Individual Details
Henry DAY (Twin)
(29 Aug 1892 - 29 Aug 1960)
A Brief History of Henry Day written by his daughter, Helen Day Terry
Henry Day, son of John Day, Sr. and Lucy Philena Canfield, was born August 29, 1892 at Hamblin, Washington County, Utah. He was the youngest of twin boys. They were frail, tiny babies, and it took months of constant care to get them strong. A dear old lady known as Grandma Harrison lived for a time with the family taking care of the babies, as the mother was ill and never fully regained her health.
In 1896, the family moved to the Old Castle Ranch at the mouth of Pinto canyon. The exact place where now the New Castle dam is built.
John Sr. hired Miss Lulu Harrison to teach Emma and to help with the boys. Also a boy about fourteen years of age lived with the family and did chores. His name was Lars P. Ograin. Small desks were put in the back bed room where school was held.
About the spring of 1898, John took his family and moved to Enterprise, Washington, Utah. As a boy of six, Henry did the usual things a small boy would do in a small pioneer community, where tall sage brush had to be cleared, ditches and fences built.
In April of 1901 his mother took seriously ill. She was taken to Cedar City of medical aid. The boys were taken to Pinto to stay with their half sister Mrs. Walter Knell (Ollie). On the first of May, 1901, his mother died regardless of all that could be done for her. The weather was damp and rainy. The day they received word of their Mother's death it rained and sleet fell.
Dan or Rob Rage rode a big star faced bay horse from Page's Ranch to Pinto to bring the word. They were taken to the funeral held at Hamblin where their mother was buried.
Uncle Jack (John Jr.) tells of how they cried and sobbed when their father put them in the back of the wagon and covered them up the night they returned to Enterprise to live.
It was a lonesome home to return to. Their half-sister Olive (?) stayed with them and Sister Penlinton lived with them for a while. They often slept on the floor at the home of Aunt Bell Adair. His father hired different girls to live with them. Aunt Rhoda and Uncle Don stayed at times. As Aunt Emma grew older she assumed much of the housework.
They attended school in the red brick house that stood where Alwyn Jone's home was later built. Sophia Forsythe (Mrs. Willard Jones) was the teacher. He (Henry) can remember the brick kiln that was in the same lot. The men hauling wood and keeping a fire for days at a time to harden the bricks that were used in the little brick meeting house on the church square. Will Marshall was the man who had the brick making in charge.
Grandfather (John Sr.) bought the boys a pony from Thomas Terry. They called him "Old Billy". They rode him bareback and had many happy hours and adventures on his back. When Grandfather wanted them to come home from their play, he would whistle. This whistle could be heard for blocks. Hearing it, the boys knew it was time to go home regardless of what they were doing. Fishing in the old duck pond with a pitche fork was great sport. They would wade out into the water, wait until the water cleared then as the big carp came into sight they would spear them with the fork. In winter, ice skating was enjoyed as only a boy can enjoy it.
School was held in Pulsipher's home; the stucco house on the corner of Jay Holt's lot. Some of the teachers were: Seth M. Jones, George O. Holt, Amos Holt and Elizabeth Barnum.
One fall the twins broke out in a terrible rash. It was most unbearable. They even put cornmeal in their beds to scratch with. Grandfather became very worried when all home remedies failed and sent for Dr. Meddleton to come. The doctor took one look and said, "John, you're boys have been eating green watermelons."
In 1903, the State Board of Land Commissioners at Salt Lake City selected forty acres of land about a mile east of Enterprise for a dry farm. Grandfather was placed at the head of this experiment farm. The boys were then eleven years old and helped with the work on this farm. The crops were thirty kinds of small grain.
The 16th of June, 1904, Grandfather married Sarah Bell Tait. Aunt Sade, as she was called, was very good to the boys and tried to make a home for the family.
In 1912 and 1913 the twins went to school in Cedar City at the B.A.C. Here they excelled in elecutoire (?) and public speaking.
On September 29, 1914, Henry married Henrietta Barnum in the St. George Temple. They made the trip in a white top buggy. Spending the night at Chadburn's ranch on both the going down and the coming back trips. His sister Aunt Emma went with them.
During the next year he worked on the cottonwood road, earning $2.00 per day which he used to build their home in Enterprise. He also built fence for the forest service. He worked on the farm his father owned.
