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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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SAMUEL A. DAY, farmer, P. O. Mt. Oreb, was born May 24, 1845, in Green Township, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents are Samuel and Miriam Day. He has, from his youth up, been engaged in agricultural pursuits. In January, 1862, he enlisted in the Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which formed a part of the Army of the Tennessee, and subsequently became attached to the Army of the Gulf. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, the siege of Vicksburg and Mansfield. At the latter battle, in April, 1864, he was taken a prisoner by the Confederates, and confined in Camp Ford Prison, Texas, for six and one-half months, when an exchange of prisoners took place, which secured for him his freedom. He again joined his regiment, which was subsequently consolidated with the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he became one of the supernumerary non-commissioned officers. He received an honorable discharge in January, 1865. On January 2, 1866, he married Lucretia Bryant, by whom he has one child — Lizzie A. Mr. Day is the owner of thirty and a quarter acres of land located in the southern portion of Green Township and is a member of the M. E. Church. Samuel Day, father of our subject, was born in November, 1802, in Clermont County. He married Miriam Hayward, by whom he had ten children, nine of whom are still living — George W., John C., Mary E., Joseph E. H., Harvey W., Susan J., Samuel A., David L. and Hanson L. In 1832 or 1833, Mr. Day located in the southern portion of Green Township, Brown County, where he at present resides. He has served as Township Trustee, Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk, and is the owner of 216 acres of land.

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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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