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Sarah W Day 1821 – 1856 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1821

Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee USA

Death Date: 10 Jun 1856

Death Location: Denmark, Madison, Tennessee, USA

Father: Joseph Neilson

Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse(s): Rev Day

Children(s): George Day

In 1821, Sarah W Day entered the world in Greene, Tennessee USA, born to Joseph Hale Neilson and Mary Ann "Polly" Smith. Sarah W Day married Rev George Washington Day, and had children including George William Day. Sarah W Day passed away in 1856 in Denmark, Madison, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1821, Sarah W Day entered the world in Greene, Tennessee USA, born to Joseph Hale Neilson and Mary Ann "Polly" Smith.
  • Sarah W Day married Rev George Washington Day, and had children including George William Day.
  • Sarah W Day passed away in 1856 in Denmark, Madison, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Neilson
1792 – 1845
Birth Location: Greene County, Tennessee, USA
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Mary Smith
1794 – 1863
Birth Location: Bedford County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Rev Day
1808 – 1881
Birth Location: Russell, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

George Day
1850 – 1921
Birth Location: Jackson, Madison, Tennessee
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Sarah Day's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Day
1821 – 1856
Birth Place: Greene, Tennessee USA
Parents
Joseph Hale Neilson
1792 – 1845
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Mary (Ann "Polly") Smith
1794 – 1863
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Hugh (Douglas) Neilson
1762 – 1812
Old Cumnock, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sarah (Smith) Haile
1761 – 1818
Lancaster, Virginia, United States
William (Coleman) Smith
1771 – 1863
Bedford County, Virginia, Colonial America
Tabitha Hatcher
1773 – 1818
Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Robert Neilson
1723 – 1787
Elizabeth Douglass
1727 –
John Smith
1735 – 1820
Frances Burke
1742 – 1795
Benjamin Patriot
1732 – 1808
Mary Dupuy
1736 – 1822
2nd-Great-Grandparents
SAMUEL (Dea.)
1710 – 1778
Griselda Locker
1715 – 1785
Samuel Hatcher
1698 – 1775
Mary )
1705 – 1791
Jean Dupuy
1698 – 1775
Susane Levillain
1710 – 1775

Sarah Day's Descendants

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Sarah (W) Day (4 Mar 1821 – 10 Jun 1856) m. Rev (George Washington) Day (11 Feb 1808 – 4 Sep 1881)
  1. 1. George (William) Day (27 Dec 1850 – 9 Feb 1921) m. Mary (Jennie) McKissack (Mar 1854 – 26 May 1927)
    1. 1. Ernest (Linwood) Day (26 Sep 1889 – 1 Apr 1930) m. Abby (Estella) Lancaster (16 Jan 1895 – 13 Apr 1984) m. lancaster
      1. 1. Dorothy (E. Day) Legge (abt 1925 – 3 March 2000) m. Cleve (Carlos) Deckerd (1 May 1927 – 6/25/2005) m. James (Henry) Legge (8 October 1928 – 22 July 1997)
        1. 1. Lynn Kendal (abt 1946 – )
        2. 2. Sandra (C) Decker (15 Feb 1949 – ) m. Francis (D) Gramig (abt 1951 – ) m. Eric (J) Feiock (abt 1941 – )
        3. 3. Gale (J.) Aldridge (27 July 1951 – 2021)
        4. 4. Lynn Kendall
        5. 5. Brenda
        6. 6. Russell (L Charles) E.
        7. 7. John (L.) Raft

Sarah Day's Timeline

2 Records

1821
4 Mar 1821
Birth of Sarah W Day in Greene, Tennessee USA
Greene, Tennessee USA
1856
10 Jun 1856
Age 35
Death of Sarah W Day in Denmark, Madison, Tennessee, USA
Denmark, Madison, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1821
    Event Place: Greene, Tennessee USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jun 1856
    Event Place: Denmark, Madison, Tennessee, USA
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