Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Solomon Day    
                Born: May-27-1843          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: May-12-1939          near Bristol, Harrison Co, WV  3,1
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  3,4,5
             Resided:                      near Bristol, Harrison Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
            Military: enlisted Mar 1 1865  Pvt, Co E, 14th WVa Inf, Civil War  6,1 (see note 2)
              Father: Nathan Day 
              Mother: Jane Harrison 
                Wife: Tacy Anna Hughes     
          Birth name: Tussa Anna Hughes 7
             Married: May-18-1871          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
                Born: Oct- 5-1855          at Buckeye Community, near Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  9
                Died: Apr-30-1910           10
             Resided: 1871                 in Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Sylvester Hughes   (1821 - 1864) 
              Mother: Delila Ann F. Randolph   (1831 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Fred L. Day      
       Also known as: Frederick L. Day 1
                Born: Aug-17-1884          in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV  12,2
                Died: Feb-17-1981          in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH  12 (see note 3)
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  12
             Resided:                      in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH  12
             Resided: 1960                 in North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1929                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      grocer in North View  12
                Wife: Ora Shingleton  b. Nov- 7-1881  d. Jan-25-1960  
             Married: Dec-24-1905          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
           M Child 2: Thomas J. Day      

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(7) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Solomon Day, 24, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of 
Nathan & Jane Day; and Tacy A. Hughes, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Sylvester & Delila Ann Hughes.  Married May 18 
1871 in Doddridge County.  (Note:  Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County Marriages" reports wife's name as Lucy A. Hughes.  
The original handwritten record, which could be interpreted as Lacy, does appear to read Tacy.), MR p. 
178. 
(9) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Tussa Anna Hughes, white female, born Oct 5 1855 at 
Buckeye, dau of Sylvester & Dolle Ann Hughes.  (Note:  "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 103, identifies her as 
Tacy Jane Hughes, born Oct 5 1854, as does her mother's Civil War widow's pension application.), BR p. 
6. 
(10) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 103. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(12) Obituary. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 24 given at time of 1871 marriage would put birth in about 1847, but date
in death record and on headstone is May 27 1843.
Note (2) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 
about Solomon Day Name: Solomon Day 
Side: Union 
Regiment State/Origin: West Virginia 
Regiment Name: 14 West Virginia Inf. 
Regiment Name Expanded: 14th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
Company: E 
Rank In: Private 
Rank In Expanded: Private 
Rank Out: Private 
Rank Out Expanded: Private 
Film Number: M507 roll 3 
 
American Civil War Soldiers 
about Solomon Day Name: Solomon Day 
Side Served: Union 
State Served: West Virginia 
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company E, 14th Infantry Regiment West Virginia.
Sources: 304 
 
Note (3) Predeceased by five brothers.







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