- JOSEPH W. DAY, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Janesville; born in
England in 1837; came to Wisconsin
- in 1865, locating at La Prairie, and purchasing 160 acres,
his present homestead. In 1877, he also purchased a wood lot
of five acres, in the town of Harmony. Married in England, March
10, 1863, Miss Elizabeth DAY, a native of England, who died at
La Prairie March 4, 1870. They had four children - Frederick
W., born Sept. 30, 1864; Mary L., born Oct. 17, 1866; Edith F.,
born Jan. 29, 1868; Samuel, who died at the age of six months.
Married again, in 1871, Miss E. M. KINGSTON, a native of England.
Have two children - Willington A., born Feb. 7, 1872; Alexander
W., born Sept. 4, 1874. Treasurer School District for the past
six years; Pathmaster a number of years. During the war, was
drafted in the New York militia, in1865; received an honorable
discharge; Republican.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 833-834.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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