July 2, 1915, a daughter was born. They named her Helen. Daddy always believed that a man who would not support his family was worse than an infidel. He drove mail for B. J. Lund and Co. when they had a mail contract between Modena and Enterprise. He also threshed grain as his father owned a thrashing machine. The year of 1920 he worked on the highway between Lund and Cedar City. We lived in Lund most of that year. In the winter of 1923 he worked in Las Vegas on the railroad. The following summer of 1924, he moved his family to Cedar City. He drove bus for thye Parry Brothers who had the tourist contract to take passengers to visit the National Parks. Zions, Bryce and Grand Canyon. This summer a baby boy was born. The first "Day" boy was born - at least the first in 32 years. The next summer he with his brother and family moved to Zion Park where again they drove bus during the tourist months. One old gentleman after making the round trip with him tipped him $50.00. There were many people who became known as friends.
The next ten years were filled with many jobs. Uncle Jack (John Jr.) and Dad bought a threshing machine and traveled to Central, and Pine Valley threshing grain for all the farmers of the area. They had a garage set up in the building that was once their father's store. After Uncle Jack received his soldiers bonus, he went into business for himself.
In the fall on September 11, 1933, he went on the Cedar Mountain to work for the U. S. Forest Service. He worked for 14 years for the Forest Service. Much of that time was training C. C. boys in handling road equipment. In the big snow of 1937, he cleared roads, working late into the nights in below zero weather. He worked on Pine Valley Mountain, Cedar Mountain, at Panquitch Lake, Duck Creek, Parowan Mountain, Escalante Mountain, Manti, Leeds and Veyo making roads, reservoirs, re-seeding and recreation camps.
The summers Mother went with him. They lived in a trailer house that he built. Nearly every Saturday night he would drive home to spend a few hours on Sunday with his family. Driving back again to his work late Sunday night or early Monday morning.
The years of the Second World War when his son Weldon was away from home, he and mother lived in Cedar City, where he worked as a mechanic in the Forest Service Shop. In 1949, they moved home again. He worked at the Zuckerman farm in the machine shop. The last five years he worked at the Bar V Ranch repairing and running the diesel engines used for pumping water. Also, repairing any and all kinds of farm equipment.
Dad was a devouted father, kind and loving, and proud of his family. Nothing pleased him more than to have us all home for a candy pull or to pop some popcorn.
He served on the town board for one term. He has always been a person to fix up around his home. The fireplace in the house, he built himself, and much of the carpenter work he did. he has always been among the first to help in times of sickness. Tithing was always settled at the end of the year, and any donation ask by the church was promptly paid if there was a dollar to give.
For six weeks before his father died, he never left his bedside, caring for him as he would a baby. When Grandma Barnum was so ill, he financed her radium treatments. His financial means have aided every member of his family many times, over and over again.
He played baseball as a catcher in the years of 1912 to 1923 when John Alger and Jim Hall were the pitchers. He helped work on the cement block meeting house. He, with Uncle Jack, and some of the younger men shingled the roof and put on the lath for the plaster.
Dad has always tried to live the Golden Rule. "Do unto others, as you would that they should do to you".
He retired when he became 65 years of age. Then, when living at home, he tried to crowd in all the things he wanted to do all his life. Fix up the home, live his religion, attend meetings that he had never been able to attend. In March, 1957, he had the flu which he never recovered from entirely. He was ordained a High Priest May 17, 1959. And in June of that same year he became lame in his left hip and leg. He was taken to all the doctors in Southern Utah but to no avail. The last of March we took him to Denver to Spears Hospital where he stayed seven weeks, but did not improve. We brought him home, he grew worse day by day. We took care of him at his home which was his desire. We loved him dearly and did the best we could for him. He never complained, but regarless of all our love and prayers, he passed away August 29, 1960, on his 68th birthday.
A Letter to Grandpa Written by Julie Ann Terry, a grand-daughter of Henry Day and given by her in his funeral services on September 2, 1960.
Dear Grandpa,
We are grieving today, for you have left us. You have taken that step which we all must take sometime, into eternal life. A life that is free from the pain and misery that you have experienced so much lately. It will be hard for we, who are left behind, but we have beautiful memories of you Grandpa, that will live forever.
You were born on Augusdt 29, 1892, 15 minutes younger than your twin brother, Uncle Jack. From that time on, you and Uncle Jack were inseparable. You played together, and owkred together with your father on the Government Experiment Farm east of town when you were boys, and when it came to fighting, you even fought together. When the age for courting girls came, you were both seen on the door stp of the Barnum girls. You called on Grandma, and Uncle Jack on Aunt Renza.
You and Grandma were a perfect couple right from the start. Your names even fit together, Henry and Henrietta, just like bread and butter. You were an ideal husband and you were loved by Grandma's family. Your love and loyalty for your family and friends will never be forgotten. Grandma was a firm believer in "Wherever thou goest, I will go," and she followed you to Cedar Mountain, Pine Valley, Parowan Mountain, Panquitch Lake, Manti and even to the Bar-V Ranch.
