Day, Edwin R. 1847-1921 & Adelia Peebles Family

DAY, BRYANT, PEEBLES, HURLBUT

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 4/20/2023 at 14:44:03

Day, Edwin R. 1847-1921 and Adelia Peebles Family

This story was taken from page 372 of the Ireton Centennial Book (1882-1982). The story was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. Some research notes were added by Wilma J. Vande Berg

Edwin R. Day, son of D. C. and Mary (Bryant) Day, was born in Greene, Co., Wisconsin, on July 2, 1847, the second child of a family of 4 sons and two daughters.

He came to Reading Twp., Sioux Co. in early 1871 and established his homestead on Sec. 28, five miles SE of Ireton. Later that year, he returned to Wisconsin to marry his childhood sweetheart, Adelia Peebles. He walked from Ireton to Des Moines by checking his compass and also the government survey stakes along the way. At Des Moines, he met his brother and together they traveled on to Greene Co. He and Adelia were married on Aug. 6, 1871 at York, WI. at the home of the bride’s parents. They returned to Sioux Co. and set up housekeeping by building a house. One of Adelia’s brothers homesteaded next to them, so they built their houses next to each other, each on the edge of their own claim, with a closed passage way between.

They weathered many hardships along with the other early settlers, of severe winters, grasshoppers, Indians and gypsies. The Indians frequently came through the trail near their home.

Adelia Peebles Day was born Dec. 18, 1851, one of 14 children to Philander and Hannah C. Hurlburt Peebles.

Adelia and Edwin were the parents of 14 children, 5 of which died at birth or early youth. They are buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery.

The Day’s remained on the same farm southeast of Ireton until he retired and moved into Ireton in 1907. They settled on the West edge of town in the house which was later sold to a nephew, L. D. Satterlee and used as his funeral home.

Edwin passed away on Mar. 10, 1921. He had been in poor health for some time, had undergone several operations and had been to Rochester, Mn. a month earlier to consult a physician. Adelia Day passed away on Mar. 24, 1939, at her home in Ireton.

Children of Adelia and Edwin were Jasper of Yakima, Wa., Eva of this vicinity, George of Washington, James of Utah, Flora (Bushby) of Struble, Ross of LeMars, Daisy (King) of Sioux City, Delbert of this vicinity, Robert of Redwood Falls, Mn.

All have passed away with Eva living to the age of 94 and Delbert both passing away in 1974.

RESEARCH NOTES: added by Wilma J. Vande Berg GSCGS Source - Ancestry.com public family trees has a family report submitted by other family members.

Edwin Rufus Day born 2 Jul 1847 York, Green, Wisconsin and died 10 Mar 1921 Ireton IA. His parents listed were David Cass Day 1822-1902 and Mary Rebecca Bryant 1828-1880. He married Adelia Peebles 1851-1939 on 6 Aug 1871 York, Geen Co. Wisconsin.
Adelia Peebles was born 1 Dec 1851 Green County Wisconsin and died 24 Mar 1939 Ireton, Iowa. Her parents were Philander Peebles 1816-1903 and Hannah Hurlbut 1820-1907. Their children as listed below:

CHILDREN of Adelia and Edwin Day sources – Obits found on this Sioux County Web page and from Ancestry.com birth, marriages, and deaths.

1. JASPER WALTER DAY born 1872 1957 Family report public members trees ancestry.com (by others)
Jasper Walter Day born 7 Jun 1872 Sioux county Iowa died 4 Apr 1957 Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington. He was married to Ida Edna Brown born Aug 1872 Minnesota died 24 Jun 1934 Yakima, Washington. Three children listed as Loren J. Day 1898-1898, Edwin John Day 1900-1984, Lela E. Day 1901-1906

2. EVA M. DAY 1880-1974 Obituary – Miss Eva M. Day , 94, Hawarden, died Oct. 1 at a Sioux City Hospital. Services were held at 10:30 A.M., Oct. 5, in the Dow Funeral Home at Ireton with the Rev. Herbert Gould officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Ireton.
Miss Day was born Jan. 24, 1880, at Ireton. She lived at Ireton and LeMars before moving to Hawarden six years ago. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Hawarden Independent, October 10, 1974

3. JAMES GARFIELD DAY born 1881 -1967 From family report on public member trees ancestry.com
James Garfield Day was born 19 Nov 1881 Ireton, Iowa, he died 31 May 1967 Shelley, Bingham, Idaho.
He was first married to Jennie McDougall born 6 Mar 1887 South Dakota and died 7 May 1906. They had two children. Howard Alexander Day 1906-1967 and George Day 1906 - (?)
After the death of his first wife, James married Ethel Wray 1883-1919. After the death of Ethel, he married Cahterine Sutherland Cordon born 1885 at Salt Lake City UT on 19 Aug 1919.

