HENRY STEPHEN DAY, a successful and prosperous young farmer of Morris township, is a son of I. N. Day, and a grandson of Stephen Day. Henry S. Day was born January 13, 1852, and March 2, 1876, was married to Alice K. Vaile, daughter of Leonard Vaile, of Morris township, to which union have been born five children, as follows: Clinton H., Arthur W., Edward N., Harry V. and Mary C., all living. Mr. Day has lived for fifteen years on the excellent farm of 135 acres which he now owns, which was formerly known as the old "Hathaway" farm. He gives considerable attention to stock raising, especially sheep. He was the first stock raiser to introduce Dorset-Horn sheep into Morris township. Mr. Day is a lifelong Democrat, and both he and his wife are members of Upper Ten-Mile Presbyterian Church at Prosperity. Few young men of this section have succeeded better or stand higher in the estimation of the best citizens, than Henry S. Day.

Text taken from page 1203 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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