You were loved and respected by the people you worked with, and while working with the C.C. Boys from many parts of the country, you were a friend and a father to them.
All through the 15 years of traveling, you built and maintained a home in Enterprise for your little family, and when there were times they couldn't go with you, you traveled many miles from work to spend Sunday with them. Even though you had a small family of two, Mama and Uncle Weldon, you soon acquired grandchildren, and great grand-children. You and Grandma were always surrounded by a happy throng of children, nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters and friends. Our family get-togethers were wonderful.
There was one thing that we children especially loved, and that was to hear you and Uncle Jack laugh over a memory or some small incident. It was a special laugh that cannot be compared. You laughed until tears rolled down your cheeks. A laugh that told your love and pleaure of life itself. You were professional at entertaining us children with your juggling of oranges and apples. We were fascinated by your many tricks.
We also enjoyed going down to the Bar-V Ranch when you and Grandma lived there. Kent and Elmon worked there, too, right to the side of you. Here, they learned many things that only a grandpa can teach. We girls were in the kitchen with Grandma. It seemed we were always making either molasses cookies, or honey candy.
Colleen and Margaret brought much joy and love to your life with their fun and bubbling laughter. And when Curtis came along, no one was prouder than you, for he would carry your name of "Day" for generations to come.
Yes, Granpa, you have had a full life of happiness, pain, sorrow and love. A life that you have lived well. But, no, through that wonderful plan of our Heavenly Father, you have laid down this life and taken a new one - which is eternal. This plan we will all follow, some sooner than others, but while you wiat for your loved ones, I am sure you are enjoyuing the love and companionship of Uncle Jack, your mother and father, and many others of your family who have gone before.
Someday we will all be together if we live worthy, but until then, Grandpa, good-bye and we'll see you. FIELD NAME Page VALUE LDS FHL #025920 #1 _INFO P FIELD NAME Page
Henry Day, son of John Day, Sr. and Lucy Philena Canfield, was born August 29, 1892 at Hamblin, Washington County, Utah. He was the youngest of twin boys. They were frail, tiny babies, and it took months of constant care to get them strong. A dear old lady known as Grandma Harrison lived for a time with the family taking care of the babies, as the mother was ill and never fully regained her health.
In 1896, the family moved to the Old Castle Ranch at the mouth of Pinto canyon. The exact place where now the New Castle dam is built.
John Sr. hired Miss Lulu Harrison to teach Emma and to help with the boys. Also a boy about fourteen years of age lived with the family and did chores. His name was Lars P. Ograin. Small desks were put in the back bed room where school was held.
About the spring of 1898, John took his family and moved to Enterprise, Washington, Utah. As a boy of six, Henry did the usual things a small boy would do in a small pioneer community, where tall sage brush had to be cleared, ditches and fences built.
In April of 1901 his mother took seriously ill. She was taken to Cedar City of medical aid. The boys were taken to Pinto to stay with their half sister Mrs. Walter Knell (Ollie). On the first of May, 1901, his mother died regardless of all that could be done for her. The weather was damp and rainy. The day they received word of their Mother's death it rained and sleet fell.
Dan or Rob Rage rode a big star faced bay horse from Page's Ranch to Pinto to bring the word. They were taken to the funeral held at Hamblin where their mother was buried.
Uncle Jack (John Jr.) tells of how they cried and sobbed when their father put them in the back of the wagon and covered them up the night they returned to Enterprise to live.
It was a lonesome home to return to. Their half-sister Olive (?) stayed with them and Sister Penlinton lived with them for a while. They often slept on the floor at the home of Aunt Bell Adair. His father hired different girls to live with them. Aunt Rhoda and Uncle Don stayed at times. As Aunt Emma grew older she assumed much of the housework.
They attended school in the red brick house that stood where Alwyn Jone's home was later built. Sophia Forsythe (Mrs. Willard Jones) was the teacher. He (Henry) can remember the brick kiln that was in the same lot. The men hauling wood and keeping a fire for days at a time to harden the bricks that were used in the little brick meeting house on the church square. Will Marshall was the man who had the brick making in charge.
Grandfather (John Sr.) bought the boys a pony from Thomas Terry. They called him "Old Billy". They rode him bareback and had many happy hours and adventures on his back. When Grandfather wanted them to come home from their play, he would whistle. This whistle could be heard for blocks. Hearing it, the boys knew it was time to go home regardless of what they were doing. Fishing in the old duck pond with a pitche fork was great sport. They would wade out into the water, wait until the water cleared then as the big carp came into sight they would spear them with the fork. In winter, ice skating was enjoyed as only a boy can enjoy it.
