Benjamin Wilson Day
Benjamin Wilson Day was born around 1824 in Ohio to Elam Day and Almira Mansfield. His father was a farmer who owned $6,000 of real estate and $1,042 of personal property by 1860. The family moved throughout Ohio: they lived in Huron County in 1830, Hancock County in 1840, and Liberty in 1850.
 
He married Emeline Hubbard on April 9, 1846, and they had five children, including Elam, who was born around 1849. By 1850, Day was working as a physician in Liberty, and he owned $350 of real estate. Two decades later, he was a clergyman in Harrison, Ohio, and he owned $2,000 of real estate and $300 of personal property. By 1900, they were living in Findlay, Ohio. He died in 1902.
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(1385)Day, Benjamin Wilson18241902
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 3

  • (5292) [recipient] ~ Elam M. Day to Benjamin W. Day and Emeline Day, 23 April 1865
  • (5293) [recipient] ~ Elam M. Day to Benjamin W. Day and Emeline Day, 22 January 1865
  • (5294) [recipient] ~ Elam M. Day to Benjamin W. Day and Emeline Day, 3 January 1865

People - Records: 1

  • (1385) Day, Benjamin Wilson is the [parent of] (1384) Day, Elam M.

Places - Records: 1

  • (274) [birth, death] ~ Ohio

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1850, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com.