Edgar G Day-Albert B Day-Essex, VT

The brothers Edgar and Albert Day were 2 of the 11 children born to David Day Jr and Zilpha Griffin In Essex, Vermont. Many members of the family are buried in a family ploy in the Village Cemetery in what is now Essex Junction. The fate of the two brothers was harder to trace. There are only a few bits and pieces of family history remaining that mention them. For instance the brothers are listed as surviving heirs in the probate filed for their father in 1845. In 1865 Rosetta Griffin Hunt wrote a letter to her brother, Albert Griffin, then living in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the letter she discussed their sister Zilpha’s family in part she wrote,------------- “Edgar and Albert died in the Army 2 years ago last fall”.------------------------------ The actual fate of the 2 brothers has remained hidden until the resent discovery of records made available in newly digitalized archives. What follows are 2 short biographies for the 2 brothers.------------------------------------------------------------ Edgar G Day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar G Day was born in Essex, Chittenden Co., Vermont on Nov 26, 1862 the son of David Day and Zilpha Grifffin. His name appears in the Congregational Church records listed as a child of David Day along with his brother Asa and sister Ellen. His name is also listed in the probate records as one of the heirs to his father, David Day’s estate which, was filed in 1845. In a family letter written by his aunt Rosetta Griffin Hunt dated in 1865 it was noted that both he and his brother Albert B had died two years ago in the Civil War.-------------------------------------------------------- The when and where of Edgar’s life remained a mystery for some time. There were no records of a Edgar Day from Essex in the Civil War records such as those for his brother Albert. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently we have tracked him to the 1860 census taken in Madsion, Buchanan, Iowa. He is listed as E.G. Day age 27, from Vermont along with his wife, Mary, age 21 from New York. There is a marriage record between Edgar G Day and Mary L Parmenter dated 29 October 1857 in Winnebago County, Illinois. --------------------------------- We have also found a Probate File for Edgar G Day. That is dated the Twentieth Day of August AD 1862. In part it reads,---------------------------------------------------------- ‘The last will and testament of Edgar G Day of the city of Rockford of the county of Winnebago and state of Illinois. I Edgar G Day having enlisted in the service of the United States, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament.”--------- In the will Edgar leaves a piece of property located in Buchanan Co. to his “beloved wife Mary L Day.”--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Later in the Probate File we find an entry,------------------------------------------------- “Estate of Edgar G Day, deceased…….. in the county court December term 1862” It is signed at the bottom by Mary L Day with the date January 3, 1863.---------------- There is a file for Edgar G Day of Rockford, Ill. in the Illinois veterans records. It notes his enlistment in 1862. It records his death November 26, 1862 at Louisville, Kentucky. Edgar was brought back to Illinois for burial. He is interred in the Greenwood Cemetery in Rockford, Ill.------------------------------------------------------ Mary L Parmenter was born about 1839 in New York. Her death is recorded in the town records of Lynn, Massachusetts. It lists her as Mary L Day, maiden name Parmenter, who died on December 29, 1893 at the age of 54.----------------------- Albert B Day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Albert B Day and his twin brother Alfred were born August 25, 1842 in Essex, Vermont to David Day and his wife Zilpha Buell. Alfred died 28 Nov, 1842 is buried with their parents in Essex. Albert B Day is listed as an heir in the probate filed for his father, David Day, in 1845. He is the subject of a family letter written by his aunt, Rosetta Griffin Hunt, in 1865. The letter noted that Albert and his brother Edgar had both died in the Civil War two years ago.----------------------------------------------------- There are a number of records found in the military records for the Civil War. One is for Albert B Day born in Essex, VT aged 20. It notes his enlistment on July 14, 1862. At the bottom it records his death;------------------------------------------------------ “Died at Redtl Hospital Seneca Falls, MD Oct 28/62 of Typhoid fever-single-Residence Colchester, VT” -------------------------------------------------------------- Edgar-Albert Day / Zilpha Griffin / Samuel Griffin / Samuel Griffin / Samuel Griffin of Killingworth, CT