4. GEORGE MARION DAY born 1885 died 1972 From a family report public member trees ancestry.com
George Marion Day was born 14 Apr 1885 Sioux County IA, died 4 Dec 1972 Auburn Washington. He married Beulah E. Wright 1887-1942 on 4 Sep 1912 at Pierce Washington. Their children listed as Ross Wright Day 1913, Beulah Eulalee Day 1916-1990, Thomas Edwin Day 1926-2005.

5. FLORA ADELL DAY born 1886-1973 from ancestry.com family member submitted report
Flora Adell Day born 5 Dec 1886 Ireton IA died 13 Nov 1973 Iowa. She married Christopher Samuel Bushby born 23 Mar 1877 Argyle, Wisconsin and died Mar 1969 Iowa. Children listed were Bernice Marie Bushby 1909-2001 and Harry Russell Bushby 1916-2002.
Obituary - Mrs. Christopher Bushby - Mrs. Christopher (Flora) Bushby, 86, Ireton, died Tuesday (Nov. 13, 1973) at Belle Fourche, S.D. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Dow Funeral Home, Ireton, with Rev. Herbert Gould officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ireton.
She was born Dec. 9, 1886, and attended Ireton schools. She was married Feb. 18, 1908, at Ireton. The couple farmed in the Ireton-Craig area until 1952. He died March 5, 1969. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Wood of Aladdin, Wyo.; a son, Harry of rural LeMars; a brother, Delbert Day of Hawarden and a sister, Eva Day. ~Source: LeMars Daily Sentinel, November 1973

6. ROSS DAY born 1888-1949 Obituary - Hawarden Independent, November 17, 1949
Ireton, Iowa - Ross Day, 61, of LeMars died Monday afternoon of a fractured skull, suffered in a fall from a shed he was building for a lumber company in LeMars. He was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital where he died shortly after. He was a LeMars resident of 20 years going there from Ireton, where he was born and lived on a farm following his marriage some 40 years ago to Florence Crouse. Survivors are the widow, three sons, Lyle and Lowell of LeMars, and Ivan of Yakima, Wash. Also surviving are four brothers, Delbert E. Day of Ireton, Jim Day of Salt Lake City, Utah, George Day of Auburn, Wash., and Jasper Day of Yakima, Wash., and two sisters, Miss Eva Day of LeMars and Mrs. Will Bushby of Ireton. Mr. Day was employed at the Lambert Lumber company and also was an apartment owner in LeMars. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Friday afternoon at the Luken Funeral Home.

7. DAISY DAY born 1890- 1943 Obituary Hawarden Independent of July 6, 1943
Death Claims Former Resident Mrs. John L. King, who was Daisy Day, before her marriage, passed away at the Lutheran hospital in Sioux City Monday. She had been ill for nine weeks. Her remains were brought to Ireton and funeral services were held at the Methodist church at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Frederick Grantham in charge. Interment was made in Grace Hill cemetery. The pall bearers were Frank Wells, L. M. Black, Gerrit Van Wyhe, Reine Eilts, Fred Johnson and Fred Schuette. Daisy Day, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Day, was born in Sioux county Aug. 23, 1890, and passed away July 5, 1943, being almost 53 years of age at the time of her death. She- was married to John L. King at Sioux Falls and they made their home in Sioux City. Besides her husband she is survived by a step-son, Jack King, who is in the armed forces somewhere in the Pacific. She also leaves five brothers and two sisters, Jasper W. Day of Yakima, Wash.; James G. Day of Salt Lake City Utah; George M. Day of Auburn, Wash.; Ross Day and Eva Day of Le Mars; Delbert E. Day of Ireton, and Mrs. Flora Bushby of Struble. Mrs. King was born and raised in Ireton and was highly respected by all here. She made many friends through her pleasing and quiet ways. Before her marriage she was employed as a clerk in various stores and was also dependable and courteous.
8. DELBERT DAY born 1893 died 1974 There is also a separate story in the Ireton Centennial book page 371 on the Delbert Family story. Obituary - Hawarden Independent August 8, 1974 Delbert E. Day, 81, of Hawarden, died Aug. 1 at the Hawarden Hospital. Services were held at 1:30p.m. Sat at the Associated Church in Hawarden with the Rev. Herbert Young officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Ireton with the Dow Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Day was born April 35, I893 at Ireton. He married Velma Brown Feb. 10, 1915 at Ireton. Mr. and Mrs. Day farmed in the Ireton area and moved to the Spencer, S.D. area in 1918. They returned to Ireton in 1924, and moved to Hawarden in I960. Mr. Day was employed at the ASC office until 1957 when he retired. He was a member of the Dale Lodge 456, Hawarden Chapter 119 of the Royal Arch Masons, and the .Associated Church.
Survivors include the widow; two daughters, Mrs. William (Carol) Wangen of Long Beach, Calif, and Mrs. Marvin (Wanda) Schmidt of Ireton; one son, Herbert "Bus" of Ireton; one sister, Miss Eva Day of Hawarden; seven grandchildren; and one great grandson.

