H. E. Day
H. E. Day, farmer, P. O. Deerfield, was born on the banks of the Mahoning River, in Deerfield Township, this county, November 23, 1804. His grandfather, Lewis Day, with Mr. Ely and Daniel Diver, came to this county in 1799, subsequently returned to the East, but came back here in 1800, bringing their families, and were the first to settle in Deerfield Township. The Day's settlement was east of the Center, and there two generations have lived and passed away. Munn and Lucy (Ely) Day, the parents of our subject, were natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut respectively, and were parents of eight children, six of whom are now living. Our subject was married, first in 1830, to Miss Minerva Scranton, of Atwater, who died in 1838, leaving three children: Dudley M., born on the homestead in 1831, and who married Miss Mary Smith, of Portage County, Ohio, in 1856 (have three children); Edgar M., and Lucy H, wife of A. M. Crosser. Mr. Day was married on the second occasion to Miss Martha Wakefield, of New York State, who bore him four children: Ewing W., who enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantiy. and was killed in the battle of Stone River; Louisa, wife of Charles Newton; Laura E., wife of F. Hartzall; and Heman L. Mr. Day was engaged in the tannery erected in Deerfield by Jesse Grant, father of Gen. Grant, with whom he had pleasant business associations. Our subject is Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a consistent member for many years.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885