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  The 1880 Cass County, Texas, census enumeration of Nancy Ann (Taylor) Day indicates that both parents were born in Mississippi. This could have been as early as [?] ca 1804, 20 years prior to Lucinda's date of birth.  [? It could have well been BEFORE 1804.  They could have been older than 20 years old when Nancy Ann was born.  We have found no marriage record or other details about her parents.]
  
  The Day family history indicates that the Taylor family lived among the Indians when the children were small. Mr. Taylor was a large man, well proportioned and seven feet tall; and he was well respected by the Indians.
  
  --  Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 4
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  In 1850, I find a family that matches the Nancy Day we are looking for, but the husband's name is different from two given in different family traditions.  Harold Christian reports that Nancy Ann Day's husband was Joseph.
  
  Cousin Jimmy Epperson reports that her husband was L E.  But the husband reported here, though location and age match, is reported by the initials F W.  They have one child here named Joseph.  This could be where the name Joseph came from that was known in the Jenkins family tradition.  We see Nancy Ann in 1880 with her later son Daniel H.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 6 September, Township 13 R 5 E, page 22 (scan 107), Hse/Fam # 180
  F W Day  25 M [no occupation given] Mississippi
  Nancy An Day  23 F Mississippi
  Joseph R Day  1 M Mississippi
  
  Nancy Day and a 9-year-old girl who appears to be her daughter are listed under the household of Joseph Jenkins, listed as what appears to be Jno Jenkins.  Perhaps her husband was away from home working at the time, or had already died.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 October, PO Unionville & Cusseta, Beat 3, Page 72, Hse #483, Fam #495
  Day, Nancy A   35 F W  MS [b abt 1825]
  Day, L E             9 F W  MS
  
  This child appears to be Mary L E Day, daughter of Joseph and Nancy Taylor Day.  But where is the child Joseph who was 1 year old in 1850?  Perhaps he died before this census.  In 1900, Nancy is reported to have borne 8 children, but only was still living at that time, and this was her son Daniel H Day, who was born n 1862, with whom she was living at that time.
  
  No husband is reported at this census.  Perhaps he was working out of state or traveling.  I considered that her husband might have already died.  But if that was the case, then both her husbands had the last name of Day.  The 1850 censuses record above appears to be this Nancy Ann Day in Attala County, Mississippi, age 23, but the husband is F W Day.  If her husband was dead in 1860, then Nancy remarried after this census, because in 1880, she has an 18 year-old-son, Daniel H.
  
  I have found no death record for any Joseph Day or F W Day, or a marriage record to fill in any details.  There is no child to match 1-year-old Joseph in the 1860 census, so this may be a different Day household.  I have found no other matching household with a Joseph and Nancy Ann Day in 1850.
  
  The 1850 report of Mississippi as the birth state of F W Day matches the 1880 census report of Mississippi as the birthplace of the father of Daniel H Day, Nancy's son.  But also consider that in 1880 Daniel was 18, meaning he was born in about 1862.  But Nancy had no husband reported in the census, only herself and her daughter 9-year-old L E Day.  I have found no 1870 census for Nancy and her children.
  
  Harold Christian reports in the Jenkins Family History that her husband was named Joseph Day.  But Jimmy Epperson reports the name as L E.  Neither has any details.  But it is interesting and somewhat suspicious that the reported father in Epperson sources has the same initials as the daughter (Mary L E) reported by Harold Christian as born in Arkansas 1850.
  
  I have not found a listing in the Arkansas census for a family matching Joseph and Nancy Ann Day.  But the 1850 census cited above in Attala County, Mississippi, seems to match Nancy Ann.  If a daughter Mary L E was born i n 1850 in Arkansas, the family would have had to move shortly after the census in Mississippi.  But I cannot account for the discrepancy between the name of the husband FW and the reported name in Day family sources as Joseph or L E.
  
  Nancy Ann has not been found in the 1870 census.  In 1880, Nancy is head of the household with one son in the home with her, listed as Daniel H.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 June, Precinct 3, District 12, Page 19 (scan 129), Hse/Fam #169
  Day, Nancy  W F 54  Widow Farming MS MS MS [b abt 1826]
  Day, Daniel H  W M 18 Son Single Farming TX MS MS [b abt 1862]
  
  In this 1880 census, Nancy and Daniel H live next door to Nancy's brother Daniel Taylor, and his wife Mary Z Winter.  The identification is confirmed with the listing of a James Winter in the Taylor household, reported as a brother-in-law of  Daniel Taylor.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 June, Precinct 3, District 12, Page 19 (scan 129), Hse/Fam #168
  Taylor, Daniel   W M 52  Farmer TN MS TN [b abt 1828]
  Taylor, Mary J W F 54  Farming MS MS MS [b abt 1826]
  They have 5 children:
  Parolee 12
  Julia A 8
  William B  5
  Cassandra 4
  Daniel N  1
  Winter, James W M 17 Brother-in-Law Farming  TX TN TX
  
  Day family information reported by Harold Christian in the Jenkins Family History (p 3) states that one of the Taylor children's grandmother came from Ireland.  Louisa Taylor's mother is reported in census information to have been born in Ireland.  This indicates a possibility that rather than a sister, Louisa was an aunt of these Taylor children.  Family memory is somewhat vague on the details of this period.
  
  In 1900 Nancy is living either next door or in the same household with her son Daniel H and his family.  She is reported as a widow and listed with a separate household number and family number.  But instead of Head of this one-person household, the enumerator reports her as the mother of Daniel H, who is in the previous household.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 14A, Hse/Fam #237
  Day, D H  Head W M March 1861  39 Married 15 years TX GA MS  Farmer
  Day, Cora  Wife W F Nov 1866  33 Married 15 years  7 children, 6 living  SC SC IL
  Day, Nora  Dau W F Feb 1886  14 TX TX SC At School
  Day, Maggie Dau W F July 1887  12 TX TX SC At School
  Day, William  Son W M July 1890  9 TX TX SC
  Day, Lee Dau W F June 1893  6 TX TX SC [This is Cora Lee]
  Day, James  Son W M July 1896  4 TX TX SC
  Day, Preston  Son W M Jan 1899  1 TX TX SC
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 14A, Hse/Fam #238
  Day, Nancy  Mother W F Jan 1824  76 Widow 8 children, 1 living  MS MS MS
  
  This census reports indicates that all Nancy's children except one have already died.  Daniel is the only one still living in 1900.
  
  It appears that Nancy died sometime after this census and before the 1910 census.  She is no longer with Daniel's family, and I have found no record of her after this census, including no cemetery listing.

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 14A, Hse/Fam #238
• 2. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
  • 6 September, Township 13 R 5 E, page 22 (scan 107), Hse/Fam # 180
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 17 June, Precinct 3, District 12, Page 19 (scan 129), Hse/Fam #169
• 5. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 6 September, Township 13 R 5 E, page 22 (scan 107), Hse/Fam # 180
• 6. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 17 October, PO Unionville & Cusseta, Beat 3, Page 72, Hse #483, Fam #495
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 7 January, Justice Precinct 3, District 31, page 2A, Bryan's Mill and Marietta Rd, Hse #27, Fam #28
• 8. 1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 14A, Hse/Fam #237
• 9. Ancestry Trees
• 10. 1930 Federal Census, Montgomery County, Maryland
  • 7 May, Takoma Park, District 35, page 31A, 318 Garland Ave, Hse #686, Fam #832