer, Ray and John Cowell all of Eldora and Donald D. Weaver of Whitten. The honorary pallbearers were four of his old soldier comrades: Henry Burkhart and Henry Herlocker of Union Iowa, and Jesse Meyer and Charles Day of Whitten. Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mrs. Alvin Rogers of Benton Wisconsin, Mrs. M.J. Sides of Sheffield Iowa and George M. Raine of Marshalltown Iowa.

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William Harrison Day's memorial is located at: Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, USA.
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William Harrison Day death on 24 Jan 1916 in Whitten, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.6074982
Longitude: -116.2294006

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Sarah Mariah Raine Day

(1848 - 1933)

Children

Mary Edith “Edie” Day Cowell

(1866 - 1943)

Margaret Day “Maggie” Nelson

(1869 - 1957)

Annie Eliza Day Weaver

(1871 - 1961)

James E Day

(1874 - 1898)

Marvin Ellsworth Day

(1882 - 1957)

(unknow - unknow)

Fred Day

(1886 - 1887)

Edna Bell Day Hauser

(1889 - 1947)

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Coordinate: 43.6618000, -116.3927500

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