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SAMUEL L. DAY, farmer; P. O. Piqua; born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 3, 1834; is a son of Jehiel and Sarah B. (Lyon) Day; his father was born in New Jersey and his mother in Hamilton Co.; they were the parents of nine children. viz., Aaron, deceased; Annis, deceased; Samuel L., Margaret, deceased; David H., deceased; Laura, Jehiel, deceased, and Cynthia A.; Jehiel, the father, came into Miami Co. in 1834 and located in Spring Creek Township, where he lived until his death, in December, 1867. Mr. Day was married, in 1855, to Susan Robinson, daughter of J. J. and Nancy (Hamilton) Robinson, who were born in Pennsylvania; by this union they have had six children, viz., William R., Louisa Bell, James Edward. Jehiel, Anna Hamilton and John Andrew. Jehiel, the father, was born in 1803; Sarah B., the mother, in 1807; the grandfather, Jehiel, emigrated from New Jersey to Ohio in the fall of 1812; his ancestors belonged to the old Scotch Presbyterians, who fled from persecution in the old country and sought an asylum in New Jersey; when he came to Ohio, he located in Hamilton Co.; he helped to organize the church at Sharon, and was an active member till his death, which occurred in 1832, of cholera; he was in the Revolutionary war, serving as 1st Lieutenant, and, after the war, when pensions were granted, continued to receive one up to the time of his death. Mr. Day, our subject, lived on the old home farm in Spring Creek Township, till the fall of 1873, when he sold the farm and came into Washington Township, purchasing the farm upon which he now resides; he owns here 93 acres of good land, with good buildings on it, having built the house since he came to the place; he has a beautiful home, with everything convenient and comfortable. Mr. Day and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, their membership dating back for thirty years; he is also a very active worker in the Sabbath school, and has been for many years.