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Note: Here is two obits for S.A. Day Death of Dr. S. A. Day March 28, 1917 Succumbed last night at Mercy Hospital where he has been co nfined for about twelve days. (From Thursday's Daily) Dr. Sandusky Allen Day of Talihina, Oklahoma, died last nig ht at 8:30 o'clock from a cancer of the bowels at Mercy Hos pital (7 Ft. Scott, Kansas). He has been in failing healt h for the past year and has been very bad since first of th e year. About twelve days ago he came here for treatment bu t was unable to find relief. The deceased was well known i n this community being the son of the late Daniel D. Day fo rmerly of this city and owner of the Brook's farm north o f the city. He was a practicing physician and prominent i n his home town in Oklahoma. He was born in Indiana Octobe r 21, 1853 making him in the 63rd year of his age. he is su rvived by his wife and two daughters, Flossie and Edna (Ava ). The body will be shipped tomorrow morning to Blue Moun d where funeral services will be held and interment will ta ke place in the family lot in the Blue Mound cemetery. A br other, J. E. Day, and a brother-in-law, F. H. Jackson, wer e with him at the time of his death and will accompany th e remains tomorrow. Dr. S. A. Day -- Obituary (contributed) Dr. S. A. Day was born in Jennings County, Indiana Octobe r 21, 1854. In the fall of 1866 he, with his parents move d to Kansas and settled on a farm near Osawatomie; here h e grew to young manhood, attending the public schools, afte r which he took a course at the State Normal. He was marrie d to Miss Emma Bundy March 3,1877. He and his devoted wif e removed to Kansas City where he attended medical college , graduating with honors. He came back to Osawatomie wher e he practiced medicine for a number of years. Ever since his conversion in boyhood, he loved to labor i n the vineyard of the Master; and from his constant associa tion with the church in the capacity of superintendent an d teacher of the Sunday School, he later became a ministe r of the Gospel, serving as pastor of the M. E. church in d ifferent pastorates. It was while he was at Princeton, Kansas, that his health g ave way and after a series of misfortunes he left the minis try and resumed the practice of medicine. In the southland, the home of his adoption, he and his lovi ng wife labored, ministering to the diseased in soul and bo dy until he was stricken with fatal illness. He came nort h with hopes that a change of climate would benefit him, bu t an operation in the hospital at Ft. Scott was unsuccessfu l. On the eve of March 28, 1917, surrounded by those who lo ved him, he passed into the beautiful beyond to receive a t the hands of a just God reward for the deeds done in th e body. Funeral services were held in the M. E. Church at B lue Mound, conducted by Rev. Z. B. Ermey. Beautiful and app ropriate music was rendered by the choir. Mr. Bundy of Colo ny sang a solo, "Beautiful Isle of somewhere." The body wa s laid to rest beside the parents that loved him first. He leaves a wife, two daughters, four brothers, (pencil not e: and one sister) and a host of friends to mourn his loss. "I never stand beside a bier and see the seal of death se t on some well loved face, but that I think, 'One more to w elcome me when I shall cross the intervening space betwee n this land and that one over there; One more to make the s trange beyond more fair"'. Registration to Vote in Precinct No 3,109 County of LeFlore , State of Oklahoma, June 12, 1916; Residence Whitesboro, A ge 60, Race White, Color White, Politics Independent, Colo r of Hair Gray, Height 5 ft 10 in. Weight 160, Color of eye s Blue. Quote from Ava Ramona Day Holcomb in July 1973 "Dr. S. A. Day left Blue Mound about 1900 to homestead in B lanchard, Oklahoma, 160 acres. May stayed in Osawatomie wit h her grandmother, MA Bundy, and married David Nelson Brown . Ava could sing and S. A. made her stand in a carriage an d sing for money because people didn't have money to pay fo r his doctor services. Her mother prayed and she cried beca use she had to do that for money.~~ Jennings County 1860 Census records Sandusky A. as the so n of Daniel and Adaline Day, age 5, and attending school. Copy of Church Letter: (original in Day papers in possessio n of Robert Meeks) Springdale, Arkansas, December 8th, 1915 This is to certify that Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Day are acceptab le members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this City, and as such are recommende d to the Fellowship of the M. E. Church in Talihina, OkIa. or to any other evangelical churc h to which they may present this letter. When they are received and I have notice of same th eir membership here will cease. Geo. W. Green, Pastor More About SANDUSKY ALLEN DAY: Burial:Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kansas5 Degree:M. D. from the University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City, Kansas5 Occupation:Physician - Graduated from Kansas University Me dical Center Session 1879- 1880 & Minister Residence:Osawatomie, Blue Mound & Caney, Kansas, Blanchar d & Springdale, Arkansas, Talihina, Oklahoma5 (Research):Subj:Dr. Days account Following is Dr. Days account, taken from his 1896-98 medic al ledger that ended up being a general diary for the whol e family. After reading this, Carol seems to believe that c ertain clues offer a connection to the Robert Day family o f Hatford, Connecticut. Anyway, here it is: The first that I know of our name in history is the Roman n ame Dies. The second was Day, Bishop of the diocease of Lin ciln in England, the third Day setup the first printing pre ss in America coming over after the Mayflower and setting u p his press in the govenors house in the colony of Massachu setts. The family from which we spring migrated from ther e to Connecticut where they still reside in and around Woos a, a small town in N.W. Connecticut. My great grandfather , Charles, moved from Connecticut to eastern N.Y. about 178 0, where he died at age 26, and, after his death some 2 o r 3 months, my grandfather, Charles, was born. His mother w ent back to Connecticut where she married a man by the nam e of Loomis who raised my grandfather to young manhood, tea ching him the coopers trade. He had some half brothers wh o moved to the territory of Minnisota in an early day and s ettled new where St. Paul afterwards was. My grandfather, a fter he became of age, set out for himself going to Pittsb urg, Pennsylvania where he worked at his trade for some tim e. But hearing wonderfull stories about the wonderfull fer tility of the Tenitory of Illinois, he fitted himself out o n a boat, built a cooper shop on it, and set out down the O hio River working at his trade as he went along, and sellin g his barrels at the settlements along the river.
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