School was held in Pulsipher's home; the stucco house on the corner of Jay Holt's lot. Some of the teachers were: Seth M. Jones, George O. Holt, Amos Holt and Elizabeth Barnum.
One fall the twins broke out in a terrible rash. It was most unbearable. They even put cornmeal in their beds to scratch with. Grandfather became very worried when all home remedies failed and sent for Dr. Meddleton to come. The doctor took one look and said, "John, you're boys have been eating green watermelons."
In 1903, the State Board of Land Commissioners at Salt Lake City selected forty acres of land about a mile east of Enterprise for a dry farm. Grandfather was placed at the head of this experiment farm. The boys were then eleven years old and helped with the work on this farm. The crops were thirty kinds of small grain.
The 16th of June, 1904, Grandfather married Sarah Bell Tait. Aunt Sade, as she was called, was very good to the boys and tried to make a home for the family.
In 1912 and 1913 the twins went to school in Cedar City at the B.A.C. Here they excelled in elecutoire (?) and public speaking.
On September 29, 1914, Henry married Henrietta Barnum in the St. George Temple. They made the trip in a white top buggy. Spending the night at Chadburn's ranch on both the going down and the coming back trips. His sister Aunt Emma went with them.
During the next year he worked on the cottonwood road, earning $2.00 per day which he used to build their home in Enterprise. He also built fence for the forest service. He worked on the farm his father owned.
July 2, 1915, a daughter was born. They named her Helen. Daddy always believed that a man who would not support his family was worse than an infidel. He drove mail for B. J. Lund and Co. when they had a mail contract between Modena and Enterprise. He also threshed grain as his father owned a thrashing machine. The year of 1920 he worked on the highway between Lund and Cedar City. We lived in Lund most of that year. In the winter of 1923 he worked in Las Vegas on the railroad. The following summer of 1924, he moved his family to Cedar City. He drove bus for thye Parry Brothers who had the tourist contract to take passengers to visit the National Parks. Zions, Bryce and Grand Canyon. This summer a baby boy was born. The first "Day" boy was born - at least the first in 32 years. The next summer he with his brother and family moved to Zion Park where again they drove bus during the tourist months. One old gentleman after making the round trip with him tipped him $50.00. There were many people who became known as friends.
The next ten years were filled with many jobs. Uncle Jack (John Jr.) and Dad bought a threshing machine and traveled to Central, and Pine Valley threshing grain for all the farmers of the area. They had a garage set up in the building that was once their father's store. After Uncle Jack received his soldiers bonus, he went into business for himself.
In the fall on September 11, 1933, he went on the Cedar Mountain to work for the U. S. Forest Service. He worked for 14 years for the Forest Service. Much of that time was training C. C. boys in handling road equipment. In the big snow of 1937, he cleared roads, working late into the nights in below zero weather. He worked on Pine Valley Mountain, Cedar Mountain, at Panquitch Lake, Duck Creek, Parowan Mountain, Escalante Mountain, Manti, Leeds and Veyo making roads, reservoirs, re-seeding and recreation camps.
The summers Mother went with him. They lived in a trailer house that he built. Nearly every Saturday night he would drive home to spend a few hours on Sunday with his family. Driving back again to his work late Sunday night or early Monday morning.
The years of the Second World War when his son Weldon was away from home, he and mother lived in Cedar City, where he worked as a mechanic in the Forest Service Shop. In 1949, they moved home again. He worked at the Zuckerman farm in the machine shop. The last five years he worked at the Bar V Ranch repairing and running the diesel engines used for pumping water. Also, repairing any and all kinds of farm equipment.
Dad was a devouted father, kind and loving, and proud of his family. Nothing pleased him more than to have us all home for a candy pull or to pop some popcorn.
He served on the town board for one term. He has always been a person to fix up around his home. The fireplace in the house, he built himself, and much of the carpenter work he did. he has always been among the first to help in times of sickness. Tithing was always settled at the end of the year, and any donation ask by the church was promptly paid if there was a dollar to give.
For six weeks before his father died, he never left his bedside, caring for him as he would a baby. When Grandma Barnum was so ill, he financed her radium treatments. His financial means have aided every member of his family many times, over and over again.
He played baseball as a catcher in the years of 1912 to 1923 when John Alger and Jim Hall were the pitchers. He helped work on the cement block meeting house. He, with Uncle Jack, and some of the younger men shingled the roof and put on the lath for the plaster.
Dad has always tried to live the Golden Rule. "Do unto others, as you would that they should do to you".
