John Alexander Day and Mercy Isabel Smith

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Husband John Alexander Day ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Sep 1854 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 2
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         Father: Eleazer Hill Day (1815-1899) 2
         Mother: Eliza Webster (1821-1875) 2

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Wife Mercy Isabel Smith ³

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            AKA: Mercy Charlotte Smith 1
           Born: 9 Apr 1856 3
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         Father: Chauncey Smith (1809-1886) 4
         Mother: Mercy Charlotte Mellen (1816-1856) 4

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Children

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1 M Archibald Smith Day ^{1 3}

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           Born: 18 Mar 1881 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 1 3
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         Spouse: Leota Caroline Whitehill (1882-      ) 1 3
           Marr: 14 Jun 1907 - Kane, McKean Co, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Alexander Day

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He was educated at Youngsville, Warren County, Pennsylvania, and in early life learned the trade of shoemaker. He later embarked in the boot and shoe business in his native town, continuing the same for a period of twelve years, and the following four years was associated with Dr. Crawford in the drug business. He then purchased a farm at Youngsville and embarked in the raising of stock, later adding other farms, finally becoming the owner of about four hundred acres of valuable land. About the year 1894 he erected a telephone line connecting his father's house with his own, distant about two and a half miles, and this he shortly extended to Chandlers Valley and Sugargrove. In 1897 he made arrangements and connected with the Bell Telephone Company's line, or system. The line was called the Brokenstraw & Stillwater Telephone Company, which came to operate between two and three hundred miles of line and was patronized by over five hundred subscribers. He established the Sheffield Telephone Company, which business he placed in the hands of his son, Archibald S. Day, for his own use and benefit. He was the prime factor in the building of the Warren County Traction Company, in 1896, originally known as the Youngsville & Sugargrove Street Railway, consisting of eleven miles of road, with locomotive power, and he served in the capacity of vice-president and general manager of the same. In addition to these interests, he was a stockholder in the First National Bank of Youngsville, Gem Mirror Works and Youngsville Saddlery Company. A keynote to his success in his many undertakings was his executive ability and mastery of detail in whatever engaged his attention. He was a Republican in politics, and held membership in Sugargrove Lodge, No. 547, Free and Accepted Masons; Occidental Chapter, No. 235, Royal Arch Masons, of Warren, and Warren Commandery, No. 63, Knights Templar. [GPHAV, 1059]

1 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 217.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1059.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1060.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 723, 1060.