9. ROBERT PEEBLES DAY born 1895-1939 From a members family report on ancestry.com
Robert Peebles Day was born 10 Mar 1895 Ireton Iowa died 15 Dec 1939 Redwood Falls, MN. He married Marian Elizabeth Jones 1892-1953. Their children were – Beulah Annette Day 1919, James Homer Day 1922, Marion Maxine Day 1924-1900

OBITUARY OF EDWIN RUFERS DAY
Hawarden Independent of March 17, 1921
Death of E. R. Day
E. R. Day passed away at his home in Ireton last Thursday noon. He had been in failing health for some time and about a month ago went to Rochester, Minn., for consultation where he was advised that was no relief for his physical condition. He failed rapidly during the past month until the end came last Thursday. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. A.. Kettle, pastor of the M. E. church, and a large company of those who had known Mr. Day gathered to pay him the respects due a man of such sterling worth, who with unassuming manners went about his life work in which a quiet way. Interment was made in the Ireton cemetery.
Edwin Rufus Day was born July 2, 1847, in Green County, Wis., being the Second child of a family of six, four sons and two daughters. On Aug. 6, 1871, Mr. Day was united in marriage with Adelia Peebles in Green County, Wis., and soon thereafter came to Sioux county where they took a homestead five miles southeast of Ireton. Here their family of fourteen children were born, five of whom died while quite young. When a young man Mr. Day was baptized and united with the Advent church of which his parents were members and he held to this faith throughout his life.
In 1906 his health began to show signs of breaking after thirty-five years on the farm amidst pioneer conditions and the many hardships and privations due to those times and in 1907 the family moved to town where they have since resided.
Besides the widow he is survived by the following sons and daughters: Joseph W., North Yakima, Wash.; James E., Ogden, Utah; George M., Auburn, Wash.; Ross V. Paullina, Iowa; Delbert, Spencer, S. D.; Robert P., Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mrs. S. C. Bushby, Eva and Daisy Day of Ireton. He also leaves thirteen grandchildren as well as three brothers and one sister, Mrs. Linn of Tacoma, Wash., Albert L. Day of Waukesha, Wis., Lewis E. Day of Emporia, Kan., and William V. Day of Auburn, Wash.

OBITUARY OF ADELIA DAY
Hawarden Independent March 30, 1939
Again we are chronicling the passing of a will beloved citizen of Ireton and community, one who went many years beyond live proverbial three score years and ten. In the passing of Mrs. Adelia Day, Ireton has lost its oldest resident. Coming here in the early 70's she saw and experienced the raw prairies and shanties of habitation making the way to the beautiful farms with their splendid homes. Being the mother of a large family of children, she also realized in those pioneer years what it meant to provide, to care, to plan and to realize. Always a woman who loved her home and her loved ones; She lived to see her children grow up and to rear, children of their own. Quiet but deeply interested in everything good, she made and kept friends who are deeply saddened by her passing.
Adelia Peebles, daughter of Philander and Hannah Peebles, was born Dec. 18, 1851, in Green county; Wis., and passed away at her home early last Friday morning, March 24th, near the hour of 5 o'clock. She had been quite ill for three weeks but those about her did not realize that she was so near the parting, which came without a struggle, peacefully entering the eternal sleep. She had reached the ripe age of 87 years, 3 months and 6 days. On August 6, 1871, she was united in marriage with Edwin R. Day and shortly after their wedding they started for Sioux county in a. covered wagon and homesteaded southeast of what is now Ireton.
She suffered the many hardships of pioneer life, but she had the joy and realization of seeing the country develop from wild prairie to well organized and prosperous civilization. Leaving the farm for a more quiet life they came to Ireton about 25 years ago and this has been her home ever since. Her husband passed away March 10, 1921. Those who are left to mourn her passing include nine children, Jasper W., Yakima, Wash.; Eva M. of Ireton; James G. of Salt Lake City, Utah; Geo. W. of Auburn, ash.; Flora A. Bushby, Struble; Ross B., LeMars; Daisy P. King, Sioux City; Delbert E., Ireton; Robert P., Redwood Falls, Minn. There are 16 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, three brothers and one sister, who also survive her.
Services were held from the home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon and from the Methodist church at 2:30, with Rev. I. C. McNulty in charge. The large church was filled with relatives, friends and neighbors, who came to pay a last tribute to the one gone on. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. The pall bearers were Roger Grau, John Voltho Jr., Harry Sewick, William Taylor, Gerrit Juffer and Earl Wells. A quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Schuette, W. F. Brown and Mrs. Stanley Hooper, with Mrs. Arthur Bartlett at the piano sang several favored hymns of the deceased.
Interment was made in Pleasant Hill cemetery beside the grave of her husband. Those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Leet Peebles, a brother, of Lake, City, Iowa; Murry, Charles and Melvin Peebles, Lake City; Mrs. Ella Voverka and Miss Oaleta Nicolson, LeMars.

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