Benjamin Henry Day Jr.
Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (March 7, 1838
Day was the son of
Leslie's, Harper's Weekly and similar publications.[3] He also contributed to the humorous weekly magazine Vanity Fair.[4]
The Mark Twain book A Tramp Abroad contains more than 20 pictures by Day.[4]
He married Maria Theresa Miller around 1859, who died in 1875.[1][5] They had two sons, Benjamin H. (April 11, 1860 – October 17, 1905) and Charles Shepherd (1866 – January 26, 1900).[6]
In 1878, Day was remarried to Rebecca Augusta Avery (June 27, 1844 – January 10, 1926), with whom he had two daughters (Florence and Helen).[5][7]
In 1908, he moved to Summit, New Jersey and built a large studio.[8] He died at his home in Summit on August 30, 1916, at the age of 78.[9]
References
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- ^ a b Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge. The history of the descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass, p. 974 (1874)
- ^ Necrology, New York State Historical Society, Vol XVI (1917), p.283
- ^ a b (31 August 1916). Benjamin Day, Inventor, The New York Times
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8160-5398-8.
- ^ a b Records of the descendants of Nathaniel Ely, p. 388 (1885)
- ^ History of Union County, New Jersey: 1664-1923, Volume 2, p. 686 (1923)
- ^ (12 January 1926). Died, The New York Times
- ^ (20 September 1916). Deaths, Bulletin of Photography, p. 338
- ^ Levy, Florence Nightingale (1917). American Art Annual, Volume 13. MacMillan Company. p. 314.
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