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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  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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Thomas J. Day, proprietor of the Day House, and partner in Day & Allen’s livery stable, was born in what is now Trousdale County, Tenn., in 1831; son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Scott) Day. The father was born in 1804, in North Carolina, of Irish ancestry. He died in 1885. His first wife was a native Tennessean, and died in 1841. His second wife was Nancy Stubblefield, and she is also dead. Thomas J. remained with his parents until the age of nineteen years. In 1851 he wedded Martha J. Allen, and shortly after this event he became a partner in a wool factory and cabinet shop at Hartsville, a business in which he has ever since continued. His partner in this enterprise was Arch Allen, who has always continued with him from the first. In 1861 they secured control of the stage line between Gallatin and Hartsville, and are now running two daily stages between these points, and also between Hartsville and LaFayette, carrying the mails on each line. Since 1864 Mr. Day has lived in Gallatin. In 1885 his livery barn, together with eighteen horses, burned; but with commendable pluck he immediately rebuilt and restocked, and now has a finely equipped livery barn. His first wife died February 18, 1874. May 2, of the same year, Mrs. Maggie V. (Sweetland) Powell became his wife, and they have one son, Archie. Mrs. Day by her first husband has four children: Annie, Eddie, Minnie and Carrie. In 1880 Mr. Day began keeping hotel. He is an Odd Fellow, a Democrat, and Mrs. Day is a Missionary Baptist.

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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of Sumner County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee

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