When Morrill Curtis Day was born on 15 December 1831, in Cornish, York, Maine, United States, his father, Oliver Perkins Day, was 21 and his mother, Abagail Watson, was 18. He married Lucinda Jane Staples in 1852. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870 and Bethlehem, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States in 1880. He died on 23 January 1895, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.
English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).
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