He retired when he became 65 years of age. Then, when living at home, he tried to crowd in all the things he wanted to do all his life. Fix up the home, live his religion, attend meetings that he had never been able to attend. In March, 1957, he had the flu which he never recovered from entirely. He was ordained a High Priest May 17, 1959. And in June of that same year he became lame in his left hip and leg. He was taken to all the doctors in Southern Utah but to no avail. The last of March we took him to Denver to Spears Hospital where he stayed seven weeks, but did not improve. We brought him home, he grew worse day by day. We took care of him at his home which was his desire. We loved him dearly and did the best we could for him. He never complained, but regarless of all our love and prayers, he passed away August 29, 1960, on his 68th birthday.
A Letter to Grandpa Written by Julie Ann Terry, a grand-daughter of Henry Day and given by her in his funeral services on September 2, 1960.
Dear Grandpa,
We are grieving today, for you have left us. You have taken that step which we all must take sometime, into eternal life. A life that is free from the pain and misery that you have experienced so much lately. It will be hard for we, who are left behind, but we have beautiful memories of you Grandpa, that will live forever.
You were born on Augusdt 29, 1892, 15 minutes younger than your twin brother, Uncle Jack. From that time on, you and Uncle Jack were inseparable. You played together, and owkred together with your father on the Government Experiment Farm east of town when you were boys, and when it came to fighting, you even fought together. When the age for courting girls came, you were both seen on the door stp of the Barnum girls. You called on Grandma, and Uncle Jack on Aunt Renza.
You and Grandma were a perfect couple right from the start. Your names even fit together, Henry and Henrietta, just like bread and butter. You were an ideal husband and you were loved by Grandma's family. Your love and loyalty for your family and friends will never be forgotten. Grandma was a firm believer in "Wherever thou goest, I will go," and she followed you to Cedar Mountain, Pine Valley, Parowan Mountain, Panquitch Lake, Manti and even to the Bar-V Ranch.
You were loved and respected by the people you worked with, and while working with the C.C. Boys from many parts of the country, you were a friend and a father to them.
All through the 15 years of traveling, you built and maintained a home in Enterprise for your little family, and when there were times they couldn't go with you, you traveled many miles from work to spend Sunday with them. Even though you had a small family of two, Mama and Uncle Weldon, you soon acquired grandchildren, and great grand-children. You and Grandma were always surrounded by a happy throng of children, nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters and friends. Our family get-togethers were wonderful.
There was one thing that we children especially loved, and that was to hear you and Uncle Jack laugh over a memory or some small incident. It was a special laugh that cannot be compared. You laughed until tears rolled down your cheeks. A laugh that told your love and pleaure of life itself. You were professional at entertaining us children with your juggling of oranges and apples. We were fascinated by your many tricks.
We also enjoyed going down to the Bar-V Ranch when you and Grandma lived there. Kent and Elmon worked there, too, right to the side of you. Here, they learned many things that only a grandpa can teach. We girls were in the kitchen with Grandma. It seemed we were always making either molasses cookies, or honey candy.
Colleen and Margaret brought much joy and love to your life with their fun and bubbling laughter. And when Curtis came along, no one was prouder than you, for he would carry your name of "Day" for generations to come.
Yes, Granpa, you have had a full life of happiness, pain, sorrow and love. A life that you have lived well. But, no, through that wonderful plan of our Heavenly Father, you have laid down this life and taken a new one - which is eternal. This plan we will all follow, some sooner than others, but while you wiat for your loved ones, I am sure you are enjoyuing the love and companionship of Uncle Jack, your mother and father, and many others of your family who have gone before.
Someday we will all be together if we live worthy, but until then, Grandpa, good-bye and we'll see you. FIELD NAME Page VALUE LDS FHL #025920 #1 _INFO P FIELD NAME Page
Events
| Birth | 29 Aug 1892 | Hamblin-Meadows, Washington, Utah, United States |  | ||
| Blessing | 14 Jan 1893 | ||||
| Marriage | 29 Sep 1914 | St. George, Washington, Utah, United States - Henrietta BARNUM | |||
| Ordination | 29 Sep 1914 | Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States | |||
| Death | 29 Aug 1960 | Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States | |||
| Burial | Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Henrietta BARNUM (1892 - 1965) |
| Child | Helen DAY (1915 - ) |
| Child | Henry Weldon DAY (1924 - 1981) |
| Father | John DAY SR. (1860 - 1930) |
| Mother | Lucy Philena CANFIELD (1853 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Emma DAY (1889 - 1975) |
| Sibling | John DAY Jr. (Twin) (1892 - 1960) |
Endnotes
1. Personal Records of Allyson Hunt Wood, LDS FHL #025920 #1.
2. Cemetery Records.