Family Group Sheet
NameDavid Day
Birth8 Mar 1845, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death11 Dec 1903, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherJedediah Day (1820-)
MotherCynthia Ann Fannin (~1821-<1900)
Marriageabt 1884, Kentucky
SpouseMartha A. Barker
BirthSep 1851, Kentucky
Deathaft 1930
Children
Birth13 Jun 1885, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death10 Feb 1945, South Vienna, Clark Co., Ohio
SpouseDavid “Allen” Black
Notes for David Day
There were two other David Days of nearly the same age in the area, one born ca 1845/1846, the son of James A. Day and Anna Margaret Epperhart, and the other born May 1846, son of John W. Day and Lydia Cogswell.
The identification of this one with the son of Jedediah Day and Cynthia Fannin is primarily based on him being listed as blind.
The identification of this one with the son of Jedediah Day and Cynthia Fannin is primarily based on him being listed as blind.
Notes for Martha A. Barker
I cannot find her in the Kentucky death records, so she may have died in Ohio, where her daughter Susan died in 1945.
Census
I cannot find Martha in the 1910 census. In 1920 and 1930 she was listed with her daughter Chloe Susan.
Census Notes for David & Martha A. (Family)
1900 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Devil’s Fork precinct, lists on p. 11B as family #195:
Day, David, 55, b. Mar 1845, saloon keeper; Martha A., wife, 48, b. Sep 1851, married 15 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living; Susan, dau, 14, b. June 1885; Crisp, David C., grandson, 6, b. Mar 1894; Eli, nephew, 20, b. Jan 1880. All born Ky Ky Ky.
David has a notation “B” in the field that holds street address numbers in censuses of cities, which is blank for everyone else on several pages. Most likely this is the census taker’s way of noting that David was blind, since the 1900 census does not have a column for disabilities.
This is apparently a second marriage for Martha, since if she had 6 living children in the 15 years of her marriage to David Day, one would assume that more than one of them would be living in the household.
Day, David, 55, b. Mar 1845, saloon keeper; Martha A., wife, 48, b. Sep 1851, married 15 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living; Susan, dau, 14, b. June 1885; Crisp, David C., grandson, 6, b. Mar 1894; Eli, nephew, 20, b. Jan 1880. All born Ky Ky Ky.
David has a notation “B” in the field that holds street address numbers in censuses of cities, which is blank for everyone else on several pages. Most likely this is the census taker’s way of noting that David was blind, since the 1900 census does not have a column for disabilities.
This is apparently a second marriage for Martha, since if she had 6 living children in the 15 years of her marriage to David Day, one would assume that more than one of them would be living in the household.
