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DAY-PRUETT
Seeking information on parentage of Daniel C. Day and
siblings who grew up in various households in the
1850s-1860s in Wilkinson and Twiggs Counties GA. The
following list of Day siblings and their birth dates
is from a hand written list (author unknown) found in
a paper wallet in a field beside a burned out house in
Wilkinson County in the early 1900's.
Lusindy Day b. 25 Apr 1836 d. 25 Nov 1840 (birth and
death dates on original list)
Benjamin T. Day b. 5 May 1839 in GA
Lucinda Day b.13 Aug 1841 in GA d. c. 1915 in Bibb
Co., GA
Martha Day b. 21 Nov 1842 in GA d. 6 Jun 1917 in Bibb
Co., GA
James M. Day b.25 Oct 1846 in GA
William F. Day b. 22 Apr 1848 in GA d. c. 1904 Twiggs
Co. GA
Daniel C. Day. b. 22 Jul 1849 in GA d. 29 May 1912 in
Wilkinson Co.GA;
Addison H Day b. 6 Oct 1850 in GA d.c. 1910 on
Savannah River in drowning accident
Eliza Day b. 23 Nov 1852 in GA d.28 Nov 1852 (birth
and death dates on original list)
In the 1850 Census of Wilkinson Co GA, 8 year Lucinda
Day and 1-year-old Addison Day were living with the
Thomas and Nancy Fort Family.
In the 1850 Census of Wilkinson Co GA, 7-year-old
Martha Day was living with the Benjamin and Jane
Fountain Family.
In the 1850 Census of Twiggs Co GA, 5-year-old James
M. Day and 2-year-old Daniel C. Day were living with
the John and Priscilla Radford Family.
In the 1860 Census of Wilkinson Co GA, 12-year-old
James M. Day and 10-year-old Daniel C. Day were living
with the John and Priscilla Radford Family.
In the 1860 Census of Wilkinson Co GA, 12-year-old
William F. Day was living next door with John and
Priscilla Radford's son and daughter-in-law, James G.
and Emaline P. Radford.
In the 1860 Census of Wilkinson Co. GA, 14-year-old
Martha Day was living with the Jeremiah Dixon family.
In the 1860 Census of Wilkinson Co GA, 21-year-old
Benjamin Day is married to Mary A. and they have a
4-month-old child, Rebecca. Seeking contact with any descendants.
Lucinda married James F. Pruett of Wilkinson Co. GA b.
17 Oct 1842 d. c. 1899 in Bibb Co., GA They lived in
Macon, Bibb Co., GA. Where are they buried? They had
one son, James Henry Pruett b. 15 Mar 1878 who married Sallie _____. They had 3 children James Edgar Pruett b.c. 1898; Norman Pruett b.c. 1905; Louise Pruett b.c. 1907. Seeking contact with any descendants.
In GA in 1865 Martha married a Jewish soldier who
deserted the Union Army during the Civil War, Peter
Sternberg, b.Mar 1842 in Ohio d. 1908 in Penn, St.
Joseph Co., Indiana. After the war ended, they
returned to Indiana to live. They had one child, Sarah
Annie, who died at 7 years old. After Peter died in
Indiana in 1908, Martha returned to Macon, GA, and
lived with her sister, Lucinda Day Pruett, and
Lucinda's family in Macon. Martha died in Macon of
malaria in 1917 and her body was shipped to Indiana to
be buried beside her husband and daughter. All buried
in Eutzler Cemetery , Misawaka, St. Joseph Co.,
Indiana.
Seeking any info on James M. Day and contact with his
descendants.
William F. Day m. in Twiggs Co. about 1869 widow,
Missouri Beall Mercer b. 1842 in GA d.1879 in Twiggs
Co., GA. They had two daughters, Myra and Fannie.
Fannie married Obidiah ("Obe") D. Fountain. They had
no children. Myra married Newton I. Booth. They had
several children. Seeking contact with any
descendants. Fannie and Myra and their husbands are
buried in Asbury Cemetery in Wilkinson Co. Where are
William and Missouri Day buried? William did not
remarry after Missouri died. Family story that William
Day was shot and killed in Twiggs County by a jealous
husband who found William with his wife.
Daniel C. Day and Sarah Jane Snow m. 5 July 1864. Sarah Jane Snow b. 1851 In Wilkinson Co. GA d.4 Jul 1930 in Wilkinson Co. GA. Both buried in Snow Hill Cemetery, Wilkinson Co. GA. Have extensive information on this line and willing to share.
Addison H. Day married in Wilkinson County GA about
1868 to Sarah E. Simpson b. 4 Feb 1857 in Wilkinson
Co. GA d. 2 May 1922 in Wheeler Co. GA
The family lived in Laurens County GA and eventually
relocated to Glenwood and Alamo, Montgomery/Wheeler Co, GA. Family stories hold that Addison would leave home for long periods of time and would return and stay a while and
then disappear only to return again. Once he went to
the spring to get a bucket of water and was gone for 2
years! Family story is that he had 3 families. One
wife and family in Montgomery/Wheeler Co; a second
wife and family in Wayne Co. GA; location of third
family unknown. Am in contact with Wheeler Co
descendants. Seeking contact with Wayne Co. and any other descendants.
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