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BENJAMIN F. DAY, farmer, P. O. Feesburg, is a son of Mark and Lina E. (Carter) Day, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and in early life came to Bracken County, Ky., where they married, in 1801, and eleven years later, moved to Ohio with five children, viz.: William, Asa, Susan, Anna and John C. Mark and family settled on F. Taylor’s survey, on the farm now owned by our subject, and were the first permanent settlers on the farm, which, of course, was all in the wilds of nature. They soon leveled the trees, and opened a spot on which to erect a log hut, wherein they moved and began life in earnest. It was not long until several acres of tillable land was the result of their own labor, as they had invested all their means in the 100 acres, and could not hire help. Mark lived to see most of his farm under cultivation, and endured many privations. During life he possessed good health, and was of large and robust frame. In 1851, he died, aged nearly eighty-one years. His wife survived until about 1871, when she, too, entered her final rest. Of their fifteen children, thirteen became heads of families, and six are now living, viz.: Benjamin P., Mary E., Joseph L., Conrod B., George W. and Malinda. Benjamin F. is the eldest living, and few at the age of sixty-seven years can say as he can — that he was born and raised on, and now owns, the home farm, never having resided anywhere save on the farm of his birth. It consists of 122 acres, and is fairly improved. Their buildings have been destroyed by fire several times. He is one of the well-to-do farmers of Lewis Township, and politically is a Democrat, as was his father before him. He and wife are both members of the Christian Church, and are the parents of six children, of whom five are now living, viz.: Maria J., Mary F., William A., Mark E. and Samuel E.