Day Family Notes
Peter Day had a son named Solomon and Peter's father was also named Solomon & his mother was named Susannah Unknown. Additionally, Calvin Center in Cass Co. Michigan was once called "Day" and there is a lake there called Day Lake. Just a bit of trivia.
Peter Day, b. 9 Jul, 1823 VA, d. 19 Jun, 1883 in Calvin, Cass Co. MI.
His wife Edith Archer, b. 1827 in NC, d. 29 Dec. 1886, probably in same
place.
Children were:
Ann Eliza, b. 16 Oct
1846, in OH, m. Solomon C. Griffin on 16 May, 1872.
Julia A.,
b. abt. 1848, in OH, d. 16 May 1871, in Calvin, Cass Co. MI. Julia, d.age
28years, buried Bethel Cemetery
Solomon L., b. abt. 1850, in
Calvin, Cass Co. MI, m. Ruth Mathews on 8 Nov, 1873, in Brownsville, Cass Co.
MI. Solomon, buried in Bethel Cemetery
John W., b. Sep 1852, in
Calvin, d. 1906, in Calvin.
Isaiah M., b. Nov 1853, m. Martha
Jane Hawks on 2 Apr 1876, in Calvin & d. 2 Nov 1920.
Edith
J., b. 11 Sep 1855, & d. Dec 1869, in Calvin.
Elizabeth
Frances, b. May 1858, m. Austin James 8 Apr, 1877, in Cass Co. Austin, b,1852,
d.04 Sep 1922 age 70y - buried Chain Lake Cemetery.
Note: In
1875 Calvin had three post offices 1. Day, 2. Brownville, 3 Lee Mills
Garner Family Notes
Seymour Garner b. North Carolina is the father of Moses. He and his wife appear in the 1860 census and 1870 census for Cass County. 1860 they are living in Penn twp and in 1870 they are in the Newberg twp. Moses would later live in Calvin twp with his wife nick named Eva. He is listed as black in some census and mulatto in other census.
Seymour Garner b. circa 1815 and his bride Altha Anna (unknown) b. circa
1820 came from North Carolina - in 1850 you can find them in Henry County
Indiana.
(Note: I have not connected a relationship between James Garner
and Seymour Garner at this point. James appears in the 1850 Calvin twp census
and is also from North Carolina
Children:
Mary b. about 1841 in Illinois
Noah b. abt 1842 in Indiana as were the following
children
Soloman abt 1843
Samuel abt
1845
Aaron about 1847
Moses abt
1849
Eliza and Martha abt 1853
Thomas about
1856
S C about 1859 this might be the same as Eli S who shows as
10 year old in the 1870 census