DAY, Charles Ruben - Putnam

 I was born and raised in Putnam County, Indiana. I have always been interested in my dad's family but was told that his grandfather (my great-grandfather) had been orphaned. Seems like the end of the line doesn't it? I refuse to let it be. My Dad died without knowing who his grandfather's parents were but with your help I hope to be able to find the information that was so elusive to me while he was still alive.

Many years ago I went to the courthouse and I wrote down everything that I could find that had the name Day on it. I checked marriage licenses, birth and death records, land records, you name it. A pattern began to emerge but I still couldn't find the information I needed. So I'm going to lay out what I found for you and maybe one of you will hear bells and whistles enough to help me with this. This is my family: Charles Ruben Day, b 30 May 1862, Claiborne County, TN, died 29 Jun 1944, Putnam Co., IN, married Frances Mary Ann Muncie, 31 Aug 1884, Clay Co., IN. Frances was the daughter of Reuben Muncie, b KY and Gincy Bullock, b NC They had five children:

Oscar Day, b 22 Jun 1885; d 14 Jun 1903

Rosa Day, b 24 Jan 1887; married Curtis Harcourt 19 Mar 1908. Rosa died Rettie M. (Ina) Day, b 18 Jul 1889; married Virgil Blue 12 Jan 1908. Ina died 15 Dec 1948 Ruben Roses Day, b 08 Mar 1892; died 03 Feb 1907 Francis "Frank" Willard Day, b 02 Jun 1894, married Lillie May Ikamire, 29 Oct 1913. Frank died 22 Oct 1957. I have never been able to find Charles Ruben Day on an 1870 census. Grandma Day--Lillie

Ikamire Day--showed me a White Bible that had the following written in the margin of one of the pages. Will Day and Emmeline Simmons, "Clabber Co., TN." I finally realized that Clabber County must be Claiborne County and it had been spelled as it sounded when the writer heard it.

I finally found Charles Ruben, or Ruben as most called him, on the 1880 census for Clay County, IN at the age of 18 as a boarder in the household of a John and Eliza Hadley. No known relationship and I have been unable to locate a relationship.

I have grasped at straws for many years, gathering information until I'm up to my hipbones it. This is that information. Putnam County, Indiana.

Other Day families with known Tennessee connections-- Thomas Jefferson Day, b 1 May 1833, Claiborne Co., TN (according to tombstone inscription) New Providence Cemetery. Died 01 Feb 1907. MAY HAVE married Margaret "Maggie" McMains, b 1852, died 22 Feb 1894, the daughter of Andrew McMains and Margaret Smith. Jane (Wells) Day of Claiborne Co., TN (appears on 1850 census in Dwelling 153, family 490, Claiborne Co., TN with following family composition):

William Day, 35, b. TN

Jane Day, 35, b. NC

William Day, 16, b. TN

James

George

Louisa

Polly

Nancy

Nelson

Fanny

Amanda