Background
Day, David Sheldon was born on September 8, 1880 in Colchester, Connecticut, United States. Son of Erastus Sheldon and Catherine Gardner (Olmstead) Day.
Day, David Sheldon was born on September 8, 1880 in Colchester, Connecticut, United States. Son of Erastus Sheldon and Catherine Gardner (Olmstead) Day.
Bacon Academy, 1898; Yale, Bachelor of Arts, 1902, Bachelor of Laws, 1904.
Admitted to Connecticut Bar, 1904. Practiced law in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1905-1907. Partner in firm of Seymour and Day, 1907-1910, and in Marsh, Stoddard and Day (now Marsh, Day and Calhoun) since 1910.
Vice-president and director Bridgeport Storage Warehouse Company, director and secretary Bead Chain Manufacturing Company.
Director Bridgeport Gas Light Company, Bridgeport Brass Company, Dungeon Master Read, Incorporated., Nazareth Cement Company Representative from Colchester, Connecticut, in Connecticut General Assembly at session of 1905. Member State Board of Pardons, 1921-1935.
President of Connecticut State Bar Association, 1932-1935. Trustee Bridgeport Hospital.
Director Public Library, Bridgeport.
Clubs: University (Bridgeport), Algonquin (Bridgeport), Black Rock Yacht, Lawn (New Haven).
Spouse Natalie A. Cornwall, April 30, 1913, Bridgeport, Connecticut.