DAY-Samuel - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

The DAY Family settled on Section 13. They comprised Samuel Day, the father; Peggy, the mother and children, John P; Samuel; NB Day and Cordelia, wife of James Hock. Samuel Day was a native of Ky. He died in 1858. He married Peggy Purviance 1821. She was a native of Ky. They had 9 children. They came from Preble County, Ohio to this stae. Samuel came here in 1854. He was twice married; first to Susanah Swisher who die din 1858. He married Miss Jennie Lyons for his second wife in 1861. Samuel Day was the 1st circuit clerk and recorder of Ford County. John P. Day was born in 1824. He settled in Patton in 1857. In 1845 he married malinda Swisher, a native of Southern Indiana. He served as county treasurer several times. John P and Samuel Day were engaged in the real estate and loan business in Paxton. The Day family first lived ont he farm that was afterward owne! d by BQ Cherry. NB Day married Barbara daughter of Daniel C. Stoner an old pioneer of this county. Mr. Day is now living in Paxton. Cordelia married Mr. James Hock who was a resident of Paxton and one of the oldest settlers of the township. They were married in1 858. Mr. Hock was a farmer and stock raiser and came to what is now Ford County from Fountain County, Indiana in 1852.