OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - DAY, William (1904)
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From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

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                    WILLIAM DAY
 William Day, deceased.  The subject of this memoir
 resided four
miles north of Echo, Stevens county, and was engaged in
diversified farming and stock breeding.  He was born in
Leeds, England, in 1841, the son of James and Mary Day,
natives of England.  They came to the United States in
1844 and located in Ohio, where they lived twelve years
removing to Missouri, where they died.  They were of a
wealthy and distinguished English family.  Eleven
children were born to them, of whom six survive: John,
in Missouri; William, our subject; Sarah, married to
Samuel Weller; Gus, in Kansas; Eli, of Iowa; Edgar, of
Missouri; and Renz.  A son named Joseph was killed
during the Civil war.
 The education of our subject was received in the public
 schools
of Missouri, and at the age of eighteen he enlisted in
Company E, Seventh Missouri Cavalry, serving four years
in the Civil war, being mustered out in the fall of
1865, at St. Louis.  Eight years subsequently he removed
to western Kansas, engaged in general farming for
thirteen years, and then became a contractor for a
railroad company.  Two years later he came to Stevens
county, and secured a contract in Spokane to do street
grading. This was in the fall of 1889.  He arrived in
Spokane the evening following the great fire.  Removing
to Stevens county, he secured a quarter section of land,
which he continued to improve until he died, January 1,
1900.
 Our subject left a widow and six children, viz: Willis,
 now in
the Indian Territory; Charles R.; Mary, wife of Thomas
W. Stack, of Victoria, British Columbia; Joseph; Elmer,
in Oregon; and Niva Elwood, of Stevens county.  In 1865
our subject was united in marriage to Susan Gammon,
daughter of Josiah and Clarinda (Steward) Gammon,
natives of Kentucky.  They removed to Iowa and thence to
Missouri, where they died. To them were born twelve
children, of whom eight survive: Ann, wife of Andrew
Fifer; William, of Pomeroy, Washington; Robert; Susan
and Lucinda, twins; Della, wife of Joseph Dunham;
Clarinda, married to Z. Clifton, of Missouri; and
Paulina, married to M. Brown.  The family of the mother
were relatives of the Stewards of Scotland, and her
father was a judge in Clark county, Missouri, four
years.
 The political principles of our subject were those of
 the 
Republican party, until after the war, when he voted the
Democratic ticket, affiliating with the People's party
when it came into existence. He was nominated for county
clerk in Stevens county, but was defeated. Throughout
his life he was active in political movements, and
always took a lively interest in local affairs.  He was
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a
Spiritualist by faith.