Mclennan County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Day, Elmira  S. (Mrs. John   W.) 1954
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Dallas Morning News
Mrs. John W. Day

Moody, Texas.
A member of the oldest family in Coryell County died at her farm home near here.
She was Mrs. John W. Day , 94.

Mrs. Day was the daughter of Frederick Miller Grimes a veteran of the Battle of
San Jacinto. Her sister, Nancy Ellen, was the first white child born in Coryell
County.

Her parents were the first settlers in Coryell County, arriving when the present
county seat of Gatesville was known as Fort Boot.

Mrs. Day is survived by two sons, seven grandchildren, sixteen
great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Born: Jan 21, 1860
Died: May 17, 1954
Buried: Moody Cemetery

Additional Comments:
Sons:  Ernest (1881)
Charles M. (1888)
Daughter: Vesta Virginia (1883) died Aug 4, 1918

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