OBITUARY: Dr. Edward W. Day, Jackson County, Oregon *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 19 Feb 2003 *************************************************************************** Jacksonville (Oregon) Post, Saturday, 3 April 1909, p. 3 Dr. Edward W. Day, was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, November 29, 1831, and died March 25, 1909, in San Francisco, California. Aged 77 years, 2 months and 26 days. He graduated as an M. D. under Dr. Nathan Smith of Baltimore Maryland 1851, and under Dr. Dunbar of New York in 1852. He came to California via the Isthmus of Panama and landed in San Francisco in April of 1853, and came with his brother Silas J. Day to Jacksonville, Oregon, we arrived here July 6, 1853. Together we located donation land claims on Little Butte Creek in Jackson county; a short distance above Eagle Point, we lived on our land claims until the Indian outbreak of that year caused us to leave our homes for a time. After that war was over we returned to our homes and was [sic] living there at the time the Indian war of 1855, broke out we both volunteered and joined Captain Miles F. Alcorn's Company "G" second regiment Oregon volunteers October 10, 1855, we remained in the service until the close of the war 1856. During that war Dr. Edward W. Day was appointed on the Medical staff of Surgeon General M. C. Barkwell, and was in the hospital on Oregon street in Jacksonville as an M. D. for a season. He was very successful in surgical operations while there, not losing a single case while in that Hospital. Shortly after the close of the Indian war Dr. Day went back to California and located in Vacaville Solano, Co., which place has been his continuous home to the time of his last sickness. He went to St. Josephs Hospital in San Francisco, and after a short illness died there, and is buried in Mount Olivet cemetery San Francisco. Dr. Day followed gold mining for a season at Jacksonville and Sterlingville, before and after the last Indian war of 1855 and 1856, he drew a pension from the U. S. for his services in that Indian war of 1855 and 1856. Dr. Day was an honest upright citizen, exact in making good his promises, and keeping his honor unsullied. In his death the community in which he lived the greater part of his life, can point as a bright example of true principles, and genuine worth of character. He was never known to betray a trust, he was loved for his many virtues. He was that "Noblest work of God and honest man." A tribute by his brother Silas J. Day.